Anita Baker
will also release a holiday album with Blue Note.
"Christmas Fantasy" hits stores October
4th, and will feature appearances by Joe
Sample, Larry
Carlton,
Nathan East, Ricky
Lawson, and all four members of The
Yellowjackets. Barry Eastman, who co-produces
here, also wrote three original tunes for the outing.
Diana Krall
will deliver her first Christmas album in 2005.
The outing, "Christmas Songs" will be
released on Verve November 1st.
Fourplay
Continues 'Journey' On June 22 June
2, 2004 - Fourplay
has finally given in to the digital world. The
supergroups new album 'Journey' to be released
June 22 will be their first full digital album
after recording in analog for so many years. The
groups eight album will be released on RCA Bluebird
featuring the same line-up for the band since
1998 keyboardist Bob
James, bassist/vocalist Nathan East, guitarist
Larry Carlton
and drummer Harvey Mason. 'Journey' will only
have one cover, Sting's 'Fields of Gold.' Longtime
producer Don Murray was behind the controls again.
Fourplay has scheduled eighteen shows from August
to November.
Fourplay
Finishes New Album March
30, 2004 - Smooth Jazz super group Fourplay
have finally finished their new album. Harvey
Mason, Larry
Carlton, Bob
James and Nathan East (pictured Left to right)
recorded the album at Firehouse Studio in L.A.
On their official website www.fourplayjazz.com
bassist extraordinaire East said, "We had
fun in the studio swinging, playing funk, jazz,
hip and pop combining elements that I think will
serve up a record that can be enjoyed by a wide
range of listeners." East who again appears
on the latest Eric
Clapton album, the Bluesy "Me and Mr.
Johnson." says there will be vocals on the
new Fourplay CD, "The band continues to push
me to sing more which I had the opportunity to
do on this recording. Fourplay is such a creative
outlet for me and I look forward to presenting
this new record to our listeners!"
Fourplay
Tour Dates
MAY
27, 28 - Cerritos Center for the Performing
Arts Cerritos, CA
May, 29 - KIFM Festival, San Diego, CA
Aug. 22 - Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, Ca.
Sept.
10 - Kettle Moraine Jazz Festival, West Bend,
WI
Sept. 16 - Detroit Opera House, Detroit, MI
Sept. 18 - Chicago Theater, Chicago, IL
Larry
Carlton's Journey To The Blues August,
21, 2003 - We Larry Carlton fans are a dedicated
bunch, almost expecting the guitarist to reinvent
himself every few years or at least mix the recipe
up a bit. We love him no matter what he does and
after so many years of fantastic playing he certainly
earned that honor. His latest album "Sapphire
Blue" is a purely Blues affair featuring Mark
Douthit on sax, Billy Kilson on drums, Reese Wynan
of "Double Trouble" on keys. Released
in July on JVC in Asia "Sapphire" oddly
enough is not available to North America and so
far no release date has been announced. You may
be able to hear some of the album live this summer.
Carlton has been doing some summer gigs having recently
introduced some Blues numbers in L.A., Milwaukee
and Reno.
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August,
21, 2003 - We Larry Carlton fans are a dedicated
bunch, almost expecting the guitarist to reinvent
himself every few years or at least mix the recipe
up a bit. We love him no matter what he does and
after so many years of fantastic playing he certainly
earned that honor. His latest album "Sapphire
Blue" is a purely Blues affair featuring Mark
Douthit on sax, Billy Kilson on drums, Reese Wynan
of "Double Trouble" on keys. Released
in July on JVC in Asia "Sapphire" oddly
enough is not available to North America and so
far no release date has been announced. You may
be able to hear some of the album live this summer.
Carlton has been doing some summer gigs having recently
introduced some Blues numbers in L.A., Milwaukee
and Reno. 
