• Source: Two (Bob James album)

Two is the fourth solo album by jazz keyboardist Bob James.




Reception



The album is the second of a series of jazz-funk classics (along with One, Three and BJ4). Released in 1975, the album charted at number two on the Jazz Album Charts. The track "Take Me to the Mardi Gras" is one of the most widely used tracks in hip-hop breakbeat samples.




Track listing


"Take Me to the Mardi Gras" (Paul Simon) – 5:50
"I Feel a Song (In My Heart)" (Tony Camillo, Mary Sawyer) – 5:26
"The Golden Apple" (Bob James) – 7:20
"Farandole" (Georges Bizet) – 8:24
"You're as Right as Rain" (Thom Bell, Linda Creed) – 5:28
"Dream Journey" (Bob James) – 5:55




Personnel


Bob James – electric piano, clavinet, ARP Odyssey, Yamaha YC-30 combo organ, arrangements and conductor
Eric Gale – guitar (1, 2, 4), bass (1, 2, 4, 5, 6)
Richard Resnicoff – guitar (3, 5)
Gary King – bass (3)
Andrew Smith – drums (1, 2, 4, 5, 6)
Steve Gadd – drums (3)
Arthur Jenkins – percussion
Ralph MacDonald – percussion
Patti Austin – vocals, lead vocal (2)
Frank Floyd – vocals
Lani Groves – vocals
Zachary Sanders – vocals
Brass and Woodwinds

Hubert Laws – flute (4), electric flute (4)
Eddie Daniels – clarinet
James Buffington – French horn
Peter Gordon – French horn
Al Richmond – French horn
Wayne Andre – trombone
Eddie Bert – trombone
Tom Mitchell – trombone
Tony Studd – trombone
Randy Brecker – trumpet, flugelhorn
John Frosk – trumpet, flugelhorn
Victor Paz – trumpet, flugelhorn
Lew Soloff – trumpet, flugelhorn
Marvin Stamm – trumpet, flugelhorn
Strings

Seymour Barab, Alla Goldberg, Warren Lash, Jesse Levy, George Ricci, Alan Shulman and Anthony Sophos – cello
Harry Cykman, Max Ellen, Paul Gershman, Harry Glickman, Emanuel Green, Harold Kohon, Charles Libove, Harry Lookofsky, Joe Malin, David Nadien, Gene Orloff and Matthew Raimondi – violin




= Production

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Creed Taylor – producer
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Bob Ciano – album design
Greg Laurents – cover photography




Samples


Many artists sampled the drums and bell part of the intro to the track "Take Me to the Mardi Gras", an instrumental cover of the Paul Simon song. It has since become a widely recognized drum break, similar to another break from another instrumental, "Ashley's Roachclip".
The melody of "You're as Right as Rain" was sampled by Norwegian electronic music duo Röyksopp for their 2001 single "Eple" (whose title means "apple" in Norwegian, in reference to Two's album cover).




Charts






External links


Bob James - Two at Discogs




References

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