we all know that jimmy jam and terry are great producers.
but what about their musician side?

terry lewis sounds like good in the pocket bass player,
what about jimmy jam?
i never knew who played what on time live peformances.
keyboard lines by monte and jimmy i couldnt notice a diffrence.
jimmy and terry play on the songs they produce right?
please discuss and point to the songs where i can hear their "minneapolis sound"

Don't get it twisted. Jimmy and Terry are tight. Years ago I heard the 80's demos that they did for The Human League and Janet and they were killin' it. It was just those 2 playing tunes w/ no vocals.

Jimmy can program and play layers of cool synth chords and Terry can hold his own on bass and rhythm guitar. Definetly underrated in The Time.

thebanishedone said:

innocent-alexander o'neal

http://www.youtube.com/wa...x1iY_u4lew

(i wonder if this song was an outtake from "the time" days... but one of the keys 2 the j&l sound circa 84'-89', is jam's touch on the synthesizer along with terry's bass...)

no one's gonna love you-sos band
http://www.youtube.com/wa...DM_VRElgDQ

(right before the band kicks in you can hear a "swipe" on the keys, and that my friend is Jimmy Jam's signature. u can also hear that "swipe" all over Human League's Crash S.O.S Band's Sands of Time and Janet's Control and Rhythm Nation albums)

everything i miss at home-cherelle
http://www.youtube.com/wa...aXRDZQOGi4

(now when it came to ballads these guys had the touch. and that said touch was the way on this song, how Jam could start off with a sweet intro and then have the damn synth blend behind and around it like it was background vocal)

Jimmy Jam's credits


Terry Lewis' credits