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01 Max-O-Man
02 101 Eastbound
03 Higher Ground (feat. Take 6)
04 4 Play And Pleasure
05 Chant
06 After The Dance [edit] (feat. El DeBarge)
07 Bali Run
08 Play Lady Play
09 Between The Sheets [edit] (feat. Chaka Khan and Nathan East)
10 Amoroso
11 Any Time Of Day
12 Why Can't It Wait Till Morning [remix] (feat. Phil Collins)
13 The Closer I Get To You (feat. Patti Austin and Peabo Bryson)
Fourplay is a contemporary American smooth jazz quartet. The original members of the group were Bob James (keyboards), Lee Ritenour (guitars), Nathan East (bass), and Harvey Mason (drums).
In 1997, Lee Ritenour left the group and Fourplay chose Larry Carlton as his replacement. In 2010, Larry Carlton left Fourplay and was replaced by Chuck Loeb, who died on July 31, 2017. During Loeb's illness, saxophonist Kirk Whalum joined the group for performances.
The group has enjoyed consistent artistic and commercial success by grafting elements of R&B and pop to jazz, appealing to a broad mainstream audience. Their debut album, Fourplay (1991), sold over a million copies and remained at the number one position on the Billboard contemporary jazz chart for 33 weeks. Their next album, Between the Sheets (1993), reached number one, went gold, and received a Grammy Award nomination. In 1995, their third gold album, Elixir, also reached the number one position and remained on the chart for more than 90 weeks. In 2015 the band celebrated its 25th anniversary with the release of the album Silver with former members Ritenour and Carlton.
In 2017, the band announced that it was going on hiatus for 2018 and will return to performing in 2019. It has not happened.
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