Fourplay’s Esprit de Four debuts at #1 on the Contemporary Jazz,  #2 Current Jazz Albums Charts, and cracks the Billboard’s Top 200!

Fourplay’s Harvey Mason has been inducted into the  Soul Music Hall Of Fame!

The people  have spoken!

“If there is any one thing that defines Fourplay, besides being one of the most consistent and extraordinarily talented groups ever to grace the contemporary jazz scene, it is that the quartet has loads of class and, as the driving catalyst for one of the tracks on this newest album, Esprit de Four, demonstrates, compassion. The referenced track is ‘Put Our Hearts Together’ and is inspired by and dedicated to the March 11, 2011, Japanese earthquake and tsunami victims. Actually, there are two tracks—the instrumental and the vocal versions of the same tune. It is the group’s collective voice that should call to all of us to remember that we in America are not alone as victims of tragedies. All over the world, we are truly all in this together…A beautifully arranged album that is unmistakably all jazz in its finest form.”

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Get ready for good coffee and a great chat as Chuck Loeb takes center stage.

Although his playing is in the jazz tradition, his composing is steeped in pop and R & B. Chuck is the consummate musician.

In a career that spans four decades, he has proven himself to be a versatile composer, arranger, and producer in a wide range of musical styles and contexts. (continue reading…)

You will have only begun to scratch the surface by identifying the masterful Harvey Mason Sr. as just a percussionist.
Yes, his precision time keeping and versatility have placed him among THE most in-demand and most recorded session drummers of all-time.

He’s been hired by everyone from Barbra Streisand to James Brown to Mary J. to Herbie Hancock to Jennifer Hudson to Frank Sinatra to John Legend to the London Symphony Orchestra.

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Bob James and Seiko at Landmark Studio

Be sure to tune in as each member of Fourplay sits down with Coffee Talk Jazz Radio to chat about the new album “Esprit de Four”, touring, and much more…

Harvey Mason = Sept 4

Chuck Loeb = Sept 11

Bob James = Sept 18

Nathan East = Sept 27

Show times: 7 pm – 10:30pm (Pacific)

It’s coming!

The new album from Fourplay…

Fourplay performed to a sold out crowd at Atlanta’s Variety Playhouse on Sunday, April 22, 2012.  Special thanks to everyone that came out to make it a special evening for Fourplay in the ATL.  We look forward to our next opportunity to show Atlanta what Smooth Jazz is all about!