''Snowbound'' is the fifth studio album by

Fourplay Fourplay (stylized as fOURPLAY) is a contemporary American smooth jazz quartet. The original members of the group were Bob James (keyboards), Lee Ritenour (guitars), Nathan East (bass), and Harvey Mason (drums). In 1997, Lee Ritenour left the ...

, released in 1999. It is a recording of Christmas songs.

Track listing

Personnel

Fourplay * Bob James – acoustic piano, keyboards, arrangements (1, 3-9, 11, 12) *

Larry Carlton Larry Eugene Carlton (born March 2, 1948) is an American guitarist who built his career as a studio musician in the 1970s and 1980s for acts such as Steely Dan and Joni Mitchell. He has participated in thousands of recording sessions, recorde ...

– guitars, arrangements (3, 7, 8, 9) *

Nathan East Nathan Harrell East (born December 8, 1955) is an American jazz, R&B, and rock bass player and vocalist. With more than 2,000 recordings, East is one of the most recorded bass players in the history of music. East holds a Bachelor of Arts degr ...

– basses, arrangements (2, 3, 4, 7, 8), vocals (3, 6), finger snaps (4, 9) *

Harvey Mason Harvey William Mason (born February 22, 1947) is an American jazz drummer, record producer, and member of the band Fourplay. Mason, who attended Berklee in the 1960s, received an Honorary Doctorate at Berklee's 2015 Commencement Ceremony for ...

– drums, arrangements (3, 4, 7, 8, 10), finger snaps (4, 9) Additional Musicians * Tim Heintz – synthesizer programming * Marcel East – synthesizers (2, 4), additional percussion (2), drums (4), percussion programming (4), arrangements (4), vocal arrangements (4) * Michael Thompson – additional guitar (3, 4) * Matt Pierson – finger snaps (4, 9) *

Larry Williams Larry Williams (born Lawrence Eugene Williams, a.k.a. Lawrence Edward Williams; May 10, 1935 – January 7, 1980) was an American rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer, songwriter, producer, and pianist from New Orleans, Louisiana. Williams ...

– tenor saxophone (3, 9) * Steve Holtman – trombone (3, 9) * Gary Grant – trumpet (3, 9) *

Jerry Hey Jerry Hey (born 1950) is an American trumpeter, flugelhornist, horn arranger, string arranger, orchestrator and session musician who has played on hundreds of commercial recordings, including Michael Jackson's '' Thriller'', ''Rock with You'', ...

– trumpet (3, 9), horn arrangements (3, 9) * Heather Mason – vocals (2) *

Gabriela Anders Gabriela may refer to: * Gabriela (given name), a Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian feminine given name * ''Gabriela'' (1942 film), a Czech film * ''Gabriela'' (1950 film), a German film * ''Gabriela'' (1983 film), a Brazilian film * ''Gabriela' ...

– vocals (3) *

Eric Benét Eric Benét Jordan (born October 15, 1967) is an American R&B/neo soul singer-songwriter and actor, who has received a total of four Grammy nominations to date for his musical work. Biography Early life Benét was born on October 15, 1966 ...

– lead and backing vocals (4), vocal arrangements (4) *

Kevon Edmonds Kevon Edmonds (born February 25, 1958) is an American singer and actor. He is member of the R&B group After 7 and the older brother of singer, songwriter, and record producer Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. After 7 scored three platinum- or gold-s ...

– backing vocals (4) * Kevin Weaver-Bay – backing vocals (4)

Reception

References

{{Authority control Fourplay albums 1999 Christmas albums Warner Records albums Christmas albums by American artists Jazz Christmas albums Albums produced by Nathan East