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The group has enjoyed consistent artistic and commercial success by grafting elements of R&B and pop to jazz, appealing to a broad mainstream audience. Their debut album, Fourplay (1991), sold over a million copies and remained at the number one position on the Billboard contemporary jazz chart for 33 weeks. [4]
Fourplay is the debut album by the American smooth jazz group Fourplay released in 1991 on Warner Bros. records. The album went to number 1 [2] on the Contemporary Jazz charts, number 16 [3] on the R&B charts and number 97 [4] on the US Billboard 200. As an album, Fourplay has also been certified Gold in the US by the RIAA. [5]
Robert McElhiney James (born December 25, 1939) [1] is an American jazz keyboardist, arranger, and record producer. He founded the band Fourplay and wrote "Angela", the theme song for the TV show Taxi. [2] According to VICE, music from his first seven albums has often been sampled and believed to have contributed to the formation of hip hop.
The Best of Fourplay is a compilation album by American smooth jazz quartet Fourplay, released in 1997. The 2020 SACD remastered edition of the album includes the bonus track, 'The Closer I Get To You,' a duet between Patti Austin and Peabo Bryson.
Fourplay (Fourplay album), the self-titled debut album by the above group; Fourplay (The Sensational Alex Harvey Band album), 1977; Fourplay (Double Exposure album) Four Play, a 1990 jazz album by Clifford Jordan, Richard Davis, James Williams and Ronnie Burrage; FourPlay String Quartet, an Australian rock band; 4 Play, 2005 album by Berlin
He began playing drums at the age of four with the support of his father, a drummer in the army band. [3] He was the original drummer for The Headhunters, the jazz fusion band led by Herbie Hancock. After leaving Headhunters in the early 1970s, Mason co-founded the jazz quartet Fourplay. [4] They are on an indefinite hiatus as of 2017.
Energy is the 10th studio album by jazz group Fourplay, released on September 23, 2008. The cover shows the four members: keyboardist Bob James, guitarist Larry Carlton, bassist Nathan East, and drummer Harvey Mason. Energy grafts a variety of sounds—R&B, pop, African—to Fourplay's jazz foundation. In addition to vocals by East, a member ...
Jason Moran (born January 21, 1975) is an American jazz pianist, composer, and educator involved in multimedia art and theatrical installations. [1]Moran recorded first with Greg Osby and debuted as a band leader with the 1999 album Soundtrack to Human Motion.