
Jose James will be touring Cali this week and tonight, December 7th, he’ll be performing in San Jose as part of Live at the Pagoda series. He’ll also be gracing Los Angeles on December 13th at Zanzibar with an opening set by Quetzal Guerrero, Anthony Valadez and Aaron Byrd.
Dec 07, 2011 | Categories: FWL BLOG | Tags: 89.9 KCRW, anthony valadez, code, Fairmont Hotel x Universal Grammar, flying lotus, Freestyle Fellowship, Friends We Love shorts, jose james, Live at the Pagoda, Quetzal Guerrero, San Jose, ZANZIBAR | 2 Comments »

Our good friends at Giant Step will present An Exclusive Evening with José James at Hiro Ballroom next Saturday, April 17. José hasn’t played in NY for over 2 years, so make sure you don’t miss this one. He’ll be performing new songs from his latest release Blackmagic on Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood Recordings. If you’d like a taste of the evening, take a look at the CODE video & artist profile produced by FWL.
In fact, Friends We Love will be giving away a pair of tickets to a lucky winner. To try your luck, leave us a comment telling us about your favorite José James song and why you’d like to see him live. If you’d like to play it safe, which we completely understand, make sure to buy tickets before they sell out. A winner will be announced on April 15th.
Apr 08, 2010 | Categories: FWL BLOG | Tags: blackmagic, brownswood recordings, code, com, dj moni, event, giant step, gilles peterson, hiro ballroom, jose james, jose james hiro, moni pineda, profile, Shows We Love, TIX, win tickets | 7 Comments »

In this video, we captured José James recording the vocals for the Flying Lotus produced CODE, the first song on his highly anticipated sophomore release Black Magic on Brownswood Recordings. The evening was full of smiles and surprises, including Moni singing background vocals.
Feb 01, 2010 | Categories: FWL BLOG, VIDEO | Tags: black magic, brownswood recordings, code, dj moni, friends we love productions, jazz, Jos James, jose james, mike vargas, moni pineda, music videos we love, Videos We Love, vocals | 2 Comments »

Critically acclaimed and world renown artist, Jose James invites us to witness the Black Magic of his new record with an intimate studio session that reveals the many facets of his creative process.
Jul 29, 2009 | Categories: AXIS, VIDEO | Tags: 120 seconds, amsterdam, artist, AXIS, basement jaxx, Billboard live Tokyo, billie holiday, black magic, brownswood recordings, centro cultural, Chico Hamilton, christian mcbride, code, com, dj moni, elan mehler, flying lotus, friends we love, friendswelove, friendswelove.com, gil scott-heron, gilles petereson, gilles peterson, heritage orchestra, hermitage, jazz, jazzanova, jazzy sport, john coltrane, jon lucien, jose james, junior mance, london, love, lyricist, marvin gaye, mike vargas, moni pineda, moodymann, music, nicola conte, north sea jazz fesival, north sea jazz festival, nuyorktricity, NYC, paridiso, rotterdam, royal festival hall, soil & pimp, songwriter, summerstage, taylor mcferrin, terry callier, the dreamer, toshi matsuura, verve, vocalist | 27 Comments »