James is a jazz fusion tune written by Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays and originally performed by Pat Metheny Group on the 1982 album Offramp. The track features a memorable intro by Lyle Mays, a bright melody, and a famously tricky bridge, and there are complete score transcriptions by Metheny and Mays. It sits in a Latinish straight-eighth groove with fusion textures and has been arranged for big bands, such as Bob Curnow's Big Band, and performed in live versions including a Marseille 1991 recording.
