James Taylor

On his first album in five years, James Taylor doesn't sound contemporary -- and he seems
very unworried by that fact. October Road reunites him with Russ Titelman, producer of
1975's Gorilla and '76's In the Pocket. Their approach here is much the same -- delivering
classic singer-songwriter fare laced with easy jazz and mellow R&B. Yet the result is much
more subtle than those peak-era LPs; what's more, October Road is a hit album w... More >