James earl jones Archives - ContemporaryJazz.com https://contemporaryjazz.com/tag/james-earl-jones Celebrating 30 Years Online! Sat, 28 Sep 2024 14:12:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://i0.wp.com/contemporaryjazz.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/cropped-ContemporaryJazz-mascot-logo-favicon-512x512-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 James earl jones Archives - ContemporaryJazz.com https://contemporaryjazz.com/tag/james-earl-jones 32 32 124780169 Children read by James Earl Jones https://contemporaryjazz.com/children-read-by-james-earl-jones https://contemporaryjazz.com/children-read-by-james-earl-jones#respond Sat, 28 Sep 2024 14:12:15 +0000 https://contemporaryjazz.com/?p=4295 I was saddened by the recent death of the iconic James Earl Jones. His booming voice and presence will always be felt and remembered. When thinking about him recently I think I recalled something he did on a contemporary jazz recording. And I remember that oh my God, he did. 
He was on one of […]

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]]> I was saddened by the recent death of the iconic James Earl Jones. His booming voice and presence will always be felt and remembered. When thinking about him recently I think I recalled something he did on a contemporary jazz recording. And I remember that oh my God, he did. 
He was on one of the Golden Slumbers compilation that Dave Koz and Jeff Koz put together. He did a recording of the poem “Children” by Khalil Gibran,  a Lebanese-American poet, artist, and philosopher.

How can I describe it? It’s James Earl Jones gently reading a significant work of words in his inimitable voice. It has power.

Calling Golden Slumbers – A Father’s Love a contemporary jazz compilation may be a stretch. It’s a wonderful release of love songs by fathers for their children, produced by Dave Koz and Jeff Koz. In addition to James Earl Jones, you may recognize some other names, like Kirk Whalum, Michael McDonald, Smokey Robinson, Solomon Burke, Will Downing, Dave Matthews, and Phil Collins. The album was released April 26, 2005.

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