Fourplay (jazz album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Fourplay
Type = Studio
Artist = Fourplay
Released = September 17, 1991
Recorded = 1991
Genre = Jazz
Label = Warner Bros. Records
Producer = Don Murray, Jeff Gillette, Khaliq Glover, Femi Jiya
Last album = "-"
This album = "Fourplay"
(1991)
Next album = "Between the Sheets"
(1993)

"Fourplay" is the debut album by jazz group Fourplay made on September 17, 1991. The cover showed four pictures of the original group on a variety of musical instruments (such as a guitar, piano keys and a drum).

Review

This CD was the debut of Fourplay, a popular quartet comprised by keyboardist Bob James, guitarist Lee Ritenour, bassist Nathan East and drummer Harvey Mason. The music sounds less like a Bob James smallgroup as a major soloist. The style is between jazz, R&B, and pop with an emphasis on lightweight originals, soulful and moderately funky rhythms, and predictable radiofriendly music.

Personnel

* Bob James: Yamaha C7 Midi Grand Piano, Synthesizers, Keyboards and Programming
* Lee Ritenour: Gibson 335, Gibson L-5, Gibson Midi-Max Guitar Synthesizer, Gibson Chet Atkins Classical/Electric Guitar, Roger Sawdoski Classical/Electric Guitar
* Nathan East: Yamaha 5-String Bass, TRB 6-String Bass
* Harvey Mason: Gretsch Drums, Gibraltar Racks, Brady Snare Drums, Vic Firth Drum Sticks

Tracklisting

#"Bali Run" (Lee Ritenour, Bob James) - 5:32
#"101 Eastbound" (Nathan East, Marcel East) - 5:56
#"Foreplay" (Lee Ritenour) - 5:26
#"Moonjogger" (Bob James) - 6:16
#"Max-O-Man" - (Harvey Mason, Michael Lang) - 5:33
#"After the Dance" featuring El DeBarge (Marvin Gaye) - 6:05
#"Quadrille" (Bob James) - 5:43
#"Midnight Stroll" (Harvey Mason) - 4:44
#"October Morning" (Lee Ritenour) - 5:01
#"Wish You Were Here" (Lee Ritenour) - 6:11
#"Rain Forest" (Bob James) - 6:05