Archive for October, 2011
Jazz Group Fourplay Runs on Mutual Respect
by Veritas on Oct.13, 2011, under News, Press &Reviews
Fourplay will play two sold-out shows this weekend at Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild.
It may surprise fans of contemporary jazz that Fourplay is still going strong after 20 years. However, Nathan East, the band’s bassist and occasional vocalist, might beg to differ, “given the fact that we all have such mutual admiration for [each other], playing together, hanging together.”
You can thank pianist Bob James’ long-standing custom of working with countless other musicians for the germination of the all-star band that plays the Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild’s Jazz Hall on Saturday, touring behind its latest release, last year’s “Let’s Touch the Sky.”
Bob James Sits Down with a Little Wine & Jazz
by Veritas on Oct.13, 2011, under News, Press &Reviews
Leave a Comment more...Fourplay Keeps Things Evenly Musically Balanced
by Veritas on Oct.13, 2011, under News, Press &Reviews
Pianist-composer Bob James says the name of his band, Fourplay, is more than simply a statement of its size.
“We operate without a leader,” he says. “It is more like four leaders or four sidemen, all with equal voices.”
Fourplay Sells Out East Coast Tour
by Veritas on Oct.11, 2011, under Event, News
Fourplay has sold out on the following dates:
10/14/2011 @ Rehoboth Beach Jazz Festival – Rehoboth Beach, DE
10/15/2011 @ Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild – Pittsburgh, PA
Tickets Still Available:
10/12/2011 @ Infinity Hall – Norfolk, CT – Purchase Tickets Here
10/13/2011 @ Keswick Theatre – Glenside, PA – Purchase Tickets Here
If you would still like to catch Fourplay, this are the shows!
Sacramento Focuses on Fourplay
by Veritas on Oct.08, 2011, under News
A Quartet Playing…
Call it what you will
As much as anything the contemporary jazz movement pushed discussions about “what is jazz?”
Well, jazz is definitely an improvisational music based on the blues developed in the United States with African origins.
From there we can have a conceptual free-for-all about the various elements and what makes what authentic. The players in the longstanding contemporary jazz band Fourplay have likely heard it all.
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The Official Website of Fourplay
