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.

November 13th, 2012: there you were and I was lucky to have a nice seat not too far from the stage.  It was a real priviledge and a genuine pleasure for me to attend Fourplay’s first show in Paris.  I got to see you perform LIVE those songs that I have been enjoying for years and some of the new ones from your latest CD.  If I may, I would like to summarize the show in 4 p’s (as in 4Play): performance, precision, passion and perfection.  I was accompanied by 4 people (age range from low 20s to low 60s) and we were all of the same opinion and feeling.   With humility and gratitude, it was an outstanding concert delivered by Four Maestri: Bravo!

It was nice of you and your manager to be available for signatures, photos and a little friendly conversation after the show.  I very much appreciated that.  I was also touched by Fourplay’s humanitarian concern for natural adversity/tragedy as in the case of the tsunami in Japan in 2011 and its gracious contribution of “putting our hearts together” as so well illustrated in the preface of the “Esprit De Four” CD’s booklet.

Good health to you and please continue producing fine music.  I sincerely hope that I will get to see you perform LIVE again someday and also that “Esprit De Four” will be universally contagious.

Thank you!

Musically yours,

Obill Phimphavong

P.S.: We enjoyed Lizzy’s performance and were thrilled to “sing along” with her .  We wish her all the best and look forward to hearing more of her music.