Esprit De Four
Studio album by
Fourplay
ReleasedSeptember 18, 2012 (2012-09-18)
Studio
  • Glenwood Place Studios (Burbank, California)
  • KFP Studios (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania)
  • Landmark Studios (Yokohama, Japan)
GenreJazz
Length54:56
LabelHeads Up
Producer
  • Fourplay (Tracks 1-9)
  • Bob James and Atsuko Yashima (Track 10)
Fourplay chronology
Let's Touch the Sky
(2010)		 Esprit De Four
(2012)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Esprit De Four is the 12th studio album by Fourplay, released in 2012.

Track listing

  1. "December Dream " (Chuck Loeb) – 7:46
  2. "Firefly" (Nathan East, Tom Keane) – 4:12
  3. "Venus" (Harvey Mason, Sr.) – 7:11
  4. "Sonnymoon" (Chuck Loeb) – 4:12
  5. "Put Our Hearts Together [Instrumental Version]" (Bob James, Hillary James) – 6:08
  6. "All I Wanna Do" (Nathan East, Tom Keane) – 4:16
  7. "Logic of Love" (Chuck Loeb) – 7:05
  8. "Esprit de Four" (Jerry Peters, Harvey Mason, Sr.) – 6:22
  9. "Sugoi" (Bob James) – 4:26
  10. "Put Our Hearts Together [Vocal Track]" (Bob James, Hillary James) – 3:18

Personnel

Fourplay

with:

  • Lizzy Loeb – additional vocals (1)
  • Seiko Matsuda – lead vocals (10)

Production

  • Mark Wexler – executive producer
  • Fourplay – producers (1-9)
  • Bob James – producer (10), cover design
  • Atsuko Yashima – producer (10)
  • Ken Freeman – engineer (1-9), mixing
  • Takeshi Hara – engineer (10)
  • Ryo Ogura – engineer (10)
  • Nathaniel Alford – assistant engineer (1-9)
  • Steve Vavagiakis – mastering at Bang Zoom Mastering (Rockland, New York)
  • Harvey Mason – cover concept
  • Sonny Abelardo – photography
  • Steven Haberland – photography

Chart performance

Album charts

YearChartPosition
2012 Billboard 200 167[2]
2012 Billboard Jazz Albums 2[2]
2013 Billboard Jazz Albums 2[2]

Single charts

YearSingleChartPosition
2012 "All I Wanna Do" Smooth Jazz Songs 5[2]
2013 "Sonnymoon" Smooth Jazz Songs 1[2]

References

  1. ↑ Jurek, Thom. Esprit De Four at AllMusic
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Esprit de Four - Fourplay | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
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