In support of its ninth studio album, Journey, smooth supergroup Fourplay will hit the road this Saturday to begin a 25-city national tour. The tour starts with a gig at the Thornton Winery in Temecula, Calif. and the band will work eastward to wrap it all up on Nov. 21 in Palmerton, Penn.
Fourplay, comprised of keyboardist Bob James, bassist/vocalist Nathan East, guitarist Larry Carlton and drummer Harvey Mason, recorded its new album at Firehouse Recording Studios in Pasadena, Calif. Longtime Fourplay producer Don Murray was in tow and the band went into the studio with mostly just simple sketches of the tunes’ original melodies. Journey includes nine Fourplay originals and a cover of Sting’s “Fields of Gold.” Nathan East lends his vocals to “Play Around It” and the title track “Journey,” which also features Bikki Johnson on background vocals and shaker.
Tour dates:
August 21 • Temecula, CA • Thornton Winery
August 22 • Los Angeles, CA • Hollywood Bowl
August 25 • Saratoga, CA • Garden Theatre
September 10 • West Bend, WI • Kettle Moraine Jazz Festival
September 11 • St. Paul, MN • Fitzgerald Theater
September 12 • Marshall, MO • Crossroads Amphitheater
September 13 • St. Louis, MO • The Pageant
September 15 • Cleveland, OH • Playhouse Square Center
September 16 • Detroit, MI • Detroit Opera House
September 17 • Columbus, OH • Promowest Pavilion
September 18 • Chicago, IL • Chicago Theatre
September 21 • Austin, TX • One World Theater
September 22 • Houston, TX • Verizon Wireless Theater
October 14 • Rehoboth Beach, DE • Rehoboth Autumn Jazz
Festival
October 15 • Glenside, PA • Keswick Theatre
October 16 • Atlantic City, NJ • Trump Marina – The
Shell
November 11 • Jacksonville, FL • Florida Theatre
November 12, 13 • Atlanta, GA • Georgia Institute of
Technology
November 14 • Charlotte, NC • Ovens Auditorium
November 15 • Durham, NC • Carolina Theatre of Durham
November 16 • Washington, DC • GW Lisner Auditorium
November 18 • New York, NY • Town Hall
November 19 • Huntington, NY • Inter-Media Arts Center
November 20 • New Haven, CT • Southern CT State University
November 21 • Palmerton, PA • Penn’s Peak
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