1999 Fourplay Snowbound [smoothjazz]
这张专辑是为圣诞壁炉旁的温情所奏。专辑的强势组合效应在”Hark! The Herald Angels Sing”中乐手们对各自的音律的相互穿插上显示得淋漓尽致。而标题歌曲的行径中，韵律部分在偶尔插入的单簧管和萨克斯管声中带来有乡土味的成熟乐感亦令人回味无穷。
温柔、温暖、温情无限
专辑曲目：
01. Angels We Have Heard On High
02. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
03. Snowbound
04. The Christmas Song
05. The Ivy Variations
06. River
07. Amazing Grace
08. Christmas Time Is Here
09. Santa Claus is Coming To Town
10. Away In A Manger
11. Merry Little Stroll
12. Auld Lang Syne
Fourplay’s first Christmas album Snowbound features traditional and contemporary holiday songs, all performed in the supergroup’s popular smooth jazz style. Their renditions of “Angels We Have Heard on High,” “Away in a Manger,” “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town,” and “The Christmas Song” — which also features vocals by Eric Benet — combine the best of Fourplay’s style with vibrant holiday spirit.
Amazon.com:
Here’s some soft jazz for that fireside glow at Christmas. Fourplay is pianist and arranger Bob James with guitarist Larry Carlton, drummer Harvey Mason, and bassist Nathan East (who handles limited vocal chores, as well). Carlton is the tastiest of the foursome (check his blues-tinged work on “Amazing Grace”), never overplaying or indulging his knowing chops. Snowbound’s strong group effort shines as the band weaves in and out of each other’s lines on “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” or as the rhythm section casts mellow, funky grooves in the path of the title track, under occasional trumpet and sax fills. The quartet delivers one other original piece, James’s “The Ivy Variations,” plus a naturally fluid reading of Joni Mitchell’s often-overlooked song “River,” taken from her five-star album Blue.
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