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Touchdown is the sixth album by Bob James, released in 1978 on his Tappan Zee label thru Columbia.. The album's title is a reference to this being James' sixth solo album (a touchdown being worth six points in American football), a pattern also followed by his previous album Heads (featuring a five cent coin on its cover) and next album Lucky Seven.
Robert McElhiney James (born December 25, 1939) [1] is an American jazz keyboardist, arranger, and record producer. He founded the band Fourplay and wrote "Angela", the theme song for the TV show Taxi. [2]
Bob James wrote the opening theme, "Angela", which had been intended for a sequence in episode #3 ("Blind Date"). The producers liked this slower, more melancholic tune better than the up-tempo opening theme they had originally chosen ("Touchdown"), and were able to make the switch before the first episode aired.
James Buffington, Peter Gordon and Al Richmond – French horn Wayne Andre , Eddie Bert, Tom Mitchell and Tony Studd – trombone Randy Brecker , Victor Paz, Lew Soloff and Marvin Stamm – trumpet, flugelhorn
Mark Isham "Theme from Chicago Hope" Bob James - "Angela" (Theme from Taxi) Al Jarreau - "Theme from Moonlighting" Waylon Jennings - "Good Ol' Boys" (Theme from The Dukes of Hazzard) Carly Rae Jepsen - "Everywhere You Look" (Theme from Fuller House) The Jets - "Theme from Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
The New Cool is a jazz album by pianist Bob James and bassist Nathan East, both members of the group Fourplay released in September 2015 by the Yamaha Entertainment Group. . The album reached No. 2 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums chart and No. 5 on the Billboard Jazz Albums ch
The album was recorded at Mediasound, Sound Palace, and SoundMixers Studios in New York City in 1979.Tape mastering took place at CBS Recording Studio in New York. The album was released in late 1979 by Tappan Zee, the label owned by Bob James, promoted and distributed by Columbia in the US and CBS in the UK.
The Rhodes features in "Angela", the 1978 instrumental theme from the sitcom Taxi by Bob James. [69] The French band Air make regular use of the Rhodes piano in their recordings. [70] German pianist and composer Nils Frahm uses a Rhodes piano extensively in his studio and live performances.