Hands Down
Year
1982
Genre
Electronic
Style
Jazz-Rock, Jazz-Funk
Label
Tappan Zee Records
Producer
Bob James
Album Summary
Hands Down is the tenth studio album by Bob James), released in 1982. This was a turning point in James career, with the tracks "It's Only Me" and "Spunky" being early exponents of electronic jazz. At the time electronica was transforming popular music in reaction to the big orchestrations of the late 1970s. The minimalist tastes of the era were also reflected in "Roberta", which mostly featured James in a piano solo.
Tracklist
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A1 Spunky
6:57
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A2 Macumba 5:12
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A3 Shamboozie 5:16
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B1 Janus 5:49
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B2 Roberta 6:48
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B3 It's Only Me 5:13
Total Runtime: 35:15
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Artist Discography
The Swan (1984)
12 (1984)
Rameau (1984)
Obsession (1986)
Nightwind (1987)
Ivory Coast (1988)
Concertos for Two & Three Keyboards: BWV 1060, 1061, 1063 (1989)
The Scarlatti Dialogues (1990)
Grand Piano Canyon (1990)
Cool (1992)
Restless (1994)
Flesh and Blood (1995)
Joined at the Hip (1996)
Playin Hooky (1997)
Joy Ride (1999)
Dancing on the Water (2001)
Morning, Noon & Night (2002)
Urban Flamingo (2006)
Angels of Shanghai (2006)
Christmas Eyes (2008)
Altair & Vega (2011)
Alone: Kaleidoscope by Solo Piano (2013)
Quartette Humaine (2013)
The New Cool (2015)
On Vacation (2020)
Jazz Hands (2023)
The Sum of All Inspirations (2025)
Just Us (2025)
