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Official Fourplay Store

by on Aug.30, 2015, under Store

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Check out the Official Fourplay Online Store HERE!

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University of Michigan Hall of Fame Induction of Bob James

by on Nov.17, 2014, under News

Music and Jazz legend, Bob James was inducted into the University of Michigan’s School of Music, Theatre, and Dance Hall of Fame on October 31, 2014. (continue reading…)

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Sample Stories with Bob James – A Hip Hop History

by on Sep.21, 2013, under News, Press &Reviews

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Pianist and composer Bob James may very well be the most sampled jazz musician in the history of hip-hop. Pieces of his now famous compositions like “Nautilus” and “Take Me to the Mardi Gras” have been endlessly loaded into MPCs, SP-1200s, and various other sampling devices for well over two decades. And those loops and chops make up the sounds of some of rap’s dopest records ever, like Ghostface Killah’s Wu banger “Daytona 500,” and Warren G and Nate Dogg’s West Coast classic “Regulate.” And that’s just two of hundreds. Scroll through Bob’s WhoSampled page, and you’ll find the names and sounds of seminal songs by Run-D.M.C., Gang Starr, Public Enemy, A Tribe Called Quest, Main Source, Slick Rick, and countless other renowned rap acts. They all recognized Bob’s brilliance, and chose his music to be a part of their sample-based hip-hop masterpieces.

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Nathan East Teams with Daft Punk on “Get Lucky”

by on Jul.23, 2013, under News

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The French duo Daft Punk have dominated the summer with the smash hit “Get Lucky” from their album ‘Random Access Memories’.

The disco drenched “Get Lucky” featuring N.E.R.D’s Pharrell Williams, Chic’s Nile Rodgers, and Fourplay’s world renowned bassist Nathan East, is the fastest selling single of the year.

In its first 2 weeks had already become the biggest hit of Daft Punk’s career, overtaking 2000’s club smash “One More Time”, and has become the first 2013 release to top 1 million in sales.

In fact, it is only the 136th single in the last 60 years to join the million sellers honor roll, which the track hit on it’s 69th day on sale, cementing its position as the biggest single of the year.

It’s pretty hard to argue that this is the official song of summer…

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Chuck Loeb presents…”Silhouette”

by on Jun.22, 2013, under News, Videos

Presenting the title track from the forthcoming Chuck Loeb album

“Silhouette”

Available

August 2013

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Twitter: @chuckloeb

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Justin Tedaldi Examines ‘Quartette Humaine,’ with Bob James & his 50 years in music: Part 2 of 2

by on May.28, 2013, under News, Press &Reviews

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We’ve been talking about jazz this whole time, but to the younger generation you’re mostly known as someone whose work has been sampled in countless hip-hop songs.

[Pauses] Is that a question? [Laughs]

On first glance, you’re probably the last person in the world that would be associated with hip-hop, as indelible as the melodies and the compositions that you’ve come up with are. Do you have any idea how it all started? I’m guessing it was from “Nautilus,” but when did you first realize that something was going on there?

I wish I knew. I was flabbergasted, and I think I was probably a little bit slow in even finding out about that crazy phenomenon that happened. The first one that I discovered came about as a result of a friend calling me to ask me if I was aware of [DJ] Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, and they had a recording [“Here We Go Again”] in which they had sampled my recording of “Westchester Lady.” This came before, whether or not historically it came before the sampling of “Nautilus,” I don’t know, but this was the first one that I became aware of. And it reached the public spotlight because their record [“Parents Just Don’t Understand”] won the [Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance].

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Justin Tedaldi Examines ‘Quartette Humaine,’ with Bob James & his 50 years in music: Part 1 of 2

by on May.27, 2013, under Press &Reviews

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Jazz legends Bob James and David Sanborn pay tribute to the iconic Dave Brubeck Quartet on their new album Quartette Humaine, their first collaboration since their 1986 platinum-selling, Grammy Award-winning Double Vision disc. An all-acoustic project featuring bassist James Genus and drummer Steve Gadd, the album (released May 21) is the heart of an ambitious national tour featuring the four musicians with a launch planned at New York’s Town Hall June 6.

This year also marks the fiftieth anniversary of James’ discovery by Quincy Jones at the Notre Dame Jazz Festival and the recording of his first album as a leader, Bold Conceptions. Since that time, James has released 58 albums, with highlights including the international smash “Angela (Theme from Taxi)” and his long-running association with the jazz supergroup Fourplay.

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‘Esprit De Four’: 40% Off Sale Until June 3, 2013

by on May.24, 2013, under News

Fourplay’s Esprit de Four is currently on sale as part of the Barnes & Noble 40% off Jazz sale!

PURCHASE HERE

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‘Quartette Humaine’ is Critical Jazz to own

by on May.20, 2013, under Press &Reviews

My musical easy button…Having grown up listening to both Bob James and David Sanborn,  I can say without hesitation that I may be a tad biased but when you are lucky enough to have your musical horizons broadened thanks to the ever evolving talent of Bob James then life is indeed good. Earlier this year Bob James was kind enough to field some questions for this site and with that came the best reminder a critic or a musician could ever hope for…Always be open to new ideas and new ways for expressing your artistic voice.
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