''The Dreamer'' is the first studio album by American jazz vocalist
José James
José James (born January 20, 1978) is an American vocalist who combines jazz and hip hop.
Biography
José James attended The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music. In 2008, he debuted with his first album, ''The Dreamer'', on the Brownsw ...
. It was released on
Brownswood Recordings in 2008. A 10th Anniversary Edition was released in 2018, remastered and with 4 additional tracks.
Critical reception
John Fordham of ''
The Guardian
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'' gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying, "James sometimes suggests a 21st-century
Leon Thomas
Amos Leon Thomas Jr. (October 4, 1937 – May 8, 1999), known professionally as Leon Thomas, was an American jazz and blues vocalist, born in East St. Louis, Illinois, and known for his bellowing glottal-stop style of free jazz singing in the ...
(the 1970s singer who became an acid-jazz star), but he also exhibits a highly personal mix of
Bobby McFerrin
Robert Keith McFerrin Jr. (born March 11, 1950) is an American folk and jazz singer. He is known for his vocal techniques, such as singing fluidly but with quick and considerable jumps in pitch—for example, sustaining a melody while also rap ...
's tonal delicacy and the R&B and soul feel of
D'Angelo
Michael Eugene Archer (born February 11, 1974), better known by his stage name D'Angelo (), is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. He first garnered attention after co-producing the single "U Will Know" ...
- with the latter association sometimes reinforced by the way the vocal overdubs and harmonies work."
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