Paquito DÕRivera, the award-winning Cuban-born saxophonist and clarinetist, has earned three Grammy¨ Awards and five Latin Grammy¨ Awards during his long career for composition and performance in jazz, Latin and classical music. His explosive performances have won him an ever-growing audience and critical acclaim. D'Rivera has also been honored as a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master and a Living Jazz Legend Award by the Kennedy Center for his outstanding body of work.

Fourplay is that innovative quartet that has maintained a consistent presence on the cutting edge of contemporary jazz since their inception 17 years ago. Fourplay will make their Heads Up Records debut with a yet-to-be-titled album scheduled for release in this summer.

Fourplay, whose current lineup consists of Grammy¨ Award winning keyboardist Bob James, acclaimed bassist Nathan East, two-time Grammy¨ Award winning guitarist Larry Carlton and drummer extraordinaire Harvey Mason, has enjoyed consistent artistic and commercial success by grafting elements of R&B and pop to their unwavering jazz foundations. In a span of seventeen years and ten albums, the quartet has continued to explore the limitless dimensions and permutations of jazz while at the same time appealing to a broad mainstream audience. Fourplay launched the smooth jazz movement with a debut album that shot straight to the top of the contemporary jazz charts. Their third album, Elixir, stayed at the #1 slot for ninety-two weeks.