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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 16 reviews)
Sales Rank: 591
Category: Music
Artist: Fourplay
Publisher: Heads Up
Studio: Heads Up
Manufacturer: Heads Up
Label: Heads Up
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 3146
UPC: 053361314620
EAN: 0053361314620
ASIN: B001D94L3Y
Release Date: September 23, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Fortune Teller - Fourplay, East, Nathan | | • | The Whistler - Fourplay, Mason, Harvey | | • | Ultralight - Fourplay, Carlton, Larry | | • | Cape Town - Fourplay, East, Nathan | | • | The Yes Club - Fourplay, James, Bob | | • | Prelude for Lovers - Fourplay, DiSimone, Kevin | | • | Look Both Ways - Fourplay, James, Bob | | • | Argentina - Fourplay, Mason, Harvey | | • | Comfort Zone - Fourplay, Carlton, Larry | | • | Sebastian - Fourplay, James, Bob |
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Album Description
According to some very basic laws of nature, when powerful forces come together, some form of energy is created - usually in large amounts. In music, the laws of interaction are no different. When keyboardist Bob James, bassist Nathan East, guitarist Larry Carlton and drummer Harvey Mason come together as Fourplay, the result is Energy. Energy grafts a variety of sounds - R&B, pop, African and more - to Fourplay's unwavering jazz foundations. In addition to vocals by East - a charter member since the band's inception in 1990 - the album also features a vocal track by Esperanza Spalding, the upright bassist, composer and vocalist.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 11 more reviews...
 Nothing Different Than Before January 8, 2009
I used to be a diehard Fourplay fan but once Lee Rittenhour left the group in 1998 and was replaced by Larry Carlton, they just haven't done it for me. Every album they released after Rittenhour garnered a couple of singles here and there off each album but their sound hasn't been as crisp since Carlton replaced Rittenhour. There just is no comparison between the two. Rittenhour is light years on another level than Carlton is on guitar and it shows in their sound. You can do better than this.
 fourplay energy sacd December 27, 2008
Excellent cd by Fourplay and adding to the equation the 6 channel music
sacd to elevate the sound to higher levels.
Just Cool December 12, 2008
Bob James, Larry Carlton, Nat East, Harvey Mason would have to be the tightest group of players around. These guys just have IT. I'm hoping, one day they will feel like a holiday and come to Perth, Western Australia to play a few gigs. This album is definately recomended. It will both sooth & pump your soul.
 Another good album from a consistently good band December 2, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Fourplay have done really well. Of the plethora of jazz "super groups" that were formed back in the early 90s - and I won't name any names - this one seems to be the only one still standing. Or at least, the only one still putting out consistently decent music, after 17 years and a dozen or so albums.
Bob James (keyboards), Larry Carlton (guitar), Nathan East (bass & vocals) and Harvey Mason (drums) are all well known and respected in their respective fields and have all had, and still have, successful solo careers. Together, I think they're something pretty special. This album is pretty much what I expected from them, which is not a bad thing, and in places, has touches of the old-school sound effects James used to employ on his albums back in the the 70s and 80s. For example, the whistling sounds on "The Whistler". Again, not a bad thing.
I really wanted to be able to give the album five stars but "Cape Town" and "Prelude For Lovers" marred my overall enjoyment of it. I found the beats - they sounded way too mechanical to be real drums - on the former song too clunky and I enjoy East much more when he provides vocal effects, which he does brilliantly on the album closer "Sebastian", than when he actually sings, as he does on "Cape Town" - with members of his family providing backing vocals, apparently. Actually, now I look a bit more closely, "Cape Town" is produced and arranged by Fourplay and Marcel East (Nathan's son, presumably), and that explains a lot. Marcel also takes responsibility for additional programming, percussion, engineering, keyboards & guitar on the song. I'm thinking maybe it should have gone on Marcel East's album.
The latter song features Esperanza Spalding on vocals and I know she's getting a lot of buzz at the minute but her vocals did nothing for me. It's quite possible that I just didn't like the song. I will be checking out Spalding's recent album (Esperanza) though, as it's been getting a lot of praise from people who know what they're talking about. I'm just hoping that I'll enjoy her bass playing and songwriting more than her singing.
But back to Fourplay and this CD. Standout tracks for me include the album opener, the jaunty "Fortune Teller" (written by Nathan East, Bob James & Jeff Babko); "Look Both Ways" (Bob James), which surprised me with its urgency, energy and vitality, as I always found Fourplay to be known for a more laid back sound; and the aforementioned "Sebastian" (also written by James).
All in all though, a pretty decent album.
THE BEST CD SINCE LEE LEFT. November 26, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
THE BEST CD FROM THE GROUP SINCE LEE RITTENOUR LEFT.THIS GROUP HAS SOME KICK AGAIN. 5BIG STARS.
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