Fourplay - 4 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Reissue of 2000 album from the jazz quartet. Includes bonus tracks. With Gold & Platinum albums and being named Best Group at the First Annual Smooth Jazz Awards in 2000, Fourplay is a certified NAC and jazz supergroup. Featuring four of the most popular and respected players on the scene - keyboardist Bob James, guitarist Larry Carlton, bassist Nathan East and drummer Harvey Mason. The album features the live favorite 'Blues Force', along with the popular 'Free Range' and bonus track 'Meowww'. Album Tracks 1. Free Range 2. Double Trouble 3. Once Upon a Love 4. Robo Bop 5. Blues Force 6. Save Some Love for Me 7. Fortress 8. Go with Your Heart 9. Poco a Poco 10. A Little Fourplay Featuring Sherree 11. Lucky 12. Meowww [Bonus Track]

'Between the Sheets' is the second studio album of smooth jazz group Fourplay and was released in August 1993. The album peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart and No. 15 on the Billboard Top R&B Albums chart. 'Between the Sheets' sold over 500,000 copies in the United States and thus certified gold by the RIAA. 'Between the Sheets', the popular single, written by the Isley Brothers, features Fourplay members Bob James (piano), Lee Ritenour (guitar), Nathan East (lead vocals and bass) and Harvey Mason (drums) with guests, soul singer Chaka Khan on lead vocals, backed-up by Philip Bailey and Phil Perry. Sultry and smooth, oozing with class. Amoroso is a sprightly tune that features sparkling solos from James and Ritenour while East and Mason (composer) keep a lively groove simmering underneath. This continues to be a defining album for smooth Jazz genre and Fourplay. Album Tracks 1. Chant 2. Monterey 3. Between the Sheets (Feat. Chaka Khan & Nathan East) 4. Li'l Darlin' 5. Flying East 6. Once in the Am 7. Gulliver 8. Amoroso 9. Summer Child 10. Anthem 11. Song for Somalia

The third album from Fourplay (Lee Ritenour, Nathan East, Bob James, and Harvey Mason) is a lightly sauteed jazz offering, low-key and relaxed, bringing a sublime sense of form and interplay to the contemporary jazz genre. Vocals this time feature Phil Collins, Nathan East, Patti Austin and Peabo Bryson (the latter two on a smooth version of The Closer I Get to You). Phil Collins adds his special touch on the vocals of the track that he wrote, Why Can 't It Wait Till Morning, a poignant and beautiful song. Tracks in this album are a good mixture of upbeat and reflective. Ritenour's flexible guitar playing is one of the gems of the album, and this is the last album with him in the team. Elixir was the third gold album from Fourplay and it reached the number one position on Billboard's contemporary jazz chart and remained on the chart for more than 90 weeks. Album Tracks 1. Elixir 2. Dream Come True 3. Play Lady Play 4. Why Can't Wait Till Morning 5. Magic Carpet Ride 6. Whisper in My Ear 7. Fannie Mae 8. The Closer I Get to You 9. East 2 West 10. Licorice