''Between the Sheets'' is the second studio album of the jazz group Fourplay which was released in August 1993 on Warner Bros. Records. The album peaked at No. 2 on the

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chart and No. 15 on the

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chart. ''Between the Sheets'' has sold over 500,000 copies in the United States and has thus been certified gold by the

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Critical reception

Between the Sheets was

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nominated in the category of Best Contemporary Jazz Performance (Instrumental)

Track listing

Personnel

Fourplay * Bob James – Yamaha C7 MIDI grand piano, Yamaha Disklavier piano, synthesizers, string orchestrations, arrangements (1, 3, 4, 7) *

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– electric guitars,

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(2, 3, 5, 8), arrangements (2, 3, 6, 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 deg ...

– 5 and 6-string bass guitars, fretless basses, lead chant (1), chorus chant (1), lead vocals (3), backing vocals (3), arrangements (3, 5) *

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 ...

– drums, percussion,

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, arrangements (3, 8, 10, 11) Additional Musicians *

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– synthesizer programming, computer sequencing, drum programming (3) * Marcel East – arrangements (5) * Dee Fredrix – chorus chant (1) *

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– lead vocals (3), backing vocals (3) *

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– backing vocals (3) * Chanté Moore – backing vocals (3) * Phil Perry – backing vocals (3)

Production

* Bob James – producer, executive producer * Nathan East – producer * Lee Ritenour – producer * Harvey Mason, Sr. – producer * Don Murray – recording, mixing * Neal Avron – assistant engineer * Mike Kloster – assistant engineer * Mike Piersante – assistant engineer * Marcel East – vocal recording * Harvey Mason, Jr. – technician * Robert Vosgien – digital editing, additional editing, additional mastering * Wally Traugott – mastering * Debra Johnson – production coordinator * Kim Champagne – art direction, design * Stuart Watson – photography Studios * Recorded at Sunset Sound (Hollywood, California) and Pyramid Sound Recording Studios (Ithaca, New York). * Edited at CMS Digital (Pasadena, California). * Mastered at Capitol Mastering (Hollywood, California).

Charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Between The Sheets (Album) Fourplay albums 1993 albums Smooth jazz albums Warner Records albums Albums produced by Nathan East