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José James has composed and released six albums and performed on prestigious international stages including the North Sea Jazz Festival, Victoria Jazz Festival, Billboard Live Tokyo, Royal Festival Hall in London, and Central Park Summerstage in New York

James studied voice at MacPhail Center for Music in Minneapolis and attended The New School of Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York City

James released albums including Dreamer (2008), Blackmagic (2010), For All We Know (2010), No Beginning, No End (2013), While You Were Sleeping (2014), and Yesterday I Had the Blues (2015), signed with Blue Note Records in 2012

James is known as a "jazz singer for the hip-hop generation" who blends jazz, soul, drum'n'bass, and spoken word, citing John Coltrane, Marvin Gaye, and Billie Holiday as main influences

Senate congratulates José James on his musical success and contributions to jazz and directs the Secretary of the Senate to transmit an enrolled copy of the resolution to him