Artist
José James
José James is a hip-hop artist from Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. 46 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Hip-Hop · Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA · Best hip-hop albums
- 46
- Releases
- 2008–2025
- Active years
Discography
18
Most popular
No Beginning No End
2013 · 13 tracks
While You Were Sleeping
2014
The Dreamer
2008
1978: Revenge of The Dragon
2025
1978
2024
Amsterdam 2024 (Live at Paradiso)
2024
On & On
2023
José James: New York 2020 (Live)
2021
Merry Christmas from José James
2021
No Beginning No End 2
2020
No Beginning No End 2: Mentals (Instrumental)
2020
Blackmagic (10th Anniversary Edition)
2020
Lean On Me
2018
The Dreamer (10th Anniversary Edition)
2018
Love In A Time Of Madness
2017
Yesterday I Had The Blues - The Music Of Billie Holiday
2015
For All We Know
2010
Blackmagic
2010
Singles & EPs
28
Rock With You
Single · 2025
They Sleep, We Grind (For Badu)
Single · 2025
Saturday Night (Louie Vega Remixes)
Single · 2024
Saturday Night (Need You Now)
Single · 2024
Dark Side of The Sun
Single · 2024
38th & Chicago
Single · 2023
Gone Baby, Don't Be Long
Single · 2023
Bag Lady
Single · 2022
This Christmas
Single · 2021
Christmas in New York
Single · 2021
The Healer
Single · 2021
Come To My Door (Live at Levon Helm Studios)
Single · 2021
My Favorite Things
Single · 2021
I Found A Love (Live at Levon Helm Studios)
Single · 2021
Just The Way You Are
Single · 2020
When They See Us
Single · 2020
You Know What It Do
Single · 2020
You Know What It Do (Scott Jacoby Version)
Single · 2020
Nobody Knows My Name
Single · 2020
I Need Your Love
Single · 2019
Turn Me Up
Single · 2019
Lovely Day
Single · 2018
Use Me
Single · 2018
Come To My Door
EP · 2013
Warrior (Remixes)
Single · 2010
Blackmagic Remixes
EP · 2009
Spirits Up Above
Single · 2008
Desire & Love
Single · 2008
Collaborators
1
Upcoming shows
Community
More about José James
About
Often referred to as a jazz singer for the hip-hop generation, New York City-based vocalist José James combines jazz, soul, drum'n'bass, and spoken word into his own unique brand of vocal jazz. While he states his main influences as John Coltrane, Marvin Gaye, and Billie Holiday, his sound on early 12" singles and in live performances brought to mind such icons of '70s jazz-soul as Terry Callier, and his music felt more like an update of the fluid crossover approach of Gil Scott-Heron, while also being distinctly his own. James released his full-length debut album, Dreamer, in 2008 on Gilles Peterson's Brownswood imprint. The album ended up earning him accolades worldwide for its blend of jazz, electronic, soul, and pop styles. It placed at number 21 in Jazz Times' Top 50 for the year. Consequently, James played on prestigious stages all over the world, including those at the North Sea Jazz Festival, the Victoria Jazz Festival, Billboard Live Tokyo, Centro Cultural São Paolo, the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Central Park Summerstage in New York, and London's Royal Festival Hall.
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James made numerous guest performances on recordings by the Junior Mance Trio, Jazzanova, Nicola Conte, Basement Jaxx, and Chico Hamilton, to name a few. He followed Dreamer with Blackmagic in February of 2010. In May of that year, he also made his Impulse! debut with For All We Know, a collection of standards performed in duet with Belgian pianist Jef Neve. He toured relentlessly for the next year-and-a-half, often sitting in with jazz musicians as well as headlining his own dates in Europe, Japan, and the United States. He signed to Blue Note Records in 2012, and issued "Trouble," his first single for the label in September. His fourth album, No Beginning, No End, was released in January of 2013.
José James in brief
- How many José James releases are on Riffiter?
- 46 releases are catalogued, spanning 2008 to 2025.
- What genre is José James?
- José James is catalogued under Hip-Hop.
- What is the most recent José James release on Riffiter?
- Rock With You, released in 2025.