Pianist/composer Bob James and his trio waste no time presenting his popular credentials with “Angela,” and from here across the tracks, so to speak, to “Westchester Lady,” it’s smooth elegant
sailing for the music veteran. An almost uninterrupted mood of easy listening pervades FEEL LIKE MAKING LIVE! as James and bassist Michael Palazzolo and drummer Billy Kilson give fresh turns to several tunes from the keyboardist’s standard repertoire. “Feel Like Makin’ Love” is at the center of these reflections — from which the album’s title is derived — and it brings back memories even if devoid of Roberta Flack’s incomparable voice or David McMurray’s flute in a subsequent date a decade ago.
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