Reuben James

Reuben James, the genre-breaking pianist, singer-songwriter and composer announces the release of his third album, Big People Music, released via his label Rufio Records on May 16 2025. Reuben follows the acclaimed release of his soul-inflected 2023 album Champagne Kisses with an ambitious body of work spanning the worlds of lively funk, Jazz improvisation, classic soul and pop songwriting, featuring global talents including Jamie Cullum, Jungle, Honne, Emeli Sandé, Joe Armon-Jones, Theo Croker, Keyon Harrold, Kofi Stone and more.

Across 16 tracks, Reuben produces an immersive soundworld of intricate and infectious grooves, soaring vocal harmonies and earworming melody – the culmination of a decade’s experience spent at the forefront of the UK jazz, soul and singer-songwriting scenes.

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