Taali

Yesterday the brilliant @mobydickenergy reminded me, through tweet form, why this album/project has meant so much to me, and why it feels so poignant to have this piece and video out in @bust_magazine today. (🧵) bust.com/music/199383-t… (1/10)

Fourteen years ago I got a JD Salinger quote tattooed on my back because I was a very about that life kind of Lower East Side artist who took herself very seriously. I wrote an essay about whether she was right. (She was… sort of). Read here: taliabillig.substack.com/p/were-most-of…

I once joked online about a hurricane. The city flooded. People died. (I'll never joke about storms again, including the one that burned down my neighborhood a year or so ago) A piece on preparedness, memory, and what we carry forward. taliabillig.substack.com/p/flowers-in-t…

LOS ANGELES!!! I’m bringing #1978RevengeOfTheDragon to Blue Note Los Angeles Jan 9-11 🔥🔥🔥 🎟️ bluenotejazz.com/la/tm-event/jo…

Merry Christmas From José James 🎅🏽🎄 Holiday tour just around the corner with my new fire trio: @jaharistampley - piano Kanoa Mendenhall - bass @ob3isme - drums 🎟 josejamesmusic.com/tour Minneapolis • Boston • Baltimore • New Orleans 🎁

I introduced my recommended jazz performances in Tokyo for this month on Time Out Tokyo（@TimeOutTokyoJP）. timeout.jp/tokyo/ja/music… ＜Featured Performances＞ ■Marty Holoubek 3Days 6Concerts October 3-5 @ Shinjuku Pit Inn (@pit_inn_) Performers: Yutaka Koyama (@ShamisenOyama), Sayo Komada (@sayo_shami), Hikari Shirafuji (@Kiki_Tsugaru), Kanami Takeda (@kanami_takeda), Akihisa Kominato (@kominatoakihisa), Masaki Otawa, Maiko Isobe (@maiko_violin), Yukihiro Atsumi, Kota Kaihori (@K_Kaihori), Sumire Kuribayashi (@sumirepf), Masato Mori (@55Morimasa55), Yasushi Fukumori, Shun Ishiwaka (@shunishiwaka), HIMI (@himimojo), Mei Inoue (@may_inoue0514), ermhoi (@Dooonermhoi), Akihiro Nishiguchi (@akinishiguchi), Yusuke Sase (@sase_tp), Marty Holoubek (@martyhbass) ■JAZZSTANCE October 8 @ Shibuya THE ROOM Performers: Daisuke Sano (@kuraidori), Hanna., IZM (@izm_stuck), nan, SATOKEN, Hajikeruashi @UKJAZZ_CLOUDiA ■JOSÉ JAMES presents 1978: Revenge of the Dragon October 11-13 @ Blue Note Tokyo (@BlueNoteTokyo) Performers: José James (@josejamesmusic), Taali (@taalitweets), Takuya Kuroda (@takutrumpet), BIGYUKI (@bigyuki), Parker McAllister, Jharis Yokley (@JharisYokley) ■9m88 “This Temporary Ensemble Vol. 2” at Blue Note Place October 31 @ Ebisu Blue Note Place (@bluenote_place) Performers: 9m88 (@9m88baba), Chun-Yu Kuo, Devilin Chen, Brandon Lin, Yu-Jung Hsiao ■Shin Sasakubo & Fabiano de Nascimento October 31 @ Minami Aoyama BAROOM (@baroom_tokyo) Performers: Shin Sasakubo (@shinsasakubo), Fabiano de Nascimento

Premiere night for #Nobody2 🎬 Honored to open the film with “The Good Life” ❤️🎶

【INFO】明日7月24日(木)正午より一般予約受付スタート 多彩なアプローチに呼応する変幻自在なヴォーカルで、ジャズ・シーンをリードするヴォーカリスト、ホセ・ジェイムズが待望の再登場！ 最新アルバム『1978：Revenge Of The Dragon』を携えて11年ぶりに行われるブルーノート東京公演に乞うご期待。 JOSÉ JAMES presents "1978: Revenge of the Dragon" 2025 10.11 sat., 10.12 sun., 10.13 mon. x.gd/1jB6t #joséjames #bluenotetokyo @josejamesmusic @taalitweets @takutrumpet @bigyuki @JharisYokley

【INFO】明日7月17日(木)正午よりJAM会員先行予約受付スタート 多彩なアプローチに呼応する変幻自在なヴォーカルでジャズ・シーンをリードするヴォーカリスト、ホセ・ジェイムズが待望の再登場！ 最新アルバム『1978：Revenge Of The Dragon』を携えて11年ぶりに行われるブルーノート東京公演に乞うご期待。 JOSÉ JAMES presents "1978: Revenge of the Dragon" 2025 10.11 sat., 10.12 sun., 10.13 mon. x.gd/1jB6t #joséjames #bluenotetokyo @josejamesmusic @taalitweets @takutrumpet @bigyuki @JharisYokley

【New Show Added】 JOSÉ JAMES presents "1978: Revenge of the Dragon" 2025 10.11 sat., 10.12 sun., 10.13 mon. x.gd/1jB6t #joséjames #bluenotetokyo @josejamesmusic @taalitweets @takutrumpet @bigyuki @JharisYokley

We live in the forest now. Actual forest. Dirt roads, genius raccoons, trees that don't care about my productivity. Learning the difference between hiding and healing. (Rest isn't the opposite of work. It's the opposite of exhaustion.) open.substack.com/pub/taali/p/sa…

KELLY CLARKSON SHOW 🔥🔥🔥 What a huge honor — thank you to @taalitweets @bigyuki, @JharisYokley Kyle Miles & Joseph DiGiovanna for making this performance so special. Watch the full video now on @KellyClarksonTV YouTube! 📺 youtu.be/SZb5uBNmY8g?si…

José James is focusing on songs from 1978 and 1979, something of a Pangaea moment for music. buff.ly/Pk2U3GQ

TOKYO DAYDREAM feat. Taali – Official Video Out Now 🇯🇵🗼❤️ A love letter to Tokyo’s nightlife, music, and spirit. Watch: youtu.be/_x8QNpr0u3c?si…

ARIGATO JAPAN!!! 🇯🇵 “Rock With You” feat Takuya Kuroda has officially entered the J-Wave @tokio_hot100 chart! Thank you to Chris Peppler, to all the @jwave813fm DJs, @umusicjapan and to all my fans in Japan for your support!! Big respect to my bro @takutrumpet !! 🔥🔥🔥

THANK YOU @Fender!! ⚡️🎸🙏🏽

I truly love you all. Thank you for helping us rebuild post #eatonfire gofundme.com/f/help-talia-j…

wading through the absolute mountain of receipts from 1/7 to today and oh man did it make me grateful that this gofundme exists because they just. keep. coming. thank you all for sharing, donating + helping us through the worst moment of my life gofundme.com/f/help-talia-j… #lafires

@EmmaTolkin every time you post these it is joy for me every time

Mark S. at the Music/Dance Experience

i want to write more, my heart can't take it. i just keep coming back to what i wrote here on taalitalk a few weeks ago: substack.com/home/post/p-15… #EatonFire #altadena #lafires #LosAngelesFire

Thank you all so very much for lifting us up. @josejamesmusic and I still have a long road ahead, but the relief of knowing we’re held by our community is immeasurable. Your support gives us hope. gofundme.com/f/help-talia-j… #EatonFire #lafires #losangelesfires #thankyou