Archive for December, 2014
Happy New Year!
by Veritas on Dec.31, 2014, under News
Fourplay would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year!
The future is shaped by us all, so let’s make 2015 a truly amazing year.
Peace & Love…
Fourplay
Happy 75th Birthday to Bob James!
by Veritas on Dec.25, 2014, under News
Over time, things change. Styles evolve. Clothes, hair, production, and music itself.
The icing on the cake may change flavors, but if you get down the cake itself, it is the same as it has always been.
The soul of music is the same, providing the nourishment to uplift our lives, and ambition to dream.
It is said that there are two days that are great in a person’s life…the day we are born, and the day we discover why.
We wish a special 75th birthday to Bob James.
Thank you for all the positivity you have brought to the world…
Happy Holidays from Fourplay
by Veritas on Dec.23, 2014, under News
As fireplaces crackle, family and friends gather, and we take a pause from the hustle and bustle of daily life , Fourplay would like to take a moment to say thank you.
We are so thankful for the amazing people that make our lives possible, especially our fans!
We would like to wish each, and every one of you, a truly loving holiday season…
~ Fourplay
Nathan East to be inducted into the NAMM TEC Awards Hall of Fame
by Veritas on Dec.22, 2014, under News
Bassist Nathan East and engineer Ed Cherney will be inducted into the NAMMTEC Awards Hall of Fame by the NAMM Foundation. The induction will take place during the 30th Annual NAMM Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards show on Saturday, January 24th in Anaheim, California.
Nominees across thirty creative and technical categories have also been announced for the NAMM TEC Awards. The TEC Awards are the longest-running awards show that specifically recognizes outstanding achievement in audio product innovation and sound production.
East has worked with some of the best in the industry that includes Daft Punk, Stevie Wonder, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Beyoncé, Phil Collins, Michael Jackson, Barry White, Anita Baker, Forplay and Andrea Bocelli. East is one of the most recorded bass players in the history of music with more than 2,000 recordings. East played bass on Eric Clapton’s multi-Grammy award winning Unplugged album, as well as playing bass on the Daft Punk’s Grammy winning album “Random Access Memories” and in 2014 released his debut album as a solo artist to worldwide acclaim.
He has a B.A. in Music Performance from University of California San Diego, and as an educator has been teaching how to play bass guitar for decades.
Jazz on the Tube: An Archive of 2,000 Classic Jazz Videos…and Much More!
by Veritas on Dec.18, 2014, under News
What is the current state of jazz, you ask? You might ask genre-bending musician/producer/rapper Stephen Ellison, aka Flying Lotus, who also happens to be the nephew of John and Alice Coltrane. In a recent interview, Ellison lamented “it’s all gone quite stale over the past 20 years” and imagined that if Miles Davis “came back to Earth and heard a lot of these jazz cats, he’d be mad. He’d literally be mad, and he’d just go back to where he was dead at.” Given Miles’ infamous temper and disdain for the conventional, this isn’t hard to imagine at all. But whether you could call today’s jazz “elevator music” is a point I leave to others to debate.
Nathan East Hits on 4 of Billboard’s Best of 2014 Lists
by Veritas on Dec.13, 2014, under News
HUGE shout-out to Grammy-nominated Nathan East for hitting 4…
Yes, 4 of Billboard‘s BEST OF 2014 lists, with his debut solo album!
Nathan’s self titled album is also nominated for the Best Contemporary Instrumental Album at The GRAMMYs!!
Exclusive: Bassist Nathan East Stars In Hulu Documentary
by Veritas on Dec.09, 2014, under News, Press &Reviews
Featuring Lionel Richie, Eric Clapton, Phil Collins & more, the film debuts in December.
While bassist Nathan East was recording his first solo album last November, a making-of documentary was also part of the mix. But little did East know he would end up starring in a full-blown film that also chronicles his career from a wide-eyed 16-year-old touring with Barry White‘s Love Unlimited Orchestra to Grammy Award-winning session player for Daft Punk, Beyoncé, Barbra Streisand, Eric Clapton and more.
Aptly titled For the Record, the documentary premieres on Hulu in December.
Happy Birthday, Nathan East!
by Veritas on Dec.08, 2014, under News
Wishing a Happy Birthday to Nathan..
Here’s to another great year!
Happy Birthday, Chuck Loeb!
by Veritas on Dec.07, 2014, under News
Happy Birthday to Chuck Loeb!
Like a fine wine…getting better with time…
The Story of Kenny Loggins’ “Footloose,” As Told By Nathan East
by Veritas on Dec.02, 2014, under News, Press &Reviews
Last time we talked to bassist Nathan East about his experience in the wild world of Daft Punk, which included his playing on the smash hit “Get Lucky” and a star-studded Grammy performance. This time we went deeper into the past to dig into East’s time with eighties hitmaker and movie theme icon Kenny Loggins, for which he had to turn down a massive job, but included the Number One, Oscar-nominated track “Footloose,” and the performance at Live Aid that earned him his next huge gig.
AllMusic: Before we get into “Footloose,” what have you been working on since we last talked?
Nathan East: I was in Seoul promoting my record, and that went really well. The Korean audiences were young, vibrant and energetic, it was amazing. I went from there to Japan with Fourplay, we had a good run, and I went to Moscow, Denmark, Germany and the UK to do some bass clinics, so it was pretty extensive travel. We just got back from the Bay Area with Fourplay, and we’re starting our 25th anniversary album.
Also, I just played with Steven Tyler up in Canada. It was amazing, it was for the David Foster Foundation charity gala that he does every year, this one was in Calgary. Jennifer Hudson and Babyface were there, too, they participated in the show, but Tyler was my fave. We were the house band, so all those songs that we usually jam around on, like “Walk This Way,” we got to play with him, it was huge fun. That afternoon we determined the songs we’d play and we ran through them, but those songs are just in your psyche, so shame on you if you don’t know them. We had his stuff down. He had a good time, and it must be interesting to play with people who aren’t Aerosmith.
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