CHIC: (Singing) Ah, freak out. GLORIA GAYNOR: (Singing) I will survive. CHAKA KHAN: (Singing) I'm every woman. PARLIAMENT: (Singing) Flashlight. EARTH, WIND AND FIRE ...

When: Saturday, June 22, 9:30 p.m.; Sunday, June 23, 5 & 7:30 p.m. More info: jazzaspensnowmass.org The songs of Bill Withers cast a spell. Vocalist Jose James is learning just how deeply connected ...

It was a time when the many strains of pop — soul, funk, R&B, rock, jazz, and even disco — were all coming together, and 1978 is the year James was born.

His journey of chameleonic experimentation started with jazz, but like many musicians who’ve made a bit of a splash in that field, a dark night of the soul quickly followed in which he decided, “I ...

José James needed to get something off his chest. He was a little more than halfway through his lively 90 minute set Thursday night at The Bowery Ballroom, where he eased through a collection of songs ...

José James wasn’t listening to music back in 1978 – that’s the year he was born. Yet many of his favorite albums are from that year, and the soulful, hypnotic grooves on his new album “1978” recall ...

Born and raised in Minneapolis, José James is already huge in Europe and Japan but hasn’t yet drawn the attention he deserves at home. Born and raised in Minneapolis, James is already huge in Europe ...

And this was some of the great music of 1978. (SOUNDBITE OF MONTAGE) CHIC: (Singing) Ah, freak out. GLORIA GAYNOR: (Singing) I will survive. CHAKA KHAN: (Singing) I'm every woman. PARLIAMENT: (Singing ...