Percussionists · 1947–2022

James Mtume

American jazz and R&B musician, songwriter, record producer, activist and radio personality (1947–2022)

Born: 3 January 1947
Philadelphia
Died: 9 January 2022
South Orange
Country: United States
Active: 1961–
Record labels: Columbia Records, Strata-East Records
Discography: 1 album

Biography

James Mtume was a jazz musician who played percussion instrument, keyboard instrument, conga and voice. James Mtume was born on 3 January 1947 in Philadelphia and died on 9 January 2022 in South Orange. The music is usually filed under jazz fusion and rhythm and blues. Record labels: Columbia Records and Strata-East Records.

James Forman (January 3, 1946 – January 9, 2022), known professionally as Mtume or James Mtume, was an American jazz and R&B musician, songwriter, record producer, activist, and radio personality. He came to prominence as a jazz musician, working with Miles Davis between 1971 and 1975. Mtume's R&B group, also called Mtume, is best known for the 1983 R&B hit song "Juicy Fruit", which has been repeatedly sampled, most notably by The Notorious B.I.G. on his hit "Juicy". Mtume the band also had a top-five R&B hit with the single "You, Me, and He".

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Discography

Studio and live albums

Rebirth Cycle 1977

Also plays on

Albums where James Mtume is credited as a sideman

1970	Kawaida — Kuumba-Toudie Heath	congas
1972	Song for My Lady — McCoy Tyner	percussion, congas
1972	Wisdom Through Music — Pharoah Sanders	percussion
1973	Horn Culture — Sonny Rollins	percussion
1973	Sonny Rollins in Japan — Sonny Rollins	congas
1974	Get Up With It — Miles Davis	percussion
1974	Big Fun — Miles Davis	percussion
1974	The Cutting Edge — Sonny Rollins	congas, percussion
1974	Sama Layuca — McCoy Tyner	percussion
1974	Asante — McCoy Tyner	percussion, congas
1974	Love in Us All — Pharoah Sanders	percussion
1974	Black Love — Carlos Garnett	congas
1974	Bridge Into the New Age — Azar Lawrence	congas, percussion
1975	Nucleus — Sonny Rollins	congas, percussion, guitar
1975	The Shadow Do — Gary Bartz	percussion, congas
1976	Caliente! — Gato Barbieri	percussion
1976	People Moving — Azar Lawrence	percussion
1978	Plays the Legacy of Duke Ellington — James Spaulding	percussion
1978	Hip Seagull — 日野皓正	percussion
1979	You Know How to Love Me — Phyllis Hyman	producer
1982	It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing — Duke Ellington & Teresa Brewer	congas
1984	Passion and Fire — Gato Barbieri	percussion
1985	You Might Be Surprised — Roy Ayers	keyboard
1991	Damisi — Harold Land	congas
1994	Bolivia — Gato Barbieri	congas
1994	The Time and the Place — Jimmy Heath	percussion
2018	Complete Sonny Rollins In Japan — Sonny Rollins	congas
2021	Caliente! — Gato Barbieri	percussion