José James

DC TONITE!!! 🔥🔥🔥 The Anthem opening for Snarky Puppy 🙌🏽 #leanonmetour Tix: ‪https://dcjazzfest.org/2019/snarky-puppy

Golden Boy 💛💛💛 THANK U Clemente Talarico 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

Melbourne y'all not ready! Fri + Sat with Laura Mvula + conductor Troy Miller Music with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra opening night of Melbourne International Jazz Festival. Tickets are selling fast, Sat night close to sold out. THANK YOU MELBOURNE!!! Tix + info: https://www.melbournejazz.com/program/2019/gershwin-reimagined/

Melbourne + Perth shows about to be epic af!! Laura Mvula x Troy Miller Music x Melbourne Symphony Orchestra x Perth Symphony Orchestra

I sat down with CutCommon to talk about my upcoming Gershwin project with Laura Mvula, Troy Miller Music and the Perth Symphony Orchestra. Read here: https://www.cutcommonmag.com/jose-james-jazz-is-about-being-yourself/

AUSTRALIA!! Join me in the coming weeks as I interpret the work of George Gershwin with Laura Mvula and Troy Miller Music with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Perth Symphony Orchestra!! Tickets + info here, please reserve in advance. See you there! Melbourne: 5.31, Hamer Hall - https://www.mso.com.au/whats-on/2019/gershwin-reimagined/ 6.01, Hamer Hall - https://www.mso.com.au/whats-on/2019/gershwin-reimagined/ Perth: 6.07, Perth Concert Hall - https://www.waso.com.au/concerts-tickets/whats-on/concert/gershwin-reimagined

José James

DC!! Join me and Snarky Puppy for an unforgettable night of music on June 14th at The Anthem!! This will definitely be an amazing line up - big shout out to the DC Jazz Festival family!! Tickets onsale now, please reserve in advance and see you soon!! Tickets + info: https://dcjazzfest.org/2019/snarky-puppy

💍❤️💐 Happy birthday to Taali the most beautiful woman in the world, my best friend and now my wife. I’m the luckiest man alive and I know it. I cherish you, your great spirit and your light within. Here’s to a million years of happiness, creativity and love 🥂🍾 Photos by Subject Matter + Cesarin Mateo

Taali Japan Tour!!! 🇯🇵Hello to all my fans and friends in Japan!! I’m coming next week to perform with Taali at Billboard Live Tokyo and Osaka. I’ll be singing with Taali and her amazing band as she showcases music from her debut album “I Am Here.” May 15 - Billboard Live Tokyo May 17 - Billboard Live OSAKA Taali - vocals, synths, piano Jacob Bergson - synths Aaron Steele - drums José James - special guest Tickets and info at —> http://www.billboard-live.com/ #josejames #IAmHereTour #rainbowblonderecords

Japan!! I’m coming next week as the special guest of Taali for her first headlining shows in Tokyo and Osaka!! We’re so excited to perform with you and to share her music with you live. Thank you for supporting her album “I Am Here” and see you very soon!! May 15 - Billboard Live Tokyo May 17 - Billboard Live OSAKA Tickets and info: http://billboard-live.com

THANK YOU NEW ORLEANS ❤️🙏🏽🎹 —— 📸: @camigac #josejames #leanonmetour

Incredibly honored and humbled to have played both New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Preservation Hall last night. I felt the presence of my ancestors, especially my grandmother on that stage and in those rooms. Music is a beautiful gift that we share together. Amen. Really excited about this new band and ready to hit the road in the US and EU. Tour dates up on my website. Minneapolis is on the list! Hometown show, pull up fam!! Shout it to my brother Kirk Washington aka Bro Sun who’s gone too soon. You writing poems up in Heaven my brother. He was the one who told me I’d travel to Europe someday and see the world. As we performed in late night poetry slams and sat in at jazz clubs in the Twin Cities. Thank you brother, you were right. Wise beyond your years, we miss you 🙏🏽🖤✊🏽 —— 📸: Clay PatrickMcBride #josejames #leanonmetour

TAALI JAPAN TOUR!! 🇯🇵 May 15 - Billboard Live Tokyo May 17 - Billboard Live OSAKA Hello to all my fans in Japan!! I’m coming to Billboard Live Tokyo and Osaka as the special guest withTaali for her “I Am Here” Tour. I’ll be performing songs that Taali has written for me such as “To Be With You” and “Live Your Fantasy” as well as our duet “Star” from her album I Am Here. I’m so excited to come back to one of my favorite places in the world! Please make sure to reserve tickets in advance and we’ll see you soon! Tickets at http://www.billboard-live.com 📸: Subject Matter #taalimusic #IAmHereTour

Tonight I’m playing New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, closing out the Jazz Stage. That is a tremendous honor and I want to say thank you to the festival, to the city of New Orleans and to my fans for bringing me here. I’ve waited 10 years for this moment and it’s gonna be epic! Some things are just worth waiting for. Some of the first jazz albums I heard were of Louis Armstrong singing and playing right here in this city. And later when on when he lived in Chicago and then NYC, my home. Music transcends time and space. It goes directly into our hearts and plants a seed of tomorrow. Thank you to Louis Armstrong for inventing jazz singing and to all his mighty disciples who spread the gospel: Billie, Ella, Nat, Ray Charles, Sarah, Dinah, Sinatra.. it’s a long list that continues right up to today with Dianne Reeves, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Gregory Porter, Cecile McLoren Salvant... we’re living in a beautiful time and I’m grateful to be alive and to make music. See y’all tonight at Jazz Fest! 🙏🏽 📸: Taali ‪#josejames‬ ‪#leanonmetour‬

Full Video Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A23LG_0yUCA Directed by Clay Patrick McBride

Walking in the shoes of a legend.. shot and performed in one take at Pier59 Studios NYC! Thank you to the visionary director Clay Patrick McBride, to Bill Withers, Kori Withers and to the entire Withers family! And of course to you my fans for watching and sharing this video and enjoying the legacy of Bill’s music worldwide. Watch “Ain’t No Sunshine”: https://youtu.be/A23LG_0yUCA

Walking in the shoes of a legend.. much love + thank you to Bill Withers, Kori Withers, + the Withers family. Thank you to the visionary director Clay Patrick McBride + thank you for watching + sharing!! 🙏🏽🙏🏽 Watch the full video: https://youtu.be/A23LG_0yUCA

‪My new video for “Ain’t No Sunshine” directed by the amazing Clay Patrick McBride premiered in Billboard today 🙌🏽 ‬ ‪Much love to Bill Withers, Kori Withers + the Withers family! ❤️‬ ‪Watch:

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‪MONTREUX JAZZ 🙏🏽🖤🎤✊🏽 Montreux Jazz Festival #leanonmetour ‬ ‪ Tickets + info: https://www.montreuxjazzfestival.com/en?d=0‬

Happy Record Store Day!! 🙌🏽

Happy #recordstoreday! I’m very proud to release the definitive version of my first album ‘The Dreamer 10th Anniversary Edition’, on limited edition 180 gram black vinyl with new liner notes from me. Re-mixed by Brian Bender and re-mastered by Ian Sefchick, with a new design by Hayden Miller. Exclusively on Rainbow Blonde Records 🌈🌈🌈 Thank you to all my favorite record stores and to all my fans. Happy digging y’all 🙏🏽

RECORD STORE DAY IS THIS SATURDAY APRIL 13th!!! 🙌🏽 I can't believe it has been 10 years!!! This was the first time I met you guys, and this is the first album of mine I’m releasing on my own label. Thanks for your support! Rainbow Blonde Records is releasing a limited edition vinyl LP of The Dreamer 10th Anniversary Edition. Limited to 1000 copies, this is a beautiful new pressing of the full version of the album including the “lost” John Coltrane covers and an unreleased original “Coltrane (Dear Alice).” Featuring a new mix by Brian Bender and re-master by Ian Sefchick at Capitol. 2xLPs 180gram vinyl with full gatefold design by Hayden Miller and new liner notes by me! Find a copy at your local record store! For a full list of participating stores visit: www.recordstoreday.com Record Store Day #josejames #thedreamer

APRIL TOUR DATES!! 4.12 - New Haven, John Lyman Center for the Performing Arts with Grace Kelly Music 4.13 - Reading PA, Berks Jazz Fest with Lizz Wright 4.14 - Cape May NJ, Exit Zero Jazz Festival 4.26 - New Orleans, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Tickets + info: http://www.josejamesmusic.com/ Photo by Clay Patrick McBride