When I sort of step in my jazz world, it's somewhere between instrumental jazz and vocal jazz. — Jose James Copy Share Image
When I start working on a new album, I kind of stop listening to a lot of outside stuff just so I… — Jose James Copy Share Image
[Billie Holiday] was keeping it super real, and you can feel that to this day. Everything that she sang, she believed in.… — Jose James Copy Share Image
I really like the complexity of jazz, the emotional depth; I feel like there's no other music that's really as satisfying as… — Jose James Copy Share Image
I love that [ late-50s Verve recordings] - to me, that's the epitome of vocal jazz. It's my favorite style and era… — Jose James Copy Share Image
Chico Hamilton told me, "The first take is important in jazz because that's where the real emotion is." That's your true response… — Jose James Copy Share Image
I go by the "Miles Davis school of production and band-leading", where you pick the best musicians you can, you provide them… — Jose James Copy Share Image
Once I had the band, Jason [Moran] and John [Patitucci] and Eric [Harland] - it's very exciting to have that trio of… — Jose James Copy Share Image
I also tried to focus on songs that Billie Holiday wrote, songs that she had a hand in shaping, like "Strange Fruit";… — Jose James Copy Share Image
For better or for worse, I think my approach to jazz is very traditional, in one sense, but is [also] very out… — Jose James Copy Share Image
I'm working with a producer, Scott Jacoby, who co-wrote "Trouble" off No Beginning No End. Without giving away too much, it's a… — Jose James Copy Share Image
The other songs [of Billie Holiday] - "Body and Soul" is like the standard - I also wanted some songs that I… — Jose James Copy Share Image
I don't get writer's block. I don't try to write anything; when something comes, I write it. I just practice and when I get… — Jose James Copy Share
The other songs [of Billie Holiday] - "Body and Soul" is like the standard - I also wanted some songs that I knew I… — Jose James Copy Share
[Billie Holiday] was keeping it super real, and you can feel that to this day. Everything that she sang, she believed in. So I… — Jose James Copy Share
I feel like, in many ways, Billie Holiday's still very under-appreciated as an artist. People focus on her voice, and all of the very… — Jose James Copy Share
If you look at the other singers of Billie Holiday's time, they were really trying to entertain. They were trying to make people feel… — Jose James Copy Share
I also tried to focus on songs that Billie Holiday wrote, songs that she had a hand in shaping, like "Strange Fruit"; songs that… — Jose James Copy Share
I'm listening to a lot of Drake, and a lot of Frank Sinatra just because it's his centennial also. I'm going to be doing… — Jose James Copy Share
All my stuff is pretty seamless - like now, while I'm touring [Yesterday I Sang The Blues], today I'm going to go in the… — Jose James Copy Share
When I sort of step in my jazz world, it's somewhere between instrumental jazz and vocal jazz. — Jose James Copy Share
Jason [Moran] and John [Patitucci] and Eric [Harland] knew it was a Billie Holiday tribute. I'm sure they assumed it was going to be… — Jose James Copy Share
There used to be a club in new york called Bradley's - I've never been there, it closed in the 80's - but I… — Jose James Copy Share
I've sort of realized there's a definite pattern to my output at this point: there's an album that everybody sort of loves, that's a… — Jose James Copy Share
I'm working with a producer, Scott Jacoby, who co-wrote "Trouble" off No Beginning No End. Without giving away too much, it's a definite pop/r&b… — Jose James Copy Share
I really like the complexity of jazz, the emotional depth; I feel like there's no other music that's really as satisfying as jazz. — Jose James Copy Share
![“[Billie Holiday] was keeping it super real, and you can feel that to this day. Everything that she sang, she believed in. So I had to pick songs that I felt the same about.” quote by Jose James](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/3ba/jose-james-22349_billie-holiday_billie-holiday-was-keeping-it-super-real_313883.jpg)
![“I love that [ late-50s Verve recordings] - to me, that's the epitome of vocal jazz. It's my favorite style and era of it.” quote by Jose James](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/528/jose-james-22349_epitome_i-love-that-late-50s-verve-recordings-to_2017045.jpg)
![“Once I had the band, Jason [Moran] and John [Patitucci] and Eric [Harland] - it's very exciting to have that trio of just world-class guys - I already knew it was going to be fantastic. I didn't really tell them anything about it. They didn't know what they were going to play beforehand.” quote by Jose James](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/7b9/jose-james-22349_band_once-i-had-the-band-jason-moran-and-john_2282255.jpg)
![“For better or for worse, I think my approach to jazz is very traditional, in one sense, but is [also] very out of fashion today. It's about the musicians, and it's about that magic that happens in the moment.” quote by Jose James](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/893/jose-james-22349_approach_for-better-or-for-worse-i-think-my-appro_2429982.jpg)
![“The other songs [of Billie Holiday] - "Body and Soul" is like the standard - I also wanted some songs that I knew I would sound good on, as a producer. It's been the same nine songs since I debuted it back in 2012.” quote by Jose James](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/134/jose-james-22349_billie-holiday_the-other-songs-of-billie-holiday-body-a_260885.jpg)
