''Heads'' is the fifth album by

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Bob James, released in October 1977. It was his first album released on his newly formed Tappan Zee label, which was distributed at the time by Columbia Records. All of his Tappan Zee albums (which includes his CTI back-catalog) are now distributed by

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. The album reached number one on the ''Billboard'' Jazz Albums chart.

Track listing

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Personnel

* Bob James – arrangements, acoustic piano (1, 2, 5, 6), Fender Rhodes (1-4), clavinet (1, 3),

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(1-4), synth bells (1), ARP Odyssey (3), harpsichord (6) * Ed Walsh – synthesizer programming (1-6) *

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– rhythm keyboards (2) *

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– guitar (1, 2, 4, 6) *

Eric Gale Eric Gale (September 20, 1938 – May 25, 1994) was an American jazz and R&B guitarist. ''Early life and career'' Born in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York, Gale grew up in a diverse household. His paternal grandfather was from Yorksh ...

– guitar (1, 2, 5, 6) electric guitar (4), guitar solo (5) * Jeff Layton – guitar (3) * Jeff Mironov – guitar (3) * Alphonso Johnson – bass (1, 2) *

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– bass (3) * Gary King – bass (4, 5, 6) *

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– drums (1, 2) *

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– drums (3) * Andy Newmark – drums (4, 5, 6) *

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– percussion (1-6) *

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(2) Brass and Woodwinds *

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– soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone *

Phil Bodner Philip L. Bodner (June 13, 1917 – February 24, 2008) was an American jazz clarinetist and studio musician who also played flute, oboe, saxophone, and English horn. Career A native of Waterbury, Connecticut, Bodner worked as a studio musician ...

– alto saxophone, bass clarinet, flute, oboe *

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– tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute * George Marge – baritone saxophone, flute, English horn, oboe, sopranino recorder (6) *

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– alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, alto flute *

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– alto saxophone, alto sax solo (3, 4, 6) * Grover Washington Jr. – tenor sax solo (6) *

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– trombone * Tom Mitchell Jr. – trombone * Dave Taylor – trombone *

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– flugelhorn, trumpet * Jon Faddis – flugelhorn, trumpet * John Frosk – flugelhorn, trumpet *

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– flugelhorn, trumpet *

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– flugelhorn, trumpet *

James Buffington James Lawrence Buffington (born May 15, 1922, Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania; died July 20, 1981, Englewood, New Jersey) was an Americans, American jazz, studio, and classical French horn, hornist. Buffington was a busy studio and jazz player on ...

– French horn * Peter Gordon – French horn * Brooks Tillotson – French horn Strings * Jonathan Abramowitz – cello * Charles McCracken – cello *

Alan Shulman Alan Shulman (4 June 1915 – 10 July 2002) was an American composer and cellist. He wrote a considerable amount of symphonic music, chamber music, and jazz music. Trumpeter Eddie Bailey said, "Alan had the greatest ear of any musician I ever cam ...

– cello * Gloria Agostini – harp * Lamar Alsop – viola * Al Brown – viola *

Emanuel Vardi Emanuel Vardi (21 April 1915 – 29 January 2011), an American violist, was considered to have been one of the great viola players of the 20th century. Early life Emanuel Vardi was born April 21, 1915 in Jerusalem. His mother, Anna Joffa Vardi, ...

– viola * Harry Cykman – violin * Max Ellen – violin * Barry Finclair – violin * Paul Gershman – violin * Diana Halprin – violin * Harold Kohon – violin * Marvin Morgenstern – violin *

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– 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 *

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– art direction, design * Buddy Endress – photography

Charts

References

External links

Bob James-Heads at Discogs
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