James Mtume

James Mtume (* January 1947 in Philadelphia as James Forman ) is an American musician ( percussionist, particularly conga player, keyboardist, singer, songwriter, bandleader ), music producer and radio presenter, who has emerged first in jazz and later, especially in the radio range.

Life and work

Mtume, son of jazz saxophonist Jimmy Heath, grew up in his hometown and moved early in 1970 to New York City, where he worked with Herbie Hancock, Tootie Heath ( Kawaida ), Buddy Terry, Joe Henderson and Freddie Hubbard before 1971-1975 member of the band by Miles Davis. He also led his own band, which was also experimenting with hybrid forms between free jazz and poetry. As a session musician, he was involved in the 1970s of shots of Gato Barbieri, Eddie Henderson, McCoy Tyner, Lonnie Liston Smith, James Spaulding and Sonny Rollins. He also performed with The Heath Brothers, his father and his uncle on. He also worked for Roberta Flack and wrote with guitarist Reggie Lucas, with whom he worked from 1974 for the hit Stephanie Mills I Never Knew Love Like this Before.

He founded in the late 1970s band Mtume had with the single You, Me, and He a top five R & B hit, and was active until the mid-1980s. It is now known primarily for her song Juicy Fruit, which sampled by The Notorious BIG was used in its Juicy, but also for Jennifer Lopez's song Loving You and Warren G Do You See; on the song by Wreckx -N- Effect was sampled.

Furthermore, he was involved in recordings by Lou Rawls, Hugh Masekela and Roy Ayers and worked with Players Association. On the New York station WRKS ( 98.7 KISS FM) he had his own radio show. For Mary J. Blige albums he produced in 1997 the Share My World and K-Ci and Jo - Jo's Love Always. He also worked with Black Renaissance ( 2002).

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