Jam Says Yes To "Time" Reunion and Possibly Janet

James Harris III, better know as Jimmy Jam of the famed music production duo Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis gave an interview with EURweb.com and Lee Bailey, disclosing that he's presently working with his old group the Time on a new album. Jam says the following:


“We’re in the studio right now putting the final touches on a brand new Time album – all the original members,” Jam said. “We’re having a great time. We’re getting along, which is amazing.”
“[That] led us to ‘We’re all still getting along, why don’t we put an album together?’” Jam continued. “So we’re having a great time and hopefully at the beginning of the year, you’ll hear some brand new Time music.”

It's been 18 years since the Time has released an album with it's original members, so the wait is long overdue. During the interview, Jimmy Jam also hinted that the duo may reunite with their "go to person" Janet Jackson in the future, stating:

“We’re not perfect,” he said of the Jam & Lewis team. “We don’t always make the right decisions. We’ve done records in our time, luckily not many, but we’ve done some that weren’t the best records to do. We went into all the records with good intentions though. You don’t go into it saying, ‘Ooh, I’m going to make a bad record.’ You go in to make a great record. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. We had mad records together for 20 years and she decided to go a different direction and I applaud her for it. I want to see her successful in whatever she does.”

“I think she’s anxious to do some work. And [The Time] is back together because we want to be together, not because we need to be together,” he said. “If we collaborate with Janet again, and by the way, I never thought that we wouldn’t collaborate again. Just because you work with another producer or decide to go the other way, that that closes the door of the possibility. We want to work with her and I think she wants to work with us and if that all happens, then that’s what we’re going to do.”

Jimmy Jam's, who is also chairman of the National Academy of Arts and Sciences, honesty is refreshing. Here's hoping that both reunions have successful endings.

Jam and Lewis/Morris Day Interview

I found this video of a Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis and Morris Day interview supplied by MinnPost.com, in which the three now "middle aged" men discuss "The Time" reunion. Young black men, please notice how meticulously dressed, and articulate the 3 men are while being interviewed.

Deborah Cox "The Promise"

R&B Singer Deborah Cox released her first studio album in six years titled "The Promise" this week. The album's lead single, produced by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis and "Big Jim" Wright is titled "Did You Ever Love Me", is a poignant love song in which Cox openly sings about the good old days being long gone and questioning whether there ever was really love at all. This is unquestionably one of the best R&B love songs that I've heard in many years, and I admit that I'm not objective since I'm on record stating that Jam and Lewis are the greatest music producers of my generation.

Please give Ms. Cox some love and purchase "The Promise".

Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis Discuss the Making of "Tender Love"

James Harris III and Terry Lewis are better known as Jam and Lewis in music production circles. They're simply the best contemporary music production team of the past 25 years. They laid the path for LA and Face, Teddy Riley, The Neptunes and even Stargate in the present. Young people watch how they conduct themselves in an interview. They personify Class!!!!!!!!!!