One (Bob James album)
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| Studio album by Bob James | ||||
| Released | 1974 | |||
| Recorded | February–April 1974 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs |
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| Genre | Jazz fusion, Smooth jazz | |||
| Length | 33:49 | |||
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CTI Records CTI 6043 |
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| Producer | Creed Taylor | |||
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| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | |
One is the first solo album by jazz musician Bob James released in 1974. It followed "Bold Conceptions (1963 on Mercury) and "Explosions (1965 on ESP-Disk). It was an important album in the early smooth jazz genre and is famous for its end track, "Nautilus", which became culturally important to hip hop as one of the most sampled tracks in American music.
Released on April 17, 1974 this album charted at number two on the Jazz Album Charts.
Soul II Soul Sampled "Nautilus" on a remix version of the song "Jazzie's Groove" in the early 90's
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