1998 Fourplay-4 [④][smoothjazz][music]
④不错这专辑的名字。。就是④
Fourplay is back in business with album number four. This time former Crusader Larry Carlton joins up with Bob James, Harvey Mason and Nathan East to deliver another splendid collection of smooth jazz penned by the group members themselves.
This time Lee Ritenour has opted out but Larry Carlton is a more than capable replacement and contributes two of the compositions on ‘4′. His wife Michelle adds her velvet vocal touch alongside Harvey Junior/s wife Heather.
El Debarge (who can forget his vocal on the Debarge classic ‘All this love ‘) Babyface Edmonds, Shanice and Kevyn Lettau also join the band for ‘4′, the former delivering an excellent rendition of Marvin’s masterpiece ‘Sexual healing’ from 1982.
This has all the trimmings of a Fourplay album with guitar and piano riffs mingling with soft vocals to exotic and clever rhythms.
Larry Carlton’s contributions ‘Charmed I’m sure’ and ‘Swamp jazz’ are right out of Carlton’s top drawer , the man seems to slide all his notes in two chord structures. This distinctive style was prevalent on his 1996 outing ‘The Gift’.
The killer cut on a wonderful album is ‘Someone to love’ which is a slow piano/guitar smoocher with excellent incidental vocals from Babyface Edmonds, Nathan East and Shanice ( I sure like your smile ) Wilson.
One of the great ‘unsung hero’ composers of the CJAZZ scene is Harvey Mason who has written three of the albums ten tracks including the ‘Hill Street Blues’ type cut entitled ‘Slow slide’, a late night trip to the midnight hour. Harvey has been all aross the waterfront in a glittering career but is more renowned for his rhythmical contribution. This clearly highlights his all round musical ability which is similar to his contemporary Alphonse Mouzon.
All in all, no real surprises here but definitely a ‘Must Have’ item to any smooth jazz fans collection.
这是Fourplay吉他手变更后的第一张专辑。原来的吉他手Lee Ritenour转去经营他自己的录音公司而从乐队中退出，Larry Carlton加入进来接替了他的角色。当时的报纸评论，这将对Fourplay造成明显的影响，Larry Carlton的演奏与他的前任相比更富于节奏性，而且位置更为靠前。但是事实上，Fourplay并没有发生很大变化：平滑流畅的进行，温和的rock节奏衬托下优美的爵士情绪，柔和的人声，以及演出中自然的呼应，这些Fourplay的迷人特点都没有发生变化。Carlton非常重视对Ritenour柔和的八度运用的继承和借鉴。也许正是由于这个原因，从整体来说专辑欠缺亮点，Bob James，Nathan East，Harvey Mason和Carton都缺乏令人难忘的表现，只是到后面速度较快的两支曲子：James在”Vest Pocket”中的键盘和Carlton在”Swamp Jazz”中的吉他的表现才使专辑有了些亮色。
创新与超越固然令人敬仰，继承与延续亦是不容小觑，坚持也是一种美德。
专辑曲目：
01. Still The One
02. Little Foxes
03. Sexual Healing
04. Charmed, I’m Sure
05. Someone To Love
06. Rio Rush
07. Piece Of My Heart
08. Slow Slide
09. Vest Pocket
10. Swamp Jazz
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