Fourplay: Energy . By Douglas Payne October 31, 2008 View read count. Fourplay is as much a conundrum as a contrivance. Their punning name suggests sexy jazz—and both levels are sometimes achieved—but ...

Jazz quartet Fourplay will make its Heads Up International debut Sept. 23 with "Energy." By Gail Mitchell Jazz quartet Fourplay will make its Heads Up International debut Sept. 23 with “Energy ...

That doesn't mean that Fourplay members aren't serious — or forward-looking — when it comes to music. They have a goal of invention, or re-invention as is the case with familiar songs.

If you go Fourplay Where: The Birchmere When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday Info: $55; 703-549-7500; birchmere.com When Bob James tapped three friends to form the ensemble Fourplay in 1990, each member was a ...

As Fourplay made their way through their repertoire, drawing from earlier hit albums and also offering a taste of their latest release, Journeys, the audience became more mellow, and happier.

Energy: a word that means power or force. It's appropriate that Energy is also the title of Fourplay's debut with Heads Up. Fourplay, a double entendre, is the quartet of Bob James, Nathan East, ...