Why Should I Give a Fuck About... Jazz Musician Bob James?

by Dave SegalThe Bob James Quartet plays Jazz Alley March 9-12. COURTESY BOB JAMES
Years Active: 55.
Provenance: Traverse City, Michigan.
Essential Albums: Explosions (as Bob James Trio, 1965), One (1974), Two (1975), Three (1976), BJ4 (1977).
Essential Songs: "Nautilus," "Valley of the Shadows," "Night on Bald Mountain," "Take Me to the Mardi Gras," "Farandole," "Westchester Lady," "Where the Wind Blows Free," "Night Crawler," "Heads," "Angela (Theme from Taxi)," "Shamboozie."
Influenced By: J.