Esprit De Four

Esprit De Four
Studio album by Fourplay
Released	September 18, 2012 (2012-09-18)
Studio	Glenwood Place Studios (Burbank, California) KFP Studios (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) Landmark Studios (Yokohama, Japan)
Genre	Jazz
Length	54:56
Label	Heads 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
Source	Rating
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

• Bob James – keyboards, arrangements (6)
• Chuck Loeb – synthesizers, guitars
• Nathan East – bass, vocals
• Harvey Mason – synthesizers, drums, percussion, vibraphone

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

Year	Chart	Position
2012	Billboard 200	167 [2]
2012	Billboard Jazz Albums	2 [2]
2013	Billboard Jazz Albums	2 [2]

Single charts

Year	Single	Chart	Position
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. "Esprit de Four - Fourplay | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved January 13, 2014.