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Straight Up
Straight Up
Studio album by Bob James
Released	May 18, 1996
Recorded	December 20 & 21, 1995
Studio	The Power Station and The Hit Factory (New York, NY);
Genre	Jazz
Length	54:27
Label	Warner Bros. Records
Producer	Matt Pierson
Bob James chronology

Straight Up is Bob James' 24th album. It was recorded on December 20 and 21, 1995, and released on May 28, 1996.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Los Angeles Times	^[2]

Scott Yanow of AllMusic concludes, "With (Christian) McBride and (Brian) Blade contributing consistently stimulating interplay, Bob James has recorded what is certainly the finest jazz album of his career."

Don Heckman of the Los Angeles Times gives this album 2 out of a possible 4 stars and concludes his review with, "this is still not the jazz outing that, somewhere, somehow, he is capable of making."^[2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Bob James, unless otherwise noted

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Nightcrawler"		4:42
2.	"Ambrosia"		6:29
3.	"James"	Pat Metheny Lyle Mays	4:53
4.	"The Jody Grind"	Horace Silver	7:09
5.	"Lost April"	Eddie DeLange Hubert Spencer Emil Newman	5:38
6.	"Three Mice Blind"		7:19
7.	"Hockney"		6:10
8.	"Shooting Stars"		6:21
9.	"Quiet Now"	Denny Zeitlin	5:46
Total length:			54:27

Musicians

Bob James – grand piano
Christian McBride – bass
Brian Blade – drums

Production

Matt Pierson – producer
James Farber – recording, mixing
Ken Freeman – additional engineer
Glen Marchese – assistant engineer
Rory Romano – assistant engineer
Greg Calbi – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY)
Dana Watson – production coordinator
Linda Cobb – art direction, design
Bob James – art direction, design
Herman Leonard – photography
Jeffrey Scales – photography

Track information and credits adapted the album's liner notes.^[3]

Charts

Chart (1996)	Peak position
Traditional Jazz Albums (Billboard)^[4]	6
Jazz Albums (Billboard)^[5]	20

References

^ ^a ^b Yanow, Scott. Bob James - Straight Up at AllMusic. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
^ ^a ^b Heckman, Don (5 July 1996). "Bob James Trio "Straight Up" Warner Bros". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
^ Straight Up (liner notes). Bob James. Warner Records. 1996. 9 45956-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ "Bob James Chart History – Traditional Jazz Albums)". Billboard. 16 August 1996. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
^ "Bob James Chart History – Jazz Albums)". Billboard. 21 June 1996. Retrieved 14 February 2020.