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From the keyboard of Bob Baldwin:

I met Dean James in Atlanta through Gary Berman, the gentleman who took the photo below. He was telling me about this cat from the West Coast that was about to make Atlanta his new home. That was a good thing because I had his work on the LA Jazz Syndicate as well as his remake of, "Can We Talk". Nice chord changes, cool sax tones, it was all good. We finally met in 1998 and I recruited him for the new CD, "Bob Baldwin.com"

Written by Bob Baldwin

Dean James, Bob Baldwin, Sean Michael Ray and Eric Essix

Dean James, Bob Baldwin, Sean Ray and Eric Essix (1999) - photo by Gary Berman

New Bob Baldwin CD, "Bobbaldwin.com", featuring Chuck Loeb, Gerald Albright, Marion Meadows, Eric Essix and a special song co-composed by Will Downing. Click the CD for more details.

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Dean James picked up the saxophone at the age of 15 after a knee injury kept him off the football field, and was soon practicing eight hours per day. He attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, then returned to San Francisco to play jazz with the David Eshelmans Big Band and gospel with artists like Ben Tankard, Daryl Coley and Dannie Belle Hall.

By the mid-'80s, James had moved to Los Angeles and become a regarded session player and sideman, with Rob Mullins, Edwin & Walter Hawkins, Gary Taylor and others.

He also arranged strings for several pop groups, and earned his own contract with Brajo Records for 1995's Can We Talk, a smooth record with his late-night alto for once in the driver's seat.

For his second album, appropriately titled Intimacy, James moved to Ichiban and did well on contemporary jazz charts.

Dean James now makes Atlanta his home where he further pursues his music. Look for new product from this fine saxophonist in the new millenium.

~ John Bush, All Music Guide