It's been a while, but today I'm back with some real nice soul music from former Stevie Wonder backing-singer James (Jim) Gilstrap. After landing a contract in 1975, he went on to record 2 records: 'Swing Your Daddy' (1975) and 'Love Talk' (1976). The title track of the first one, 'Swing Your Daddy', will sound familiar (it was a major hit, with all that 'doobiedoowaa'-ing going on), but his second record was not very successful. The reason I mention 'Love Talk' is very simple: it's second track 'Move Me' was sampled by DJ Premier for the brilliant Big L-track 'Flamboyant'.
Gilstrap went on to persue a carreer as a session vocalist, singing backings for the likes of Anita Baker, Joe Cocker, Kelis and even Elton John. He also received critical acclaim for his work on Quincy Jones' 'Body Heat'-album (check 'Soul Saga (Song of the Buffalo Soldier)') and his contributions to the score of the Robert Redford-film 'Three Days of the Condor', his bluesy 'A Lament' for the Japanese 'Survive Style 5+'-film and his backings for the 'Grease'-musical. You might also want to check out his production work for the group Side Effect on 'Run Run Run'. Enjoy!
Gilstrap went on to persue a carreer as a session vocalist, singing backings for the likes of Anita Baker, Joe Cocker, Kelis and even Elton John. He also received critical acclaim for his work on Quincy Jones' 'Body Heat'-album (check 'Soul Saga (Song of the Buffalo Soldier)') and his contributions to the score of the Robert Redford-film 'Three Days of the Condor', his bluesy 'A Lament' for the Japanese 'Survive Style 5+'-film and his backings for the 'Grease'-musical. You might also want to check out his production work for the group Side Effect on 'Run Run Run'. Enjoy!
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