Merry Christmas from Jose James

𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐕𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐉𝐎𝐒𝐄́ 𝐉𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐒 brings "Merry Christmas from José James" to the New Orleans Jazz & Blues Market on 𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟑 𝐚𝐭 𝟕:𝟑𝟎 𝐏.𝐌. Combining the classic jazz-crooner elegance of Frank Sinatra and Nat “King” Cole with the earthy sophistication of soul legends Stevie Wonder and Donny Hathaway, “Merry Christmas from José James” raises the bar for the contemporary Christmas show. “𝐽𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑟𝑖𝑐ℎ, 𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑡𝑦 𝑣𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑚𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠...𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑖𝑏𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑥𝑦," 𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑃𝑂𝑃𝑀𝐴𝑇𝑇𝐸𝑅𝑆. 2023 𝑱𝒂𝒛𝒛 𝑱𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝑨𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 “𝑴𝒂𝒍𝒆 𝑽𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒀𝒆𝒂𝒓” “𝑨 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒌𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉…” — 𝑱𝑨𝒁𝒁 𝑻𝑰𝑴𝑬𝑺 "𝑰𝒔 𝑱𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝑱𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒂 𝒋𝒂𝒛𝒛 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒍 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓? 𝑶𝒍𝒅 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍 𝒐𝒓 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍? 𝑨 𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒌𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒔? 𝒀𝒆𝒔, 𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒆𝒔." — 𝑳𝑶𝑺 𝑨𝑵𝑮𝑬𝑳𝑬𝑺 𝑻𝑰𝑴𝑬𝑺 “𝑱𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒈𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆, 𝒇𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑹&𝑩 𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝑶𝒄𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒓 𝑴𝒊𝒈𝒖𝒆𝒍.. 𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒇𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒐-𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒇𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒗𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒐𝒔𝒐 𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒓.” — 𝑵𝑷𝑹 𝑴𝑼𝑺𝑰𝑪 "𝑱𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔, 𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒗𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓, 𝒃𝒚 𝒏𝒐 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒘𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑩𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝑬𝒄𝒌𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝑩𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒚 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒓. 𝑯𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒙𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒔 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆 𝑾𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓, 𝑳𝒆𝒐𝒏 𝑾𝒂𝒓𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒏 𝑮𝒂𝒚𝒆." — 𝑱𝑨𝒁𝒁𝑾𝑰𝑺𝑬 "𝑱𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒇𝒇 𝒂𝒏 𝒖𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒍𝒚 𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒐𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒆-𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓." — 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑮𝑼𝑨𝑹𝑫𝑰𝑨𝑵 (𝑼𝑲) 𝐓𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐎𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐉𝐚𝐳𝐳 & 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐭: jazzandbluesmarket.com/events/ Nᴇᴡ Oʀʟᴇᴀɴs Jᴀᴢᴢ & Bʟᴜᴇs Mᴀʀᴋᴇᴛ ᴏꜰꜰᴇʀs Wᴏʀʟᴅ-Rᴇɴᴏᴡɴᴇᴅ & Aᴡᴀʀᴅ-Wɪɴɴɪɴɢ Mᴜsɪᴄɪᴀɴs, Nᴇᴡ Pʀᴇᴍɪᴜᴍ Sᴏᴜɴᴅ & Lɪɢʜᴛɪɴɢ Tᴇᴄʜɴᴏʟᴏɢɪᴇs, Sɪɢɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ Cᴏᴄᴋᴛᴀɪʟs & Dʀɪɴᴋs, Pʀɪᴠᴀᴛᴇ Vᴀʟᴇᴛ Pᴀʀᴋɪɴɢ, ᴀs ᴡᴇʟʟ ᴀs Lᴇɢᴇɴᴅᴀʀʏ Lɪᴠᴇ Pᴇʀꜰᴏʀᴍᴀɴᴄᴇs, ᴀɴᴅ Oᴜᴛsᴛᴀɴᴅɪɴɢ Mᴇᴍᴏʀᴀʙʟᴇ Exᴘᴇʀɪᴇɴᴄᴇs! 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐕𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐉𝐎𝐒𝐄́ 𝐉𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐒 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 & 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐳𝐳, 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐥, 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐤, 𝐏𝐨𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐨𝐜𝐤. According to NPR MUSIC José James is "A rarity - an artist evolving at warp speed." José James has released 11 critically acclaimed albums for labels such as Brownswood, Impulse, Blue Note and his own co-founded Rainbow Blonde Records. He is also the recipient of both the Edison Award and L'Academie du Jazz Grand Prix. 𝐀 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫, 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝𝐲 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫, Hollywood Bowl, Ancienne Belgique and Billboard Live Tokyo, and has performed as a guest artist with McCoy Tyner, Laura Mvula, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony and Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐞́ 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 '𝐍𝐨 𝐁𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐨 𝐄𝐧𝐝 𝟐' (𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎), a collaborative effort that paired the forward-looking vocalist with a global all-star cast including Ledisi, Aloe Blacc, and Laura Mvula, it was apparent that James was a genre-defying artist. 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬' 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭, '𝐎𝐧 & 𝐎𝐧: 𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐞́ 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐁𝐚𝐝𝐮' 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐣𝐚𝐳𝐳 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞. The album, produced by James with contributions from like-minded musicians Big Yuki (A Tribe Called Quest), Ben Williams (Kamasi Washington), and Jharis Yokley (My Brightest Diamond) investigates the breadth of Badu’s iconic catalog, from her groundbreaking debut album 'Baduizm' to her contemporary masterpieces 'New Amerykah Pt. 1 and 2'. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞: 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬' 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐚 𝐣𝐚𝐳𝐳 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦. Conceived in the spirit of Herbie Hancock’s 'River: The Joni Letters', James artfully draws upon his experiences with modern masters McCoy Tyner, Robert Glasper and Flying Lotus to create a new sonic landscape through an improvisatory lens. “𝐼𝑡’𝑠 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒,” 𝐽𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠. “𝐽𝑎𝑧𝑧 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑦 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝐸𝑟𝑦𝑘𝑎ℎ 𝐵𝑎𝑑𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠. 𝐻𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙, 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑒.” 𝐓𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐕𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐉𝐎𝐒𝐄́ 𝐉𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐒' "Merry Christmas from José James" at the New Orleans Jazz & Blues Market on 𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟑 𝐚𝐭 𝟕:𝟑𝟎 𝐏.𝐌. are NOW On-Sale on Ticketmaster, Facebook Events at: and the New Orleans Jazz & Blues Market Website at: ../jose-james-holiday-show/ - 𝑫𝒐𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝑶𝒑𝒆𝒏 2 𝑯𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒘!! 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