Fourplay isn't known for changing personnel. In fact, in its 20 years of existence, the band has only made one change, when Larry Carlton replaced original member Lee Ritenour in 1998.

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.

For Fourplay, it's all a numbers game. 2011 marks the band's 20th anniversary, Let's Touch the Sky is their 12th album, and "new guy," Chuck Loeb is both Fourplay's third personnel change and third ...

Fourplay: Energy album review by Woodrow Wilkins, published on September 28, ... David Sanborn, Marcus Miller, Kirk Whalum, Maynard Ferguson and George Duke. The band mixes contemporary jazz with a ...

Fourplay, above with the late Chuck Loeb, ... the iconic smooth jazz quartet of which Loeb was a member for the past seven years. ... and continues his work with the Eric Clapton band.

Bob, a founding member of the 20-year old Fourplay along with Nathan and Harvey, is considered one of the progenitors of the "smooth jazz." His 1974 solo work "Nautilus" from his album One, and "Take ...