BJ4

BJ4
Studio album by Bob James
Released	February 24, 1977
Recorded	November-December 1976 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre	Jazz fusion, smooth jazz
Length	36:20
Label	CTI Records CTI 7074
Producer	Creed Taylor
Bob James chronology
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BJ4 is the fourth album by jazz musician Bob James.

Reception & Legacy

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Released in 1977, the album charted at number three on the Jazz Album Charts. This would be his last CTI album before starting his own label Tappan Zee Records, named for one of the tracks on this album. Also, James would later obtain the rights to his CTI catalog as a result of a lawsuit against Creed Taylor pertaining to the infamous three-volume CTI All-Stars at the Hollywood Bowl albums.

Track listing

1. "Pure Imagination" (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) – 5:20
2. "Where the Wind Blows Free" (Bob James) – 6:43
3. "Tappan Zee" (Bob James) – 6:49
4. "Nights Are Forever Without You" (Parker McGee) – 6:23
5. "Treasure Island" (Bob James) – 6:10
6. "El Verano" (Bob James) – 4:55

Personnel

• Bob James - Electric Piano (Fender Rhodes), Acoustic Piano, Clavinet, Synthesizer (Arp Odyssey, Oberheim Polyphonic), Arranger, Conductor
• Eric Gale - Guitar
• Steve Gadd - Drums
• Gary King - Bass
• Ralph MacDonald - Percussion
• Hubert Laws - Flute, Alto Flute
• Art Farmer - Trumpet, Flugelhorn
• Romeo Penque - Tenor Saxophone, Bass Clarinet
• Eddie Daniels - Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet
• John Frosk, John Gatchell - Trumpet
• Alan Shulman, Charles McCracken - Cello
• Sidney Weinberg - Oboe, English Horn
• Emanuel Vardi, Lamar Alsop - Viola
• Charles Libove, David Nadien, Emanuel Green, Harold Kohon, Harry Glickman, Matthew Raimondi, Max Ellen, Paul Gershman - Violin

Charts

Chart (1977)	Peak position
Billboard Pop Albums	38
Billboard Top Soul Albums	33
Billboard Top Jazz Albums	3

External links

• Bob James-BJ4 at Discogs