“Sonnymoon“, the first single from the hot new album from Fourplay, Esprit De Four, continues to climb up the Billboard’s Jazz Songs Chart.  It has now been on the charts for 6 consecutive weeks, and has jumped all the way to #3

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The former San Diegan is one of the most in-demand bassists of the past 30 years.

Get out of town!

It was while earning his degree in music at UC San Diego in the late 1970s that budding bass guitar great Nathan East received perhaps the best advice anyone has given him.

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A Conversation With Chuck Loeb

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A Conversation With Bob James

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Bands don’t last over two decades with minimal turnover in personnel and continued success if they’re composed of egotists, prima donnas, drama queens or people that just don’t play nice together. Fourplay has endured and thrived because it is an egalitarian coalition of seasoned professionals who set aside private agendas to serve the group dynamic.

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Listen to the Interview!

Bob James talks about the single “Put Our Hearts Together“, from Fourplay’s new album Esprit de Four, and his personal connection to the people and culture that makes Japan so special.

‘Esprit De Four’ is still working over the top of the charts…

Currently #7 on the Contemporary Jazz Chart!