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Fourplay: Between the Sheets

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Label: Warner Bros. Records
Released: 1993.08.17
Time:
 67:32
Category: Jazz
Producer(s): See Artists ...
Rating: ******.... (6/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.fourplayjazz.com
Appears with:
Purchase date: 2001.04.04
Price in €: 6,99



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[1] Chant (James) - 6:24
[2] Monterey (Ritenour) - 6:12
[3] Between the Sheets (Isley) - 6:45
[4] Lil' Darlin' (Hefti) - 5:16
[5] Flying East (East/East) - 6:08
[6] Once in the A.M. (Ritenour) - 6:30
[7] Gulliver (James) - 6:48
[8] Amoroso (Mason) - 5:48
[9] A Summer Child (Ritenour) - 5:33
[10] Anthem (Mason) - 5:39
[11] Song for Somalia (Mason) - 6:29

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BOB JAMES - Synthesizer, Piano, Arranger, Keyboards, Producer, Chant, Executive Producer, Synthesizer Orchestration, Pisklavier
NATHAN EAST - Bass, Vocals, Backing Vocals, Producer, Chant, Fretless Bass, Performer, Liner Notes, 6-String Bass, Arranger
HARVEY MASON, Senior - Synthesizer, Percussion, Chimes, Cymbals, Drums, Marimba, Programming, Stick, Bells, Producer, Computers/Sound Tracks, Drums (Snare), Vibraphone, Drum Programming, Sequencing, Arranger
LEE RITENOUR - Synthesizer, Acoustic & Electric, Guitar Synthesizer, Producer, Arranger

ROGER SADOWSKI - Electric & Classical Guitar
CHAKA KHAN - Vocals
DEE FREDRIX - Chant
PHIL PERRY - Backing Vocals
CHANTE MOORE - Backing Vocals
PHILIP BAILEY - Backing Vocals

DON MURRAY - Engineer, Mixing
MARCEL EAST - Engineer
MIKE KLOSTER - Engineer, Assistant Engineer
MIKE PIERSANTE - Engineer, Assistant Engineer
NEIL AVRON - Engineer, Assistant Engineer
WALLY TRAUGOTT - Mastering
ROBERT VOSGIEN - Editing, Mastering
KIM CHAMPAGNE - Art Direction, Design
STUART WALSON - Photography
DEBRA JOHNSON - Production Coordination

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1993 CD Warner Brothers 45340-2
1993 CS Warner Brothers 45340-4
1993 CS Warner Brothers 45340

"Between the Sheets" reached No. 1 on Billboards Contemporary Jazz Chart and was nominated for a Grammy Award. RIAA Certified Gold



It is not too surprising that Fourplay started out fairly popular, for the group, in addition to bassist Nathan East and drummer Harvey Mason, teams together keyboardist Bob James and guitarist Lee Ritenour. Their playing on this Warner Bros. release results in rather predictable background music, easy-listening crossover with touches of jazz heard in the melodic solos along with poppish R&B rhythms. Nathan East's vocals dominate a few selections. Nothing very substantial occurs.

Scott Yanow, All-Music Guide



Auf ihrem zweiten Album frönen Pianist Bob James, Gitarrist Lee Ritenour, Bassist Nathan East und Drummer Harvey Mason erneut der hohen Kunst der leichten Fusion-Muse. Zwar bietet das Quartett nichts Neues, stagniert aber auf hohem Niveau. Romantische Gitarrenklänge und balzende Bass-Licks schlagen den Bogen zwischen West-Coast-Feeling und der urbanen Hektik New Yorks. Obwohl Bob James seinem Ruf als musikalischer Zuckerbäcker erneut gerecht wird, hält die Fourplay-Crew sich nicht beim Foreplay auf, sondern kommt richtig zur Sache.

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"...this four-man ensemble has done it again...dim the lights, uncork the champagne and, well, you get the idea..."

Rating: A
Entertainment Weekly (9/24/93, p.94)



"...full of candelit romantic moods..."

JazzTimes (12/93, p.61)
 

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