José James - BLACKMAGIC Album Personnel
1. CODE (James/Ellison)
Produced by Flying Lotus.
Vocals by José James + Moni Pineda.
2. TOUCH (James)
Produced + arranged by Gideon van Gelder.
José James – vocals, Gideon van Gelder – piano, Alexi David – bass, Adam Jackson – drums.
3. LAY YOU DOWN (James)
Produced by Alex Bilowitz (aka Bilo).
Drum programming, bass + synthesizer – Alex Bilowitz.
José James – vocals, Ryan Anselmi – horn arrangement + tenor sax, Takuya Kuroda – trumpet, Pablo Castanho – alto sax, Saunders Sermons – trombone, Gideon van Gelder – Fender Rhodes, Chris Smith – bass, Richard Spaven – drums.
4. PROMISE IN LOVE (James/DJ Mitsu The Beats)
Produced by DJ Mitsu The Beats.
Arranged by José James + DJ Mitsu The Beats.
Horn arrangement by Takuya Kuroda.
Vocals by José James + Jordana de Lovely.
Takuya Kuroda – trumpet.
5. WARRIOR (James/Uthman)
Produced + arranged by José James + Gideon van Gelder.
José James – vocals, Gideon van Gelder – piano + Fender Rhodes, Chris Smith – bass, Richard Spaven – drums.
6. MADE FOR LOVE (James/Ellison).
Produced by Flying Lotus.
Vocals by José James.
7. SAVE YOUR LOVE FOR ME (Buddy Johnson)
Produced + arranged by José James.
José James – vocals, Gideon van Gelder – piano, Alexi David – bass, Adam Jackson – drums.
8. THE GREATER GOOD (James/Spaven/Helbers)
Produced + arranged by José James, Richard Spaven + Gideon van Gelder.
José James – vocals, Ryan Anselmi – horn arrangement + tenor sax, Takuya Kuroda – trumpet, Pablo Castanho – alto sax, Saunders Sermons – trombone, Gideon van Gelder – Fender Rhodes, Chris Smith – bass, Richard Spaven – drums.
9. BLACKMAGIC (James/Ellison)
Produced by Flying Lotus.
Vocals by José James.
10. DETROIT LOVELETTER (James/Dixon Jr.)
Produced by Moodyman.
Vocals by José James.
11. LOVE CONVERSATION featuring Jordana de Lovely (James/Delory/McFerrin)
Produced by Taylor McFerrin.
Vocals by José James + Jordana de Lovely.
12. BEAUTY (James)
Produced + arranged by José James.
José James + Jordana de Lovely. Gideon van Gelder – piano, Alexi David – bass, Richard Spaven – drums.
13. NO TELLIN’ (I NEED YOU) (James)
Produced + arranged by José James.
José James – piano + vocals.
JAPAN ONLY RELEASE::
WORK SONG featuring Junior Mance (Nat Adderly/Oscar Brown Jr.)
Produced + arranged by José James.
José James – vocals, Ryan Anselmi – horn arrangement + tenor sax, Takuya Kuroda – trumpet, Pablo Castanho – alto sax, Saunders Sermons – trombone, Junior Mance – piano, Alexi David – bass, Adam Jackson – drums.
ELECTROMAGNETIC featuring Ben Westbeech + TK Wonder (James/Westbeech/Quann)
Produced + arranged by José James.
Vocals by José James, Ben Westbeech + TK Wonder.
Ryan Anselmi – horn arrangement + tenor sax, Takuya Kuroda – trumpet, Pablo Castanho – alto sax, Saunders Sermons – trombone, Gideon van Gelder – Fender Rhodes, Chris Smith – bass, Richard Spaven – drums.
I-TUNES JAPAN DIGITAL-ONLY RELEASE::
EVIDENCE OF EXISTENCE (Blum-Kryzstal)
Produced by José James.
Arranged by Ryan Blum-Kryzstal + José James.
José James – vocals, Ryan Anselmi – horn arrangement + tenor sax, Takuya Kuroda – trumpet, Pablo Castanho – alto sax, Saunders Sermons – trombone, Ryan Blum-Kryzstal – Fender Rhodes, Chris Smith – bass, Richard Spaven – drums.
In light of Chris Brown’s sentencing, here’s a few words from Phonte.
Enjoy.
note: intro outro/track is Jose James - Love. peep the album if you haven’t. also, flying lotus did a track with him recently (i’ll never get tired of that song)
Source: ilovepoots
Visions of Violet
José James & Flying Lotus
Shit.. I don’t have to tell you how dope FlyLo is, but Jose James? His solo album is incredible. And on top of that he’s signed to Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood Recordings. G.P. = immaculate taste in music. And if you have no idea who G.P. is, please find out.
