I respect Nathan East so much as a musician. He seems so humble, yet he can literally play anything. He can blend into any genre with ease and he makes every artist that he performs with sound fantastic. Nathan is the quintessential bassist.

Hi we listen, remember, love and repeat. Gentlemen Thanks so much for sharing your gifts and thoughts. Still good to us in 2024. GENIUS!!!

@JohnnyHeard-hl9dt

3 күн бұрын

6/23/24. Seeing this video reminded me how much I enjoy real music 🎶. Thank. Johnny

Some of the most skilled, gifted, respected, accomplished, and recorded musicians and singers on the planet!!!

I've been listening to Four Play for the past couple of years now. It's the best creative music ever. I listen to it everyday. It puts me in a good mood. Especially when I'm busy with chores around the house.

I think we need to say big thanks for sound engineer who recorded this music in this phenomenal quality .

@cliffordstrom1505

3 жыл бұрын

I think we'd be better served if someone familiar with the identity of the sound engineer and mixer and lighting, etc. would kindly come forward and share with the world their name(s), who they are, whether they are still alive, who they now work with, etc. etc. The production side has always been a hidden aspect of the business and the fame/celebrity of people who stand up there and "just play".....if you get my drift. Fourplay wouldn't be Fourplay if they didn't have consummate pro's in the sound booth, in the entourage that packs/unpacks/sets up their equipment and all that. Let's get some names....at the very least.

@richardlane106

3 жыл бұрын

I agree 100%.......the sound mixing & quality is outstanding. Just a tad heavy on the bass.....only very minor fault.

@ronaldwall2936

3 жыл бұрын

@@cliffordstrom1505 ?n,,?. L

@ralphrockwell7670

2 жыл бұрын

Musician has final say on what you hear

@douglasfan4670

2 жыл бұрын

@@cliffordstrom1505 l

RIP My dad - Thank you for this good music am still playing it.

Thanks. To see them play live is not from this planet. They are from a different world. The talent is unreal. 🤣🤣🤣

Simply magnificent! Grooving indeed …

2023 and still lovin' their music.. awesome four

@PrincessMelanielovesKarmynn

Жыл бұрын

Yes Indeed! Me too!!!

@joelcookies29

11 ай бұрын

Same here ❤

One of the bestjazz fourplay that ever played by four fathers,Bob James(pianist)Lee Riteour(guitarist)Nathan East (bassist)Harvey Mason(drummer)👏👏👏👏

@russellriley2417

2 жыл бұрын

One of the best jazz group ever.

@pbenson56fran

Жыл бұрын

It was wonderful seeing them live.

@kathrynmccusker3924

9 ай бұрын

A good friend sent me this link. I'll be very grateful to him for a long time. This is beautiful

@judileffe7193

8 ай бұрын

Orgazmint!!! Wow!!!

@danielwickli1564

2 ай бұрын

How about StepsAhead or Spyro Gyra?​@@russellriley2417

Fourplay is like watching 4 eagles soaring on a summer day, each taking inspiration and interpreting the winds of sound in their own way. I love this music!

@evhvariac2

Ай бұрын

Omg

Very very nice!!

This couldn't be any sweeter. We are looking and listening to LEGENDS!

I'm just blown away by Phil Perry here. Incredible.

Man this group is legendary an icon in the music industry. They are and forever will be one of the most influential groups of all time.

I must say Fourplay is my favorite smooth jazz group. Bob James and the crew always do a fantastic job in the studio or on the stage. Nathan, Harvey and Lee are always fabulous. They have some of the best improvisation grooves around!

You're gonna throw Fourplay at me....and then add Phillip Bailey and Phil Perry to the mix?!?! I'M IN!!

@conradford7493

3 жыл бұрын

Knowledge. Plus Perry is from my hometown. E. St. Louis.

undying music ... so soothing

Stunning, four supreme musicians at the top of their games

This is why musical instruments were invented and created. Pure talent like these guys have will always shine through. Real music, real musicians .. no artificial sounds, no artificially created bands, no stupid special effects to disguise the little or no talent that a lot of so-called bands have these days.

@mrbelton1871

3 жыл бұрын

And no cheeks with naked asses

@Manumusika

2 жыл бұрын

Simply one and only foursome Musicians how show us what music this "kind" is supremely felt and played. My awesome admiration to them, forever...Manu de Carvalho October 2021

@AhmadMabruriBBeruri

2 жыл бұрын

@@mrbelton1871 EXACTLY!!!

@owenthompson8397

2 жыл бұрын

@@Manumusika I couldn't agree with you more !! Well said.

@augustopulma5688

Жыл бұрын

@@Manumusika spyrogyra

Four musicians that know what synergy is all about. Their melodies interlace with absolute precision. Each instrument seem to communicate with one another with ease and fluidity and the compositions put you in a relaxed and smooth state of mind. Great music for reducing your stress and anxiety after a day of hard work and coping with the daily grind of commuter traffic.

101 Eastbound and After The Dance are my favorite Fourplay songs! I've been a fan for 30 yrs.

Easily one of my favorite covers of "Between the Sheets" with Chaka, Philip Bailey and Phil Perry. So much talent on this jam.

@conradford7493

3 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@jacciglenn7675

4 ай бұрын

I need you to STOP with your Reminiscing😂but its soooo True!!!

I've probably listened to this recording over a hundred times and can never get tired of the complexity yet the ease these masters display here... music like this lives on forever ❤

Words fail if it comes to express what I'm feeling while listening to this amazing concert of Four Play.. . Let the music take over! ❤🙂👍

What a pleasure to listen to consolidated musicians who enjoy playing and sharing their beautiful art!!! Thank you for posting, and keep it coming! We will never get enough of this music!

@deborahbuie9188

Жыл бұрын

Knew them years ago just getting back into them sorry I missed so much

@L.I.Sound_Lover

6 ай бұрын

ME, TOO! JUST TURNED 63, ... UM MY 2ND 36TH YR N REDISCOVERIN FP IS EVEN BETTER THAN WHEN I 1ST DID IN IN DE EARLY 70'S. SEEN 'EM LIVE MANY TIMES TIL I WAS BLESSED W/MY 1ST SON AT 41 IN 2001 (ADOPTED A BOY A YR LATER). 2DAY, MY SONS KNOWS DE HISTORY OF JAZZ FROM RAGTIME ORIGINATIN OUTTA N'AWLINS (MATERNAL GRANDPA WAS BORN N RAISED IN N'AWLINS B4 MIGRATIN TO HARLEM) UP TO DE SMOOTH JAZZ OF 2DAY! NOT ONLY THAT, QUEEN NINA SIMONE WAS OUR NEIGHBOR IN DE 60'S!

@namlajwayi2317

6 ай бұрын

I mean doesn't get better than this, it's their playground. It's like someone is hiding Al Jerreau, on that chant song. Still sounds good.

With love from South Africa ❤ 🇿🇦 🎉

Listen to this : this music is definitely not for heavy rockers. The other side of the coin. Pure luxury. ! I love Fourplay

Chant is the most perfect piece of modern music that I ever heard. It gives me goosebumps every time.

@sphamandlamthembu9159

2 жыл бұрын

3 years later and I believe that still stands, my dad used to play the dvd when I was growing up and I never forgot it till this day

Bob James music helped me concentrate during my studies 35 years ago, and now still going very strong!

This Is Music!!! I’m screaming this to my children and the youth of the neighborhood 😎💙😎

@richardfrancis7471

11 ай бұрын

I do the same my friend, but disappointingly, they just don’t want to listen or understand it is a modern tragedy of the youth of today

@vm3813

11 ай бұрын

@@richardfrancis7471 No, no. We have to keep putting Love on the youth. Show them the comparisons of today’s music that is SAMPLED by yesterday’s music. Embrace the struggle my friend 😀

@richardfrancis7471

11 ай бұрын

I will do my best

@jacciglenn7675

4 ай бұрын

EXACTLY😂🎶

this is what we called JAZZ

this has been my go-to place whenever I think or talk about Jazz since 2015, there's literally nothing else I can think of. The best of ALL time.

So smooth with this kind of music this jazz band never goes out of style 🤩

THE SOUND IS OUT OF THIS WORLD !

This group is my favorite smooth jazz...Nathan, Harvey, Bob James and Lee. I am chilling here Four Play....Thank you for a relaxing holiday season!

It's impossible to keep your feet still listening to this song....!

Hearing this just reminds me how much I miss being a part of music. I need to get back into performing and teaching before I'm to old to do nothing.

Woooo...that's Philip Bailey..from Earth. .wind..fire..man..ur still kicking brother. ..four play my group...keep on jiving guys..

An absoĺute pleasure to listen to players who know and care for their stuff!

At this late date, after several retired or passed guitar players, and everyone getting older, I say it would be wonderful timing to get someone in the band to author a bio or memoirs on what it was like to perform in this group and offer some insights on what the composition, rehearsal and personality process was like over last 3 decades with different configurations of the band. Bob would be an excellent person to put down some thoughts into the creative process and touring challenges.

@tembazwane1489

2 жыл бұрын

No

@donlucas3984

2 жыл бұрын

@@tembazwane1489 why not?

@humbertholloway7701

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, add my name to another on the petition for some memoirs or legacy history narrated by one of the guys, whether it be Bob James, Nathan or Harvey....maybe with some interview input and feedback from Lee and Larry at least. It's time to pull the curtain back on some of these groundbreaking bands rather than waiting for some history rewriters and agenda mongers like those involved with Beatles look-backs. What was it like to be in Fourplay? How did they get this good? Was it always amiable and friendly? Did the touring get tiring? Just the big picture stuff would be fun for some of us who follow music and certain genres/artists.

@jackieclark8253

2 жыл бұрын

Only the greatChuck Loeb has passed on(RIP)...all the other present and former members are still playing. None retired... I had the honor of playing a show on bass with Bob James back in Dec.2019,and he was 80 at the time...still killing it! The only other members besides Lee Ritenour were Larry Carlton,Loeb,and Kirk Whalum.

@michellemarshall8199

Жыл бұрын

I like that idea!!! 👌💘

My Heroes... all of these champions have charted a course through time, a pathway to virtue and dignity through soul nourishing music. YEAH BABY!

The best musicians ever ,i'm still in love with this jazz music . Thank you Four play.

@TheJoy2yah

3 жыл бұрын

Me Too!!

@AlfredoCorreaSinacay-tc2ll

10 ай бұрын

Excelente música fabulosos four play

00:00 - 1. Chant 08:05 - 2. Lee Solo 11:51 - 3. Monterey 19:41 - 4. 101 Eastbound 30:46 - 5. Drum Solo 32:53 - 6. Midnight Stroll 40:24 - 7. Amoroso 51:25 - 8. Between The Sheets - with Chaka Khan 1:01:20 - 9. Flying East

@ivanmarindra9149

3 жыл бұрын

101 Eastbound kesukaan saya menurut saya ini versi terbaiknya solo bass nya oke banget kalo george benson dengan gitar nya nathan east dengan bass nya

@markusbrogle7603

3 жыл бұрын

@@ivanmarindra9149 hä.

@dannyteo4261

2 жыл бұрын

After song no.6, it should have "a summer child" but it's missing here.

@AhmadMabruriBBeruri

2 жыл бұрын

@@ivanmarindra9149 Mus Mujiono juga jangan lupa.. Hehehe Gak kalah keren lho..

@Nethanel773

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

This is the best music that I've heard in a long time.....soothes my soul.

@rjb8980

2 жыл бұрын

I hope you listen to Dave grusin.

@hardwiredtoselfdestruction3401

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! Foreplay Ronnie Laws George Benson The Rippingtons w Russ Freeman Joe Sample Milt Jackson

@pasqualesantimone7564

2 жыл бұрын

El

@jacciglenn7675

4 ай бұрын

Exactly..."SOUL MUSIC"❤

Still Rockin it 2023!!!

This DVD is wonderful! I have it autographied by Lee Ritenour!

Man, nothing like smooth fusion vocal jazz on a Saturday morning after working a long week. This is what I look forward to with my cup of coffee early on a Saturday morning. Good stuff here!

@vm3813

2 жыл бұрын

Well stated from……the other Vince

Best smooth jazz live ever..

Wish we had more music like this.....

The cohesion of 4 playing as 1 is out of this world

Phillip Bailey and Chaka Khan it don't get any better than that

Music is so "timeless". 8 years old and still fantastic!

Growing up as a little boy I would watch my father jamming to this music with a whisky glass in his hand. A couple of years later I am jamming to the same music (with no whisky glass unfortunately) - I now understand why he loved this music so much, it is so soothing.

Outstanding. One hour (plus) in heaven. Thank you so much for sharing this.

I am dying without fourplay.. Fell in love with this band since first listen to yes please and eastbound album

If there is a heaven, this is the sound from there and certainly this group came from there and lives among us 🥰🥰🥰

Such beautiful music is “ageless”!!! I’m sure tons of info about this amazing group has been circulating from day one and now certainly there’s even more out there about them. It’s simply thrilling to sit back, chill and enjoy such unique and timeless entertainment!!! ❤

Why haven't I found these guys before??? Fourplay is the epitome of Smooth Jazz

@galingaling

2 жыл бұрын

Coz youre too young?

@rjb8980

2 жыл бұрын

Have you found Dave grusin yet,? if not check out morning dance, 3 days of the condor. Soundtrack. Good movie also.

...and they have Philip Bailey and Phil Perry as "BACK--UP" vocalists!!! Woooot! Smoothest of smooth jazz!

Yeah! Love Fourplay & Nathan East!

This is the most complete smooth jazz quartet.

This particular piece always spoke to my soul. A child of the 70-80s, for me it’s parallel to George Benson, George Duke, Najee, Jazz of that era. My Daddy and I would be out driving SOMEwhere. Naturally, most of these artists come from that era and I am grateful 🙏🏽.

This is the original Fourplay with Lee. No one can replicate what they did!

I was in my mid 20s when I heard and saw this video of four play and now I am in my mid 40s still into this brilliant band

Lee'Ritenour,one of the best player. No need to play fast,just serve & play what is needed for the song..

@lexeykuzmintsev2410

4 жыл бұрын

Agree.

The combination of these musicians doesn't get any better

This I believe is the original lineup of FOUR PLAY. Absolutely awesome and simply out of this world. I was so lucky to procure the original DVD when it was released and I still have it with me. All musicians true masters and professionals in their own right.

My favorite Fourplay of all time: Bob James, Nathan East, Lee Ritenour and Harvey Masons

@jeromevansanden1148

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah this was the original line up. Sometime later on Lee Ritenour was replaced by Larry Carlton who is yet another master in his own right.

@JAVIERLOPEZ-hb6rx

4 жыл бұрын

Alll guitarrist from four play are excellwnts

@JAVIERLOPEZ-hb6rx

4 жыл бұрын

🌆

@sportsofallsortswithkwame8826

3 жыл бұрын

Larry Carlton and GOD rest his soul Chuck Loeb are superb guitarist in their own right, however fOURPLAY was never the same once Captain Fingers departed! Hopefully he reunites with the guys and they bless us with new music and touring once we overcome the C19

@gyorgymodroczky4793

3 жыл бұрын

Larry Carlton and Chuck Loeb .....

Oh my goodness, what am I going to do with this spectacular sound? I simply love it!

Love that running bass on Flying East! Thanks Nathan!

Fantastic musicians that I have listened to in the last couple years love all of this

This is real grove music.dec2020.

Thanks to Bob, Nathan, Harvey, and Lee, Fourplay has introduced many jazz standards. This video record in particular stands out due to the exceptional quality of the recording, but Lee's solo performance on the song "Monterey" is also historically significant.

I love it guys thats all folks i come again and again....?,??? `

Fourplay are the BEST Jazz has to offer...year after year....Love them!

Way back in elementary school Chuck Mangione's Feels So Good is what got me started liking jazz. It was shortly after that that I found Fourplay and have loved listening to them ever since. I was probably in 6th grade when I started listening to Fourplay and my mom never heard of them before. I popped their CD in and said, "I LOVE Fourplay!" Her reaction was, "I beg your pardon?" "The music that's playing mom, the group is called Fourplay." 😬😂"Well that's kind of a bad name for a group!" "Well, there are four guys in the group." Not that there's anything wrong with foreplay. 😉

@audiojunkie1047

4 жыл бұрын

Mr. Mangione also got my ear and heart tuned into jazz music during my early high school days. Saw him twice and his great band at the Universal Amphitheatre, in LA with my then girlfriend, before graduation in '81. Will miss Chuck Loeb... another GREAT guitarist this band's last iteration has been. Hopefully the band will continue with another great guitarist addition!!!

@johnmaer

3 жыл бұрын

Technically, neither Chuck nor Bob/Nathan, Harvey or Lee played straight jazz, JC. What they did parlay was in Chuck M's case was a unique melding of light jazz with rock/pop, they referred to it as jazz fusion I recall. Same with Fourplay.....their music was a more harmonic, linear, easier on the ear version of jazz that incorporated pretty simple to grasp melody lines throughout the instrumental tracks. But, no, this was not jazz. Straight jazz is a more abstract type of music where the compositions accentuate more complicated arrangements and more sophisticated chord patterns with extended musical digressions or solos that didn't necessarily track with the tune. Not important in the bigger scheme of things....but many music aficionados who take themselves very seriously don't even recognize smooth jazz as a legit music genre.

My god getting all of these music geniuses together. Just WOW

So Beautiful. Just what the World needs now.

Decided to give this a listen, decided 'I like this.' Read the 'notes': of COURSE! Lee Ritenour!!!!

The best of the best.

Jazz is chaos in harmony❤❤❤

So far I've only been listening to the 1st cut and what a beautiful work of art.

The Best of the Best!! Can't beat it!! I'm in heaven.

It is 2.30am 10 th Nov. 2020 ......I can not believe that all the years of playing and listening to jazz....this is the first time that I have EVER listened to these amazing musicians and their sound.I am 30 years too late!!

@jamescalifornia2964

3 жыл бұрын

Never too late 🎶👌

Natham cold as ice! Chaka is always a joy to hear and see!!! Saw her with Mike McDonald in 2020.

Timeless Soul with this collaboration! OMG!

Ahhhh man taking me back they’re going to make me pull that album out! Four of the most AWESOME, TALENTED, INCOMPARABLE JAZZ MUSICIANS on EARTH to ENTERTAIN us!! And two of the most ACCOMPLISHED singers PHILLIP BAILEY and PHIL PERRY......BEAUTIFUL just BEAUTIFUL!!!

@kebalepileleburu3985

3 жыл бұрын

the Chant is a perfect opener........ M.A.G.I.C!!!!!!

It was recommended that since I love ❤️ Jazz music 🎶 is my favorite. I’m so excited for listening . The variety of musicians. I’m feeling it ❤ soul to my heart ❤️. Much LOVE 🦋🦋 ❤️❤️❤️🧚🏿‍♀️

Love fourplay forever

Fantastic..!!!

I miss fourplay!! I'm glad I still have their cds

The best

Still listening this snowy winter evening 2-11-21!

Am 78yrs old have been jazz fan my y dream was To attend a fab jazz concert l have heard them all will love this music till lam no longer here One of my fv of many Toots Theilman Diane shurr

Chaka you are hard, this is awesome, respect Phillip B, mr perry wata mix

HI FROM INDONESIA.......BEST FOR FOURPLAY.

If you got Phillip Bailey and Phil Perry as your BACKGROUND singers... you HAVE to deliver.

the most amazing contemporary jazz it brings tears to my eyes love my music andy elliott

Smooth sounds, all one needs is a good bottle of red and good company... love these guys ♥️♥️♥️🇧🇼

@theressamurphy2996

3 жыл бұрын

I agree smooth , relaxing jazz is so so sweet. These guys together are my favorites. Thank you for my pleasant evening.. Nathan East,