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Touchdown (Bob James album)

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Track listing
Personnel
Charts
References
External links

{{Infobox album
| name = Touchdown
| type = studio
| artist = Bob James
| cover = Touchdown Bob James.jpg
| released = July 20, 1978
| recorded = 1978
| studio =
| genre = Jazz fusion, smooth jazz
| length = 33:42
| label = Tappan Zee
| producer = Bob James
| prev_title = Heads
| prev_year = 1977
| next_title = One on One
| next_year = 1979
}}

Touchdown is the sixth album by Bob James.

Reception

{{Album ratings
| rev1 =Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}} ^[1]
|rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| rev2Score = {{rating|1|5}}^[2]
}}

It was a commercial breakout album for him that contained the song "Angela", the popular theme song to the 1970s television sitcom Taxi. The song was named after a guest character in the third episode of the first season ("Blind Date"), but after hearing the song, the producers made this the show's main theme, replacing their previous choice, which became this album's title track.^[3] The song "Angela" is heard at the beginning of each episode as the opening credits are seen. The song plays while a yellow New York taxi drives over the Queensboro Bridge. Many taxi garages are located on the Queens side of the bridge so they'll have easy access to Midtown Manhattan.

The album's title is a reference to this being James' sixth solo album (a touchdown being worth six points in American football), a pattern also followed by his previous album Heads (featuring a five cent coin on its cover) and next album Lucky Seven.

Track listing

All songs written by Bob James

"Angela (Theme from Taxi)" – 5:48
"Touchdown" – 5:44
"I Want to Thank You (Very Much)" – 7:07
"Sun Runner" – 6:17
"Caribbean Nights" – 8:46

Personnel

Bob James – keyboards
Wayne Andre– trombone
Dave Bargeron – trombone
Alan Raph – trombone
Randy Brecker – trumpet
Jon Faddis – trumpet
Mike Lawrence – trumpet
Ron Tooley – trumpet
Phil Bodner – alto saxophone, flute, oboe
Jerry Dodgion – alto saxophone, flute
David Sanborn – alto saxophone
George Marge – tenor saxophone, English horn, flute, oboe, recorder
Harvey Estrin – flute, clarinet, tenor saxophone
Hubert Laws – flute
Howard Johnson – clarinet, baritone saxophone
Hiram Bullock – guitar
Eric Gale – guitar
Earl Klugh – acoustic guitar
Richie Resnicoff – acoustic guitar
Ron Carter – piccolo bass, double bass
Gary King – bass guitar
Steve Gadd – drums
Idris Muhammad – drums
Ralph MacDonald – percussion
Mongo Santamaria – percussion

Strings

Diana Halprin, Harold Kohon, Harry Cykman, Harry Lookofsky, Herbert Sorkin, John Pintavalle, Lewis Eley, Louis Gabowitz, Matthew Raimondi, Max Ellen, Richard Sortomme – violin
Emanuel Vardi, Jean Dane, Sue Pray, Theodore Israel – viola
Charles McCracken, Jonathan Abramowitz, Richard Locker, Seymour Barab – cello

Charts

Chart (1978)	Peak position
Billboard Pop Albums^[4]	37
Billboard Top Jazz Albums^[4]	1

References

1. ^{{Allmusic |class=album |id=r141422 |tab=review |label=Bob James: Touchdown > Review |first=Alex |last=Henderson|accessdate=14 September 2011}}
2. ^ {{Cite book |editor-last=Swenson |editor-first=J. | author-link = | year = 1985 | title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone | location = USA | isbn = 0-394-72643-X | pages = 111}}
3. ^{{IMDb title|0077089|Taxi}} (Trivia section)
4. ^¹{{Cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p6800/charts-awards/billboard-albums|pure_url=yes}}|title=Bob James US albums chart history|publisher=allmusic.com|accessdate=2011-09-15}}

External links

Bob James-Touchdown at Discogs

3 : 1978 albums|Bob James (musician) albums|Albums produced by Bob James (musician)

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