Nathan hanging with his brother & collaborator, Marcel East.

Lovin’ life & working on the new album!

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My musical easy button…Having grown up listening to both Bob James and David Sanborn,  I can say without hesitation that I may be a tad biased but when you are lucky enough to have your musical horizons broadened thanks to the ever evolving talent of Bob James then life is indeed good. Earlier this year Bob James was kind enough to field some questions for this site and with that came the best reminder a critic or a musician could ever hope for…Always be open to new ideas and new ways for expressing your artistic voice.
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Listen to Bob James’ interview with Talking Smooth Jazz!

The legendary Harvey Mason sits down with Minneapolis’ Spud Too Tight of the Producer’s Corner…

Harvey Mason Interview Part 1

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Hi Bob, Nate, Chuck & Harvey,

Warm greetings!  I am a big fan of your music.  I discovered Bob James some 30 plus years ago with his debut solo album called “One” and I have followed his music ever since including his collaboration with other fine artists like Earl Klugh, Maynard Ferguson, David Sanborn, Kirk Whalum just to name a few.  I have seen Nate, Chuck and Harvey on a few DVDs and on youtube with great performances.  I have many of your solo and group CDs and DVDs.  So I was really excited when I learned that Fourplay was going to come and play at New Morning in Paris on November 13th, 2012.

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