Fourplay’s “Esprit De Four”, composed by Harvey Mason, is in play aboard US Airways and United Airlines!

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Good friend Darryl Phillips (Atlantic Pro Audio – Altamonte Springs, FL) sporting that Fourplay Tee shirt at Boston’s Fenway Park!

Fourplay performing “Sonnymoon” in Leverkusner, Germany (2012)

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Marshall-born jazz musician Bob James has been busy since he last came to town a year ago for the second annual Jazz Festival that bears his name.

“It’s been a lot of touring,” James said, explaining most of the touring he has done is with his jazz group Fourplay. “These days, in our business, live performances have become more and more important. We don’t sell as many CDs as we use to, people get their music in all kinds of different ways … It’s always exciting for me to play in front of a live audience and I’m happy about that.”

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The formidable contemporary jazz quartet Fourplay set it off at Rams Head On Stage in Annapolis on Friday night.

Closing in on 25 years together, the super group featured pianist Bob James, veteran session bassist Nathan East (Eric Clapton, Barry White, Phil Collins), drummer Harvey Mason (Herbie Hancock, Barbra Streisand, Notorious B.I.G.), and guitarist Chuck Loeb (Stan Getz, Chico Hamilton, Ray Barreto).

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