Two (Bob James album)
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| Studio album by Bob James | ||||
| Released | May 29, 1975 | |||
| Recorded | December 1974 & January 1975 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey | |||
| Genre | Jazz fusion, smooth jazz | |||
| Length | 38:23 | |||
| Label | CTI | |||
| Producer | Creed Taylor | |||
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Two is the second album by jazz keyboardist Bob James.
The album is the second of a series of jazz-funk classics (along with One, Three and BJ4). Released in 1975, the album charted at number two on the Jazz Album Charts. The track "Take Me to the Mardi Gras" is one of the most widely used tracks in hip-hop breakbeat samples.
Many artists sampled the drums and bell part of the intro to the track "Take Me to the Mardi Gras", an instrumental cover of the Paul Simon song. It has since become a widely recognized drum break, similarly to another break taken from another instrumental, "Ashley's Roachclip". They partially include:
Röyksopp sampled "You're As Right As Rain" on their song "Eple" on their album Melody A.M. in 2001.
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