José James Performs at SummerStage, Rumsey Field Central Park NYC, June 10, 2026

José James, of Irish and Panamanian descent,attended The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music.

A jazz artist for the hip-hop generation, José James artfully blurs the lines between traditional and contemporary jazz, hip-hop, soul, funk, pop and rock

In 2008, he debuted with his first album, The Dreamer, achieving much success after DJ Gilles Peterson signed him to his new independent label Brownswood Recordings. His second album Blackmagic followed in 2009. And in the following year, the album For All We Know came out on the Impulse! label.
For All We Know became the winner of both the Edison Award and the Académie du Jazz Grand Prix for best Vocal Jazz Album of 2010.
James has presented his work at venues such as The Kennedy Center, Hollywood Bowl, Ancienne Belgique and Billboard Live Tokyo. He has performed as a guest artist with McCoy Tyner, Laura Mvula and the Jazz at Lincoln Center, Melbourne Symphony and Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam.
His latest project is called On & On - José James sings Badu, which was performed at Millennium stage on 22 October 2022 with his current band, composed of five young musicians.The Millennium stage is located at The Kennedy Center, which holds some of Washington, D.C.'s most important musical performances and plays.

James has collaborated with many notable artists such as Flying Lotus, Robert Glasper, Lalah Hathaway, Ledisi, Aloe Blacc and Jason Moran.

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