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[No title] Mtume, the band, had a number one R&B hit with "Juicy Fruit" for Epic in 1983 and a number two single in 1984 with "You, Me and He." They recorded for Epic until the late '80s. Mtume produced and/or wrote for such artists as Stephanie Mills, Roberta Flack/Donny Hathaway, Phyllis Hyman, Gary Bartz, Sadane, Lou Rawls, Rena Scott, Eddie Henderson in the late '70s, Levert, Tyrone Brunson, Roy Ayers, Henderson and Tease. Mtume scored the film “Native Son” in the late 80s and is popular producer for the likes of Mary J. Blige, Jodice and other hip hop singers and rappers. mtume.theopenline.info   (324 words)

Mtume - Patriks soul/funk special The founder and master behind it was James Mtume, the son of a famous jazz saxophonist Jimmy Heath. James himself had participated as conga player and percussionist on different jazz or jazzfunk recordings during the 70s like Lonnie Liston Smith in 73, Miles Davis in 72 and 74 and on his father Jimmy Heats album in 72. The centre piece in everything Mtume had done was James Mtume that decided to end the project, not for musical reasons, but more because he was disappointed on the changes in the musical business. www.soulfunkspecial.com /mtume.htm   (1814 words)

Juicy Fruit by Mtume   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18) James Mtume's band Mtume hit its commercial and creative peak in 1983, when Juicy Fruit was released. Throughout Juicy Fruit, James Mtume takes a very hands-on approach -- in addition to producing the album and co-writing much of the material, he plays keyboards and provides some of the lead vocals (along with the expressive, big-voiced Tawatha Agee). Juicy Fruit isn't the only worthwhile album that James Mtume's band came out with in the 1980s; as a rule, his 1980s output was solid. www.mp3.com /albums/11096/summary.html   (315 words)

Mtume Page James Mtume moved into Urban Contemporary and funk in the late '70's, and became one of the more successful producers and performers in both styles during the '80's. Mtume were signed to Epic in 1980 while James was still writing and producing with Reggie Lucas. James Mtume worked on his own, as a producer, with several artists, among them Levert, Tyrone Brunson, Roy Ayers, Eddie Henderson, Tease, and Sue Ann Carwell. www.soulwalking.co.uk /Mtume.html   (382 words)

Freestyle Roots: James Mtume James Mtume was raised in a musical family where his father and uncles formed a band The Heath Brothers. Meanwhile, James Mtume found an outlet for his musical creativity as musical director of a NY theatre. James Mtume is clearly an exceptional artist with an integrity. www.freestylegrooves.com /mtume.htm   (627 words)

Mtume: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more ||| Music.com A former jazz percussionist, Mtume [+] moved into urban contemporary and funk in the late '70s and became one of the more successful producers and performers in both styles during the '80s. The son of the great jazz saxophonist Jimmy Heath [+], Mtume [+] was a conga player and percussionist who recorded and toured with Miles Davis [+] and was featured on albums by the Heath Brothers, Sonny Rollins [+], Herbie Hancock [+], Joe Henderson [+], and Freddie Hubbard [+]. Mtume [+] worked on his own as a producer with several artists, among them Levert [+], Tyrone Brunson [+], Roy Ayers [+], Henderson, Tease [+], and Sue Ann [+]. music.com /person/mtume/1   (377 words)

James Mtume: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more ||| Music.com A successful session man, songwriter, bandleader, and producer, Mtume bowed out of the music business in the mid-'80s, when he felt the quality and history of RandB was slipping away, only to return triumphantly to lend his stellar ear and deep knowledge of fl music to neo-RandB acts like Mary J. Blige. Mtume, the son of jazz saxophonist Jimmy Heath, first made in-roads into the music business in the early '70s when he moved from the city of brotherly love to New York. Mtume spent five years with Miles and leveraged the prestigious position to become a session man, playing on Lonnie Liston Smith's Astral Traveling and Roberta Flack's Blue Lights In the Basement, among others. music.com /person/james_mtume/1   (469 words)

Tawatha Page Tawatha has worked consistently as a backing singer from the mid-70's through to the present day, predominantly with James Mtume who produced her one solo album 'Welcome To My Dream' for Epic Records in 1987. She was also the featured vocalist on many of Mtume's hits including 'Juicy Fruit' (UK Top 40, 1983 and the number one R and B spot, in the States, for eight weeks in summer 1983. In writing 'Juicy Fruit,' Tawatha would be recording one verse whilst James Mtume would be writing the verse that would follow it. www.soulwalking.co.uk /Tawatha.html   (209 words)

Danceclassic.com - Finally danceclassics have found a home Former jazz percussionist James Mtume moved into Urban Contemporary and funk in the late '70s, and became one of the more successful producers and performers in both styles during the '80s. Son of the great jazz saxophonist Jimmy Heath, Mtume was a conga player and percussionist who recorded and toured with Miles Davis. Mtume worked on his own as a producer with several artists, among them Levert, Tyrone Brunson, Roy Ayers, Henderson, Tease, and Sue Ann. www.danceclassic.com /mtume.htm   (180 words)

Tawatha - Patriks soul/funk special She was solo, but just in one way, because James and the band from 86 participated on the album like everything was like in the old days. The debut was produced and directed by James Mtume and most of the songs could easily fit on any Mtume album because of the great similarities especially on the last three ones. With an mysterious and esoteric voice, hard to really comprehend and with an immense inner ability that's she's holding back from a spiritual eruption she fully possesses a divine power that she never fully reveals for the humans, that would simply have been too much to embrace. www.soulfunkspecial.com /tawatha.htm   (468 words)

Expansion Records   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18) Mtume's father was James Heath who together with uncles performed and recorded as The Heath Brothers. Mtume, who played guitar and percussion, learnt his craft on the jazz circuit with Herbie Hancock, Sonny Rollins, Joe Henderson and then Freddie Hubbard who introduced him to Miles and got hired as percussionist. James was loosely involved with these artists too, so it really wasn't until 1983 that everything changed. www.expansionrecords.com /mtume.htm   (1077 words)

A Change Is Gonna Come by Leela James All four inspirations released new material during the early 2000s, and James is the latest in an extended line of artists, stretching from American Idol to any anonymous keyboard lounge on the East Coast, claiming to rescue real music. James has the stature of a woman who should possess a squeaky voice, but she sings with demonstrative grit. Kanye West, Raphael Saadiq, Chucky Thompson, James Poyser, and even James Mtume are in on the action, giving James the kind of apt support she could've only imagined prior to recording the album. www.mp3.com /albums/20007252/summary.html   (403 words)

freeform.org : Mtume (James Heath) Cover is fl with white line-drawing of a sorta Egyptian-meets-sub Saharan figure (Pharoanic beard, pyramids for eyes, goat amulet), back side has an eye-in-pyramid drawing with photo of Mtume leaning against it. Mtume plays various percussion on this track too, which also features Kenny Barron, Jimmy Heath, Al "Tootie" Heath and Bob Cranshaw. Most of the tracks on this LP are also pretty good, especially the rewqorking of James Moody's Heritage Hum. www.freeform.org /music/m/Mtume.html   (287 words)

Tawatha: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more ||| Music.com Hailing from Philadelphia, Tawatha Agee [+] sang lead vocals on Mtume [+]'s million-selling single "Juicy Fruit" as well as her own hits "Thigh Ride," "Are Your Serious," and other hits produced by Mtume [+] leader/jazz-based keyboardist James Mtume [+] and Reggie Lucas [+]. Mtume [+]'s first charting single was "Just Funnin'" on Epic; though the single was played in Chicago and other major markets it stalled at number 93 RandB in summer 1978. Mtume [+] disbanded with its leader James Mtume [+] appearing on the cover of George Trower-Subira's book Black Folks' Guide to Making Big Money in America and become musical director of Fox-TV's mid-'90s urban police series New York Undercover. www.music.com /person/tawatha/1   (756 words)

DV REPUBLIC - pass the torch speaker series   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18) These mentors and griots in the fight for social and racial justice are invited to "pass the torch" to the next generation of activists. James Mtume is a Grammy Award winning music producer, composer for film and television, songwriter and musician. Mtume's career is distinguished by his ongoing social and political activism. www.dvrepublic.com /ptt/ptt.html   (617 words)

Theater of the Mind by Mtume Former jazz percussionist James Mtume moved into soul and funk in the 1980s, and then changed gears again in the mid- and late '80s. This was one of an album series Mtume called "sophisti-funk" LPs, with a denser, sparser sound than his previous works and devoid of string or horn support. Mtume managed to both get R&B chart hits like "P.O.P." and also make some biting, satirical comments about materialism and commercialism. www.mp3.com /albums/11094/summary.html   (152 words)

Greenwich Village Gazette: Columns: Guests: Donna Lamb In accepting her award she said, "I think this is for all the people who I represent: my comrades who spent years in prison or in exile, who struggled and died, the people who can't be here because they are scattered throughout Africa, the people who, because of their commitment, had their lives shattered. As he accepted his award, Mtume spoke very movingly about his gratitude to Miles Davis for his musical influence on him. Mtume had asked Davis to write a letter of recommendation to help him get into Julliard. www.gvny.com /columns/lamb/lamb07-04-03.html   (778 words)

Stephanie Mills She had her biggest chart success during the last days of disco, under the stewardship of James Mtume and Reggie Lucas, and since then has recorded with a large number of producers in a variety of styles, with varying success. Mtume and Lucas produced and wrote five of the eight tracks. Produced and mostly written by Mtume and Lucas, and it's in the same mode but a bit more tuneful: the ballads in particular are much improved ("Night Games," with a lovely, uplifting vocal, Mills's own "Magic"). www.warr.org /mills.html   (1281 words)

CMT.com : James Mtume : Biography It was through Flack that Mtume would meet his eventual songwriting partner and future bandmate. In 1978, after nearly a decade as a professional musician, Mtume finally took the plunge and formed his own band, the appropriately named Mtume, along with Lucas, bassist Ray Johnson, singer Tawatha Agee, and keyboardist Phil Fields. The band eventually broke up in the mid-'80s, with Mtume swearing off the current climate of R&B, awash in sound-a-likes and one hit wonders at that time. www.cmt.com /artists/az/mtume_james/bio.jhtml   (398 words)

80s odds and ends This album, the duo's last, abandons the James Brown samples that powered their early hits, shifting to early 90s hip hop staples like 45 King-style sax ("Pass The Hand Grenade") and jazz loops (title track, in the boasting MC tradition), with occasional odd touches like Marvin Gaye ("What's On Your Mind"). R&B producer James Mtume split from his long-time partner Reggie Lucas and jumped on the electronic funk bandwagon - using punchy synths and guitar scratches fresh from Minneapolis, plus Rick James's exploding snare sound. Guitarist Hillel Slovak plays the same James Brown scratches you've heard a million times, only with muddying distortion ("American Ghost Dance"); Flea bangs on his bass with the apparent conviction that his vehemence makes up for the fact that his slap-and-pop licks are lamebrained and familiar (title track). www.warr.org /odd80s.html   (12099 words)

Mtume Biography He even recorded as a bandleader for Strata-East before turning to funk in the late '70s. They had a number one R&B hit with "Juicy Fruit" for Epic in 1983 and a number two single in 1984 with "You, Me and He." They recorded for Epic until the late '80s. Mtume also teamed with another ex-jazz musician, Reggie Lucas, who had also been in Davis' '70s band. mp3.cnet.com /mtume/artists/4264/biography.html   (267 words)

Amazon.ca: Music: You Me And He   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18) This was one of Mtume's late-'80s "sophisti-funk" projects, with a mix of socially conscious lyrics, love songs, and uptempo cuts, plus collective vocals and sparing production and arrangements. Mtume got two other R&B smashes, one in the Top 20, and the album proved one of his best. The next track (YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE) is no different with the way the groove is and how James Mtume works his band like a two-dollar h#@. www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000260A   (497 words)

Billboard: Mtume teaches young musicians to avoid using technology as a crutch. (jazz and R&B musician James Mtume)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18) Billboard: Mtume teaches young musicians to avoid using technology as a crutch. Mtume teaches young musicians to avoid using technology as a crutch. NEW YORK - Jazz and RandB veteran James Mtume is making strides in contemporary RandB music by bringing the concepts of live instrumentation, vocal arrangement, and production back to a genre that currently relies heavily on samples. calbears.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_hb030/is_199709/ai_hibm1G119934189   (305 words)

The Closer I Get to You The intention is to encourage you, the reader, to search the racks of your favourite record store for such items of buried treasure. Mtume, on percussion, and Lucas, on guitar, had played with Miles Davies in the early seventies. It appeared on Mtume’s own 1978 release ‘Kiss The World Goodbye’ on which both Mtume and Lucas played as well as produced. www.soultracks.com /the_closer_i_get_to_you.htm   (721 words)

James Mtume Already in the sixties, James Mtume studied percussion and soon after this, he also acquired the guitar playing skills. In the Miles Davis band, Reggie Lucas played guitar, and it was with Reggie Lucas that James Mtume started a song writing partnership. Today his 1984 "You me and he" album stands like the ultimate Mtume album. www.discogs.com /artist/James+Mtume   (531 words)

Empirepage.com - Guest Editorials That's when a panel of popular "Black talk jocks" -- Bob Pickett, Bob Slade, and James Mtume of KISS-FM and Mark Riley of WLIB among them -- joined me and other opinion makers who had backed the Bloomberg candidacy. James Mtume agreed, saying, "The paradigm's going to shift." The paradigm is starting to shift. The 25 percent of ordinary Black New Yorkers who went for Mike did so in defiance of the official leadership, the ones who showed up to the Unity Rally for Mark Green, in spite of the Democrats' unabashed racialism. www.empirepage.com /guesteds/guesteds91.html   (724 words)

Mtume - Juicy Fruit: Reviews, Track Listing, Audio Clips, and more ||| Music.com Mtume - Juicy Fruit: Reviews, Track Listing, Audio Clips, and more Mtume - Juicy Fruit: Reviews, Track Listing, Audio Clips, and more Only one horn player is employed on this release: jazz saxophonist Gary Bartz, who did his share of RandB sessions in the late '70s and early '80s but eventually returned to being a full-time jazz improviser. www.music.com /release/juicy_fruit/1   (346 words)

Maronmusic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18) Mtume c'est : James Mtume, Hubert Eaves III, Tawatha Agee, Howard King, Phil Fields, Ray Johnson... Mtume travail avec : Mindbender Mtume, Sazhab Basil Fearington, Brenda White-King, Luther Vandross, Brenda White, Ed Walsh, Ed Tree Moore, Sinclair Acey, Gwen Guthrie James Mtume and Reggie Lucas Productions : Phyllis Hyman, Marc Sadane, Stephanie Mills, Azar Lawrence, Randy Crawford, Madonna... www.maronmusic.com /funkyman/mtume.htm   (136 words)

Juicy Fruit Raised on bebop, identity politics and Philly soul, percussionist James Mtume grew the seeds of New Jack Soul in synthesized soil and nasty funk. Son of saxophonist Jimmy Heath, Mtume joined Miles Davis' revolutionary electric sessions and later wrote and produced '70s hits like "The Closer I Get To You" for Roberta Flack. (J. Mtume); Produced by James Mtume ; James Mtume, lead and background vocals, keyboards; Tawatha Agee, lead and background vocals, percussion; Ed (Tree) Moore, guitars; Philip Fields, keyboards, background vocals; Raymond Jackson, bass, background vocals; Rec. www.sonymusic.com /artists/SoundtrackForACentury/ns4/track/2111.html   (162 words)

a burst of light... *: James Mtume Don't F--- Around! We're dealing with it." -- James Mtume on Joe Scarborough's MSNBC show (reacting to the latter's campaign to have actor Danny Glover booted as an MCI spokesperson) A jazz factoid: James "Juicy Fruit" Mtume's dad is legendary saxophonist Jimmy Heath. Posted by: james on May 7, 2003 06:12 PM www.ronntaylor.com /bulbs/000222.html   (206 words)

Vocalists - www.jacquespetrus.com In 87 she released her solo album "Welcome to my dream" that was produced by James Mtume and very much backed-up by former Mtume members and musicians. To a certain degree the album can even be be seen as the seventh Mtume album due to the closeness to them on literally every level. She has worked with great names like Frank Sinatra, James Brown and Quincy Jones to just mention a few. www.jacquespetrus.com /vocalists.htm   (1608 words)

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