{"id":3694,"date":"2022-01-12T21:06:19","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T03:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/postgenre.org\/staging\/4567\/?p=3694"},"modified":"2022-01-13T12:34:24","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T18:34:24","slug":"challenge-bob-james-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postgenre.org\/staging\/4567\/challenge-bob-james-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Up for the Challenge: A Conversation with Bob James (Part Two)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We ended the first part of our conversation (available here<\/a>) with Bob James by discussing artists who have sampled his work over the years. Part two begins by examining the influence hip hop has had on his own music. We then continue a tour through the history of the compositions on his forthcoming trio album, Feel Like Making LIVE! (evosound\/Evolution Music, 2022), from playing “Misty” with Sarah Vaughan to James’ own “Angela,” also known as the theme song to the tv show Taxi. We also discuss what he likes most about his current trio, cover his work recontextualizing classical pieces, and examine his recordings with Paul Simon, Hubert Laws, and Hank Crawford.
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PostGenre: Your influence on hip hop is heavily documented. But what about the reverse? Has hip hop influenced your music much? \u201cSubmarine\u201d uses a drum kit, but the percussion line sounds looped or sampled.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bob James: That is a great question and also a good example. \u201cSubmarine\u201d has been my first, and so far only, direct attempt to try to sample my own recordings. I was very aware that \u201cNautilus\u201d had been sampled so many times by different hip-hop artists and wanted to see what I could do with that. Because I own the copyrights to my own version of \u201cNautilus\u201d, I didn\u2019t have to ask anyone else\u2019s permission to do so and could just sample it. So, I created a new piece, which ended up becoming \u201cSubmarine,\u201d with the idea of using samples from \u201cNautilus\u201d to try to bring that technique of sampling into my world.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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