Oct. 31, 2015
– Ronald Jackson

A truly silver event celebrating a quarter of a century of jazz excellence, each track’s title on supergroup Fourplay’s latest offering, Silver, has the word “silver” expressed or implied in each song title. A very clever approach for presenting such an actually 24-carat gold effort.

Of course, each of these stellar musicians has individually penned compositions for this gem, and the group invited former guitarists Larry Carlton and Lee Ritenour and master saxman Kirk Whalum to offer their dazzling talents, as well. What else but brilliance could you expect from such a project? But then, those of you who know Fourplay (and who doesn’t?) know that they always wear brilliance like a second skin.

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