Energy
 | By Fourplay Heads Up, 2008, Audio CD Customer Rating: 13 reviews Recommend |
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According to some very basic laws of nature, when powerful forces come together, some form of energy is created - usually in large amounts. In music, the laws of interaction are no different. When keyboardist Bob James, bassist Nathan East, guitarist Larry Carlton and drummer Harvey Mason come together as Fourplay, the result is Energy.
Energy grafts a variety of sounds - R&B, pop, African and more - to Fourplay's unwavering jazz foundations. In addition to vocals by East - a charter member since the band's inception in 1990 - the album also features a vocal track by Esperanza Spalding, the upright bassist, composer and vocalist.
- Fortune Teller - Fourplay, East, Nathan
- The Whistler - Fourplay, Mason, Harvey
- Ultralight - Fourplay, Carlton, Larry
- Cape Town - Fourplay, East, Nathan
- The Yes Club - Fourplay, James, Bob
- Prelude for Lovers - Fourplay, DiSimone, Kevin
- Look Both Ways - Fourplay, James, Bob
- Argentina - Fourplay, Mason, Harvey
- Comfort Zone - Fourplay, Carlton, Larry
- Sebastian - Fourplay, James, Bob
Title: Energy
Sales Rank: 787 in Music
Artist: Fourplay
Label: Heads Up, 2008-09-23, Audio CD, 1 Disc
Package Dimensions: 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.4 inches, 0.2 pounds
- Another good album from a consistently good band
- Fourplay have done really well. Of the plethora of jazz "super groups" that were formed back in the early 90s - and I won't name any names - this one seems to be the only one still standing. Or at least, the only one still putting out consistently decent music, after 17 years and a dozen or so albums.
Bob James (keyboards), Larry… More reviews
- THE BEST CD SINCE LEE LEFT.
- THE BEST CD FROM THE GROUP SINCE LEE RITTENOUR LEFT.THIS GROUP HAS SOME KICK AGAIN. 5BIG STARS. More reviews
- Its ok
- Really nothing too different from what they have done before....good dinner music but not as listenable as the fist three albums IMHO. Superb recording quality if you want to sit down and appreciate you HiFi. I still miss Lee Ritenour though - felt like he spiced up the music abit more (still think Larry is great though). More reviews
- Fourplay rocks, ehh, jazzes!
- Super SACD, great music, it seems they get better all the time (small dip: Journey). Larry Carltin tops his best playing ever, Nathan East is THE bass man every band could/should wish. Bob James, keyboardman extraordinaire and Harvey: pleasantly lazy drumplayer, every beat is the right beat. Ultralight is excellent guitarplaying: Wes Montgomery sounds… More reviews
- Wonderful
- As always Fourplay does it again. You can never go wrong purchasing one of their CD's.… More reviews
