James Dallas

• first ever vinyl reissue

• 180 gram CLEAR VINYL EDITION

• limited to 100 copies

Compact private smooth jazz affair from Milwaukee’s answer to Weather Report. Tracked in 1982 at Mauer Brothers’ studio, Life Forms is the debut album from multi-instrumentalist James Dallas, who cut his teeth with the Dynamic Exploits show band. Backed by Heavy Weather—Kevin Whitehead on bass, Myron McClain on drums, Christopher Dallas on a brand new Crumar Stratus keyboard, Dallas’ silky soprano sax is made whole with a crack team of Wisconsin medium-weights, including Nolan Clark on drums, Terry Sims on synthesizer, Jake Simmons on bass, Earl Thompson on percussion, and guitarists Robert Walls Jr. and Rick Lacey.

The six song LP is a heady mix of funk, fusion, and synth (the Roland Vocoder, Arp Odyssey, and Jupiter 6 all make appearances), and an excellent starting point for the budding smooth jazz underground enthusiast.

TRACKS & PERSONNEL:

• SIDE A
• A1. SIDETRACK
• Jake Simmons - (bass)
• Earl Thompson - (congas, percusion)
• Nolan Clark - (drums)
• Robert Walls, Jr. - (electric guitar)
• James Dallas - (soprano sax, keyboards, synthesizer)
• Terry Sims - (synthesizer)

• A2. CRUSADE
• Jake Simmons - (bass)
• Nolan Clark - (drums)
• Robert Walls, Jr. - (electric guitar)
• Earl Thompson - (percusion)
• James Dallas - (soprano sax, keyboards, synthesizer)

• A3. LIFE FORMS
• Jake Simmons - (bass)
• Nolan Clark - (drums)
• Robert Walls, Jr. - (electric guitar)
• James Dallas - (soprano sax, keyboards, synthesizer)

• SIDE B
• B1. STORMY
• Kevin Whitehead - (bass)
• Myron McClain - (drums)
• Rick Lacey - (electric guitar)
• Christopher Dallas - (keyboards, synthesizer)
• James Dallas - (soprano sax, keyboards, synthesizer)

• B2. SYNDROME
• Kevin Whitehead - (bass)
• Myron McClain - (drums)
• Rick Lacey - (electric guitar)
• Christopher Dallas - (keyboards, synthesizer)
• James Dallas - (soprano sax)

• B3. NOTHING TO LOOSE
• Jake Simmons - (bass)
• Nolan Clark - (drums)
• Robert Walls, Jr. - (electric guitar)
• James Dallas - (flute, keyboards, synthesizer)