Hot on the heels of his commercial breakthrough
Touchdown, which contained the monster hit "Angela (Theme from Taxi),"
Bob James teamed up with acoustic guitarist
Earl Klugh for the first of two hit duet albums.
One on One is not strictly a duet side, however. The pair is accompanied by a band of crack studio types that includes
James' former CTI mates acoustic bassist
Ron Carter and drummer
Harvey Mason and a host of others as well as string and woodwinds sections. The fare is light, breezy, and barely there in places. Out of these sessions came "The Afterglow," which lit up the charts right after "Angela" did, making
James the hottest jazz commodity on the scene.