This is one of those musical groups in which it is hard to single out any one member as responsible for their sound.....whether Nathan, Bob, Harvey or whichever of their three famous guitar players, Carlton, Loeb or Ritenour....they all were powerhouses on their respective instruments and lent considerable weight to the Fourplay sound/tone/accessibility. A very talented bunch of guys, one and all.
I love how Fourplay ends their songs when they're live, especially on this song and "Chant". They're my favorite Smooth Jazz group of all time, regardless if it's Lee Ritenour, Larry Carlton or Chuck Loeb on guitar. They're untouchable!
The great thing about Fourplay is that they master a style of jazz/lounge music that isn't as abstract and incongruous musically as pure jazz because it relies on lyrical, melodic, harmonious, linear frameworks or composition. The solos are intricate, have depth, involve dexterity, proficiency without becoming obnoxious, long-winded, and tedious like some other players who are cherished and celebrated and indeed talented. This music is so accessible to a lot of folks and it is tasty, sonically pleasing, tranquil with still an edge and complex enough to intrigue the average music listener. Long way of saying....these guys are/were special and occupy a niche in smooth jazz for decades, deservingly so. Bravo...
These guys are amazing, and I'm a hard rock/ heavy metal international band manager! LOL! I have always loved jazz in every form, and these are ICONS of the music! How envigorating to hear the best doing IT!
In this times of covid I alresdy several times this music I hope tô listen in many year s but without this pandemic This pianist I think mas 82 year Old and fell this Energy.Long life and Please guys take care with this covid.I am a doctor and is very hard tô fell the tutti for the families Take care everybody
The vibrations from the sounds of these guys instruments are very soothing. I listen to a barrage of sounds these guys created 9ver the years every morning . Really not a bad way to start my day
@@henrytaylor1361 I know what you mean Henry. I listened to Mozarts piano concerts with Daniel Barenboim for years every morning. Good music is a great way to start your day
Bob James is a witch. Incredible freeform that is somehow still rooted in the songs structure. Great performance by everyone. Gotta love Carlton's confidence and command too. East's solo was world class per usual.
One of the smoothies band to assemble. Love all the musician and how they collaborate with other players. Very good, and extremely entertaining. Beautiful sounds great minds. Play on my Brother's Play on!😎💯
love this , thanks for posting .. , they were superb forever ..., one of a kind , been listening since the 80's and on on , played numerous times on the audio , cruising along the highway on my miss sweden .... they clicked .
Una de mis piezas favoritas la he escuchado creo cientos de veces y siempre le encuentro un sonido escondido. One of my favorite sons i have play it hundreds of time and always have a hidden sound. Absolutamente fenomenal
I ve seen Bob James and Larry Carlton performing in Delhi for different jazz festivals. ...but I can keep on watching fourplay....just too much...one of my fovourites...
These guys can play! I love Bob James solo…he crushes it, it’s as interesting as it gets and yet, it’s a very Bob James solo, you can tell it’s him with your eyes closed. And Nathan East’s solo, this is one of my favorite jazz bass solos of all time. I love the way he accompanies James on his solo, he builds up some underlying tension along with James at one point and then he resolves along with him. Harvey Mason is a beast on the drums! For me, whether they have Rittenour, Loeb (RIP) or Carlton on there, they are amazing! Just egoless musicianship.
@@jamie2690, if you listen to his songs you'll notice his distinctive keyboard playing. My favorite Bob James song is "Sign of the Times". Bob James' music catalog is quite extensive. For a many years I hadn't known he was with Fourplay.
Yes, Bob James and Nathan East killed it, but don't forget about the so very solid Harvey Mason and "Mr. 335" himself, Larry Carlton. This band was truly a supergroup in every sense of the word!
I was fortunate to see them a few times when Lee Ritenour was still in the band. Their professionalism is unmatched, and their concerts rank among the best I've seen regardless of genre.
damn,i have to say,everyday i watch this video...Nathan simply killed this one with no mercy. The DVD "evening with fourplay" he did so well but this one the variation of the notes he just demolished, every time i listen even my face's expression changes exactly on 07min:42sec until 07min:52sec...other variation is on 10min:23sec until 10min:44sec....I jumped..his unstoppable....
My wife, daughter and I attended this concert in Seoul. My daughter was only 4 and the youngest in the audience. When we entered there was a discussion about whether she would be properly quiet. I assured them that she would and she enjoyed the music very much. Great music and good times.
Still loving fourplay in 2024!
Yes... 2024. This never gets old
One of my all time favorite Fourplay tunes. Larry has never done anything I don't like. They are all top rate musicians and gel so well together.
Anyone still listening in 2024?
Why
always to clean mind Thanks
Most definitely!
Been listening to Bob since 1975!!!
Yeah over here in The Netherlands. Nice jazz music got to be listened to all over the world.
Bob James at his best......what a great solo......all these musicians are just superb....I could listen to this track forever.
Awesome !
totally amazing .. still …
음악에 대해 1도 모르지만
어쩜 각 악기에서 나오는 음들이 이케 조화롭고 음이 풍성하냐
너무 멋지다
Я музыкант и сам не понимаю
SO GOD!!
2020 and still magic💥 one of my fav Fourplay records!! What a piano solo 🥰
Jazz never gets old. Love it!
2021 😁
This is one of those musical groups in which it is hard to single out any one member as responsible for their sound.....whether Nathan, Bob, Harvey or whichever of their three famous guitar players, Carlton, Loeb or Ritenour....they all were powerhouses on their respective instruments and lent considerable weight to the Fourplay sound/tone/accessibility. A very talented bunch of guys, one and all.
absolutely
It's my favorite version of this song!!!
This guys are best of the best of the best!!!
BJ is giving a masterclass here. Love your musical style Bob James👏👊
I love how Fourplay ends their songs when they're live, especially on this song and "Chant". They're my favorite Smooth Jazz group of all time, regardless if it's Lee Ritenour, Larry Carlton or Chuck Loeb on guitar. They're untouchable!
There is no better way to comment. I feel 100% the same way.
The great thing about Fourplay is that they master a style of jazz/lounge music that isn't as abstract and incongruous musically as pure jazz because it relies on lyrical, melodic, harmonious, linear frameworks or composition. The solos are intricate, have depth, involve dexterity, proficiency without becoming obnoxious, long-winded, and tedious like some other players who are cherished and celebrated and indeed talented. This music is so accessible to a lot of folks and it is tasty, sonically pleasing, tranquil with still an edge and complex enough to intrigue the average music listener. Long way of saying....these guys are/were special and occupy a niche in smooth jazz for decades, deservingly so. Bravo...
@@petewentz3528 Gran analisis Pete
@@ferocaatish1319 Gracia....
00vv0
The best of the best....Fourplay shows the way it's done!!
And they do show us how to dance...!
This is the best live performance of this song I believe.
Nathan East Bass solo was very tasteful. One of the best Bass players around.
Never get sick of listening to them !
These guys are amazing, and I'm a hard rock/ heavy metal international band manager! LOL! I have always loved jazz in every form, and these are ICONS of the music! How envigorating to hear the best doing IT!
최애 그룹, 최애 곡, 최애 연주자
포플레이 선생님덜 오래사세요
In this times of covid I alresdy several times this music
I hope tô listen in many year s but without this pandemic
This pianist I think mas 82 year Old and fell this Energy.Long life and Please guys take care with this covid.I am a doctor and is very hard tô fell the tutti for the families
Take care everybody
Forgive me my fast english and mistakes.in a few hours I will be back tô the hospital
The very best of all of 101 plays by fourplay thank you all again
Cant stop hearing this, superb playing
Haven't heard this in ages. Great tune. 🥰 101 drove it always. Best times best memories. Even tonight I'm loving this 9 25 2020
I went to Bob james concert maybe 13~14years ago. lt is my best concert ever. I Respect him.
killer piano solo...the best! fricking unbelievable!
Bob James playes an amazing solo on this inspiring tune and the whole band swings like hell. Thanks a lot for loading.
The vibrations from the sounds of these guys instruments are very soothing. I listen to a barrage of sounds these guys created 9ver the years every morning . Really not a bad way to start my day
@@henrytaylor1361 I know what you mean Henry. I listened to Mozarts piano concerts with Daniel Barenboim for years every morning. Good music is a great way to start your day
Oh yeah, I’m still listening to them in 2024. I love these guys, best when Lee Ritenour plays with them.
I've never heard such a melodic bass solo
Bob James is really really amazing pianoplayer. The best of jazz.
Just in time for Christmas 2024 . FABULOUS
Bob James is a witch. Incredible freeform that is somehow still rooted in the songs structure. Great performance by everyone. Gotta love Carlton's confidence and command too. East's solo was world class per usual.
Been walking this planet for 23,542 days, this wud be in my top three !
How can one not like video..saw them at Valley Forge (PA) years ago..Harvey Mason so cool
One of my fourplay favorites!! Soooooo
Smooooooth!!
In heaven, every song ever made will be remastered with Harvey Mason on drums.
Yes Sir!! Harvey Mason is one THE BEST DRUMMER if not the best. (Billy Cobham)...
One of the BADDEST CATS ever behind the DRUM KIT.
How were the last 8 years for you?
Beautiful Ronald Wheeler...
Thank you for sharing this with us...
Ruby...
One of the smoothies band to assemble. Love all the musician and how they collaborate with other players. Very good, and extremely entertaining. Beautiful sounds great minds. Play on my Brother's Play on!😎💯
Totally awesome. . . . Words cannot describe
love this , thanks for posting .. , they were superb forever ..., one of a kind , been listening since the 80's and on on , played numerous times on the audio , cruising along the highway on my miss sweden .... they clicked .
my favorite song from this amazing four play
Una de mis piezas favoritas la he escuchado creo cientos de veces y siempre le encuentro un sonido escondido. One of my favorite sons i have play it hundreds of time and always have a hidden sound. Absolutamente fenomenal
Concuerdo pero el jazz-fusion japones esta en otro nivel! T-square es una muestra!
How could you not like this?
Some people have no taste in music.
But they will, some day. Don't worry.
those 279 thumbs down are from people who do not know good music!
O Jazz é muito requisitado, não é para todos.
I ve seen Bob James and Larry Carlton performing in Delhi for different jazz festivals. ...but I can keep on watching fourplay....just too much...one of my fovourites...
Can't get enough
Can never understand how genuis music like this gets unlikes. Some ppl just hate for the sake of hating.
Good music. Jam.
Some others just have hearts and minds for different music.😐
The Bob James solo is epic...his journey in this piece is so deep. I wish I was there. Thank you for sharing this!
Like a good wine they’ve matured with age, keep it up!
Larry Carlton is awesome. Bob Mr Fender Rhodes James brilliant. Fourplay one of the all-time great bands.
Simplemente maravillosa. Genios de la musica.
These guys can play! I love Bob James solo…he crushes it, it’s as interesting as it gets and yet, it’s a very Bob James solo, you can tell it’s him with your eyes closed. And Nathan East’s solo, this is one of my favorite jazz bass solos of all time. I love the way he accompanies James on his solo, he builds up some underlying tension along with James at one point and then he resolves along with him. Harvey Mason is a beast on the drums! For me, whether they have Rittenour, Loeb (RIP) or Carlton on there, they are amazing! Just egoless musicianship.
im new to jazz, how can u tell its a bob james solo so well?
@@jamie2690, if you listen to his songs you'll notice his distinctive keyboard playing. My favorite Bob James song is "Sign of the Times". Bob James' music catalog is quite extensive. For a many years I hadn't known he was with Fourplay.
this is world class😢goosebumps for bob james and nathan east wow 👏🔥
Yes, Bob James and Nathan East killed it, but don't forget about the so very solid Harvey Mason and "Mr. 335" himself, Larry Carlton. This band was truly a supergroup in every sense of the word!
Brilliant performance. I could listen to this tune all day
Are you still listening?
In my list.., revisiting ... awesome .
Amazing! I could listen to Bob James solo every waking hour lol
Outstanding!!
the best fourplay piece
Bob James' greatest performance ever. One for the ages.
Greatest performance ever I agree with you.
They hit the roof with this. It captures everything without effort....(passion springs to mind.) ❤
A masterpiece! God Bless those who put in the work!!
I was fortunate to see them a few times when Lee Ritenour was still in the band. Their professionalism is unmatched, and their concerts rank among the best I've seen regardless of genre.
+Richard nailoc
﹝Lee Ritenour﹞?
So... you mean the band(Fourplay) had a different guitar before?
They have had three - Ritenour, Carlton, Loeb.
Richard nailoc f
Why did Lee Ritenour leave Foreplay?
@@casey4602 He got too busy; at the time he had started his own record company.
Wow! I forgot how much I love to hear scatting!!!
Nathan, dude, you're the best!
Absolutely still listening!!!!
great genius mister BOB JAMES AND GROUP.
Love these VERY, VERY talented men. 😊❤❤
The GOATS of their perspective instruments!
crazy stuff..ive literally have tears in my eyes...simply magical man
My hair stands on end listening this awesome musicians. !What a great class !
Everytime I listen to Bob's solo I just lose it....fucking amazing
It's different in every performance, he's very skilled
Bob plays that effortless Electric Fender Rhodes - happy sounding notes just float out ! 👏
damn,i have to say,everyday i watch this video...Nathan simply killed this one with no mercy. The DVD "evening with fourplay" he did so well but this one the variation of the notes he just demolished, every time i listen even my face's expression changes exactly on 07min:42sec until 07min:52sec...other variation is on 10min:23sec until 10min:44sec....I jumped..his unstoppable....
what a start for whole epic piano solo..
awesome version. thanks for sharing!
Very very very beautiful jazzy music love it so much 😘😘
Incredible wonderful! Just the best Smooth Jazz Group ever!
👏👌👍🙏
Great songs,magic theme,thanks,forever.
One of my favorite jams!
Still the best of the best! Ever and ever more. Perfect Jazz at it best!
My wife, daughter and I attended this concert in Seoul. My daughter was only 4 and the youngest in the audience. When we entered there was a discussion about whether she would be properly quiet. I assured them that she would and she enjoyed the music very much. Great music and good times.
No me canso de escucharlos. Para aplaudir de pie.
Maravillosos.
Nathan East is the definition of the FUNKY BASS MAN!
나단 멜로디 라인 뽑는건 진짜.....최고다......테크닉이아니고 마음을 그냥 멜로디에 담아버리는....장인...베이스의신.!!!!!또들어도 감동,.~
Bob James's solo in this video reminds me of Bach at times. I love the sensibilities of the 90's and 2000's.
What a wonderful sound of Jazz!!
Man, Nathan killed it with this solo.
his tone is hectic
Mr. East is definitely one of the best....
g6FBI.
Very very good, Fourplay is Great!!!...
Thoroughly enjoyed ALL of it... Thk you!!!
I am loving this. Master musicians together.
Love Bob. So incredible.
I have listened to Bob James since the early '80's. Always First in Class.
semplicemente ...meravigliosi!!!!
Class,thank all for this gift.
I missed this when i was young. I am further into a new life of class. Happy New New Year. Going to a drum agenda.
Bob is so good, he make me wanna cry....
Sheeva Matimb
Sheeva Matimbas
Bob is great.
One and only, for Diana Krall to, she said in a gig.
Sheeva Matimbas Hoya ! I keep coming back to your comment & you are absurdly correct 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Harvey Mason is choppin some wood on this one...
Thanks for posting :)
bob james wow I don't have words,genius
밥제임스 솔로연주는 그야말로 전율이네요👍
One of the Best 🎶
They all have a smooth groove going on.
June 2021 and still a fantastic sound !
This Is Great Music! Fourplay Is My Favorite Smooth Jazz Group !
This my type of concerts with great Jazzy Music, more power for them. Bob James, BRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVO!
Unos grandes maestros de la música..geniales felicidades por subirla
Magic and beautiful.
Awesome!!💓❤️😍