I go by the "Miles Davis school of production and band-leading", where you pick the best musicians you can, you provide them with a minimum of direction, and you just let the music happen. I've seen it work time and… — 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
