Heads is the fifth album by the jazz musician Bob James, released in October 1977. It was his first album released on his newly formed Tappan Zee label, which was distributed by Columbia Records. All of his Tappan Zee albums (which includes his CTI back-catalog) are distributed by E1 Music. The album reached number one on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart.
Track listing "Heads" (Bob James) – 6:40 "We're All Alone" (Boz Scaggs) – 5:33 "I'm in You" (Peter Frampton) – 6:48 "Night Crawler" (Bob James) – 6:20 "You Are So Beautiful" (Billy Preston, Bruce Fisher) – 6:48 "One Loving Night" (Henry Purcell) – 5:48
Personnel Bob James – arrangements, acoustic piano (1, 2, 5, 6), Fender Rhodes (1–4), clavinet (1, 3), Oberheim Polyphonic synthesizer (1–4), synth bells (1), ARP Odyssey (3), harpsichord (6) Ed Walsh – synthesizer programming Richard Tee – rhythm keyboards (2) Steve Khan – guitars (1, 2, 4, 6) Eric Gale – guitars (1, 2, 5, 6) electric guitar (4), guitar solo (5) Jeff Layton – guitars (3) Jeff Mironov – guitars (3) Alphonso Johnson – bass guitar (1, 2) Will Lee – bass guitar (3) Gary King – bass guitar (4–6) Steve Gadd – drums (1, 2) Allan Schwartzberg – drums (3) Andy Newmark – drums (4–6) Ralph MacDonald – percussion Mike Mainieri – vibraphone (2)
Brass and woodwinds Michael Brecker – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone Phil Bodner – alto saxophone, bass clarinet, flute, oboe Eddie Daniels – tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute George Marge – baritone saxophone, flute, English horn, oboe, sopranino recorder (6) Gerry Niewood – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, alto flute David Sanborn – alto saxophone, alto sax solo (3, 4, 6) Grover Washington Jr. – tenor sax solo (6) Wayne Andre – trombone Tom Mitchell Jr. – trombone Dave Taylor – trombone Randy Brecker – flugelhorn, trumpet Jon Faddis – flugelhorn, trumpet John Frosk – flugelhorn, trumpet Lew Soloff – flugelhorn, trumpet Marvin Stamm – flugelhorn, trumpet James Buffington – French horn Peter Gordon – French horn Brooks Tillotson – French horn
Strings Jonathan Abramowitz – cello Charles McCracken – cello Alan Shulman – cello Gloria Agostini – harp Lamar Alsop – viola Al Brown – viola Emanuel Vardi – viola Harry Cykman – violin Max Ellen – violin Barry Finclair – violin Paul Gershman – violin Diana Halprin – violin Harold Kohon – violin Marvin Morgenstern – violin David Nadien – violin, concertmaster John Pintavalle – violin Max Pollikoff – violin Matthew Raimondi – violin
Vocals on "You Are So Beautiful" Patti Austin Vivian Cherry Lani Groves Gwen Guthrie
Production Bob James – producer Joe Jorgensen – associate producer, engineer, mixing Jay Borden – assistant engineer Michael Braver – assistant engineer Doug Epstein – assistant engineer John Berg – art direction, design Paula Scher – art direction, design Buddy Endress – photography
Charts Chart (1978) Peakposition Billboard Top LPs47 Billboard Top Jazz LPs1
References
External links Bob James-Heads at Discogs