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Just a while ago on-point tv had the opportunity to sit down with the man called José James.
His debut album ‘The Dreamer’ put vocal jazz right back on the map and I’ll be damned if I’m not a fan!
Watch it:
The original idea was to make an album based on John Coltrane’s music. The album hasn’t seen light yet, but it did bring mr. James in contact with Flying Lotus – a relative to the late Alice Coltrane.
The two teamed up, an album is in the making, the first release was the flipside of the Parkbench People single: Visions of Violet (which you hear in the outro of the video)
This was the first time I had some semi-professional equipment, teamed up with two extra cameramen, which was brilliant. It made me dream of black leather jackets with ‘on-point tv crew’ on the back.
Much love to Lander Lenaerts and ineversleep.net for the camera assistance.
Thanks to the management as well, and to José, who took some time out to talk to us, after having toured without a break for two weeks (not a single day off).
Ow, and, the pride I felt when giving José the on-point tv promo dvd, which he turned around, looked carefully: “I’ve seen this one, and this one!”
Previously on On-Point TV:
Christian Prommer
Flying Lotus On the Road
Trus’me
Âme
FS Green
Sozyone Gonzalez
Soul:ID
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Jun 11th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
I’d love me a crew jacket!
Jun 11th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
Awesome.
Jun 11th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
got re-posted on http://www.moovmnt.com + a link offcourse
Jun 11th, 2008 at 2:25 pm
Damn, amazing interview, nice work!
Jun 11th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
Nice work once again Alex (and crew, of course). Liked it very much and will certainly have to look into James music some more.
What camera do you work with normally?
Jun 11th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Glad to see you’re digging it,
thanks for linking through,
G, I’ll write about the material I normally use, very soon, a little how-to type of thingie
It’s low-budget, to say the least..
Jun 11th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
On-Point TV reaching the next level here!
Jun 11th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
Great interview for a great artist. Good to see the Jose James love spread.
Jun 11th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
Crew jackets are mos’ def’ dope, but what about one of these saying ‘Lloyd Pointdexter’: http://pro.corbis.com/images/BXP26246.jpg?size=572&uid=%7B141F2604-9310-4889-8426-C325A4D173D0%7D
Jun 11th, 2008 at 7:00 pm
Kudos to the On-Point TV crew. Very cool footage.
Jun 12th, 2008 at 12:24 am
Excellent work, brothas! Nice interview with José… dope cd as well. Amazing!! I saw spike lee’s “she’s gotta have it” movie the other day, where José got the Nola track from (thx =ll= for pitching me this, and lending the dvd!!), and i’ve been diggin’ the Coltrane equinox track for how long now… i must say… José’s got it going on man! He’s on the right track! So is the on-point crew with the camerawork on this one. Big up, fellas! Imma have to have a word with brotha =lloyd= on these jackets… sounds like a cool gadget!
Jun 12th, 2008 at 7:57 am
Dope ass interview!!!
Jun 12th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
Portofolio of on-point TV artists is quite amazing. Keep it up!
Jun 12th, 2008 at 9:25 pm
Niceness
congrats On-point !!
Jun 12th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
Hey man vet gedaan, goede, opbouw, sfeer… dikke props
(1 dingetje mss is t mn laptop of is er een klein geluids probleemje aan t einde)
anywayz …. still DOPE.
and ill say it again: polish priest with kids on acid
PEACE
Jun 14th, 2008 at 11:42 am
A little sound bug there, indeed, the youtube version should work perfectly well though:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UV_lV6MyuSU
thanks for the kudos everyone
Jun 14th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
Didn’t know the man. What a voice.
Thanks =ll= for spreading those words.
ON-POINT, my guide to real life
Jun 17th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
cool! looks great with the different camera angles!
Jun 23rd, 2008 at 9:37 pm
I LOVE Jose James, thank you so much for interviewing someone with his talent and heart for the music. I look forward to seeing more interviews, can you please get Blu from Below the Heavens Blu & Exile?
Keep up the great work and hope you are well.
Peace, Blessings & Light!!
Jun 25th, 2008 at 1:07 am
I thoroughly enjoyed listening to José James
I love his serene demeanour and his regal, soft-spoken voice.
His Music…. is exquisite.
You’ve got a great style with interviews, ON-POINT… thank you!
BlessED Love xo
Jun 27th, 2008 at 8:32 am
knap! nice work!
Jul 1st, 2008 at 1:43 pm
hope to see/hear/photograph him @ the North Sea Jazz Festival Rotterdam, 11,12,13 july 2008