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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Having been switched on to Fourplay almost from their inception and bought almost every one of their albums (though Energy, a deeply unsatisfactory affair from start to finish, will shortly be going down to my local charity shop), it's mildly surprising now to look back and realise that only their first three albums featured Lee Ritenour on guitar. Though I like a few of the later ones, notably Snowbound and Yes, please!, I'm pretty indifferent to those that followed and, in many ways, the first three Fourplay albums remain the best of them, not least because Lee Ritenour's guitar sound is, for my money, rather better than that of Larry Carlton. Bob James (keyboards) is, as you'd expect, as dependable as ever in all departments, not least for the tracks he wrote.
Between The Sheets is a long album at 67½ minutes and the only duff track (and it's really duff, I have to say) is the title one with Chaka Khan on vocals, written by the Isley Brothers. But edit out that turkey and you still have just over an hour of excellent instrumental, not to mention original, smooth jazz, with fine playing all round, particularly Harvey Mason's drum and percussion work and Nathan East's electric bass guitar. This is a good coherent album rather than just a selection of ten tracks written to order, as seems to have been the case with the band's more recent efforts, and can be warmly recommended as pretty well the best place to start exploring Fourplay's album roster. Of course, it won't appeal to jazz purists, but then 'proper' jazz isn't what this type of music is all about. Take it on its own terms as smooth (but not too smooth) jazz and, if you like that particular genre at all, then there's much to enjoy here.
Recorded and mixed by Don Murray at Pyramid and Sunset Sound studios in LA, prduced by the band and mastered by Wally Traugott at Capitol (at the junction of Sunset and Vine in Hollywood).
Between The Sheets is a long album at 67½ minutes and the only duff track (and it's really duff, I have to say) is the title one with Chaka Khan on vocals, written by the Isley Brothers. But edit out that turkey and you still have just over an hour of excellent instrumental, not to mention original, smooth jazz, with fine playing all round, particularly Harvey Mason's drum and percussion work and Nathan East's electric bass guitar. This is a good coherent album rather than just a selection of ten tracks written to order, as seems to have been the case with the band's more recent efforts, and can be warmly recommended as pretty well the best place to start exploring Fourplay's album roster. Of course, it won't appeal to jazz purists, but then 'proper' jazz isn't what this type of music is all about. Take it on its own terms as smooth (but not too smooth) jazz and, if you like that particular genre at all, then there's much to enjoy here.
Recorded and mixed by Don Murray at Pyramid and Sunset Sound studios in LA, prduced by the band and mastered by Wally Traugott at Capitol (at the junction of Sunset and Vine in Hollywood).
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Really enjoyed this, when I first heard it. Still enjoy it as much today. I think its a really good album worth five stars.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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It's what you'd expect from some of the top fusion jazz players in the world in many ways. Funky, cool, sophisticated and beautifully recorded.I like this sort of music as it sits well with my desire for things being in their place whilst retaining great musicality.If you want raw edges this CD isn't for you though.
The slightly provacative name of this ensemble indicates what some of the intentions were in making these records but I have to say that, bearing this in mind,the title track is still truly awful.
I didn't realise that this earlier version of the group didn't feature Larry Carlton on guitar but Lee Ritenour. Well they are both fantastic players but it was a surprise as I only knew them from a later offering entitled "Heartfelt".
I don't think that this will be a recording that I will treasure as I think that there are many better offerings in this genre but it IS good.
The slightly provacative name of this ensemble indicates what some of the intentions were in making these records but I have to say that, bearing this in mind,the title track is still truly awful.
I didn't realise that this earlier version of the group didn't feature Larry Carlton on guitar but Lee Ritenour. Well they are both fantastic players but it was a surprise as I only knew them from a later offering entitled "Heartfelt".
I don't think that this will be a recording that I will treasure as I think that there are many better offerings in this genre but it IS good.
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