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((Short description|American smooth jazz quartet))
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((more citations needed|date=November 2010))
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| genre                   = [[Smooth jazz]]
| years_active        = 1991–2017 (indefinite hiatus)
| label                    = [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]], [[Arista Records|Arista]]/[[Bluebird Records|Bluebird]], [[Heads Up International|Heads Up]]
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'''Fourplay''' (stylized as '''fOURPLAY''') is a contemporary American [[smooth jazz]] quartet. The original members of the group were [[Bob James (musician)|Bob James]] (keyboards), [[Lee Ritenour]] (guitars), [[Nathan East]] (bass), and [[Harvey Mason]] (drums).<ref name="Yanow">((cite web |last1=Yanow |first1=Scott |title=Fourplay |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/fourplay-mn0000741525/biography |website=AllMusic |access-date=15 July 2018))</ref>

In 1997, Lee Ritenour left the group and Fourplay chose [[Larry Carlton]] as his replacement. In 2010, Larry Carlton left Fourplay and was replaced by [[Chuck Loeb]],<ref>((cite magazine|url=http://jazztimes.com/articles/25757-larry-carlton-leaving-fourplay|title=Larry Carlton Leaving Fourplay|author=Lee Mergner|date=February 15, 2010|magazine=[[JazzTimes]]|access-date=September 8, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101151254/http://jazztimes.com/articles/25757-larry-carlton-leaving-fourplay|archive-date=November 1, 2013|url-status=dead))</ref> who died on July 31, 2017.<ref name="Mergner">((cite web |last1=Mergner |first1=Lee |title=Chuck Loeb, Guitarist and Composer, Dies at 61 - JazzTimes |url=https://jazztimes.com/news/chuck-loeb-guitarist-composer-dies-61/ |website=JazzTimes |access-date=15 July 2018 |date=1 August 2017))</ref> During Loeb's illness, saxophonist [[Kirk Whalum]] joined the group for performances.

The group has enjoyed consistent artistic and commercial success by grafting elements of R&B and pop to jazz, appealing to a broad mainstream audience. Their debut album, ''[[Fourplay (Fourplay album)|Fourplay]]'' (1991), sold over a million copies and remained at the number one position on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' contemporary jazz chart for 33 weeks.<ref name="Larkin">((cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=1997|edition=Concise|isbn=1-85227-745-9|page=486))</ref> Their next album, ''[[Between the Sheets (Fourplay album)|Between the Sheets]]'' (1993), reached number one,<ref name="Larkin"/> went gold, and received a [[Grammy Award]] nomination. In 1995, their third gold album, ''[[Elixir (Fourplay album)|Elixir]]'', also reached the number one position and remained on the chart for more than 90 weeks. In 2015 the band celebrated its 25th anniversary with the release of the album ''Silver'' with former members Ritenour and Carlton.

== Discography ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Label !! Released
|-
| ''[[Fourplay (Fourplay album)|Fourplay]]'' 
| [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]] || 1991
|--
| ''Fourplay Live: The Authorized Bootleg'' 
| Warner Bros. || 1992
|-
| ''[[Between the Sheets (Fourplay album)|Between the Sheets]]''
| Warner Bros. || 1993
|-
| ''[[Elixir (Fourplay album)|Elixir]]''
| Warner Bros. || 1995
|-
| ''[[The Best of Fourplay]]''
| Warner Bros. || 1997
|-
| ''[[4 (Fourplay album)|4]]''
| Warner Bros. || 1998
|-
| ''[[Snowbound (Fourplay album)|Snowbound]]'' || Warner Bros. || 1999
|-
| ''[[Yes, Please!]]'' || Warner Bros. || 2000
|-
| ''[[Heartfelt (Fourplay album)|Heartfelt]]'' || [[Bluebird Records|Bluebird]] || 2002
|-
| ''[[Journey (Fourplay album)|Journey]]'' || Bluebird || 2004
|-
| ''[[X (Fourplay album)|X]]''	|| Bluebird || 2006
|-
| ''[[Energy (Fourplay album)|Energy]]'' || [[Heads Up International|Heads Up]] || 2008
|-
| ''[[Let's Touch the Sky]]'' || Heads Up || 2010
|-
| ''[[Esprit De Four]]'' || Heads Up || 2012
|-
| ''[[Silver (Fourplay album)|Silver]]'' || Heads Up || 2015
|-
| ''The Best of Fourplay''
|evosound
|2020
|}

== DVD-Video ==
* ''An Evening of Fourplay'' Volumes I and II (1994)
* ''Live in Cape Town'' (2005)
* ''Live at San Javier Jazz Festival'' (2006)

==References==
((Reflist))

== External links ==
* ((Official website|http://www.fourplayjazz.com/))

((4play|state=collapsed))

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[[Category:American jazz ensembles]]
[[Category:Smooth jazz ensembles]]
[[Category:Warner Records artists]]
[[Category:Bluebird Records artists]]
[[Category:Musical groups established in 1991]]
[[Category:1991 establishments in the United States]]

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