Angela (Theme from Taxi)

Bob James · 1978 · Taxi (série ABC, 1978), thème de Bob James

Context

Bob James released “Angela (Theme from Taxi)” as the opening track of the album Touchdown, in July 1978, on Tappan Zee (Columbia). The tune became the theme of the television series Taxi, named after a character in an episode of the first season.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Jazz in film and on screen, Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk. Among the origins and influences of Jazz in film and on screen: Cool (Birth of the Cool), Third stream, Modern big bands.

By the same artist

• Take Me to the Mardi Gras (1975)

Sources

• EN: Touchdown (Bob James album)

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