Harvey Mason
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Born in Atlantic City, New Jersey on February 22, 1947, Harvey Mason is a jazz drummer and producer. Mason is best-known as the drummer for jazz supergroup Fourplay. He began his career after graduating from the New England Conservatory. In his early 20s, he spent time playing with Erroll Garner before drumming with George Shearing from 1970 to â71. Mason then moved to Los Angeles where he became an in-demand studio musician. While he worked with a variety of artists from different genres, he soon worked his way into the jazz community. Throughout the rest of the 1970s and into the â80s, he played with such jazz greats as Herbie Hancockâs Headhunters, Gerry Mulligan, Freddie Hubbard, Grover Washington, George Benson (on his hit âThis Masqueradeâ), Lee Ritenour, Bob James, and many others. In 1991, Mason was a founding member of Fourplay, a jazz supergroup that also featured Bob James, Lee Ritenour, and Nathan East. During the course of their career, Fourplay released 13 albums and received two Grammy Award nominations including one for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album (for 2007âs X). Throughout his busy career, he also found time to record a series of his own albums including Marching in the Street (1975), Funk in a Mason Jar (1977), M.V.P. (1981), Ratamacue (1996), and Chameleon (2006). His son, Harvey Mason, Jr., has made quite a name for himself in the music community as a producer and songwriter.
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- Dindi
- Moment to Moment featuring John Patitucci
- If I Should Lose You
- Chameleon
- Hindsight
- Speak Like A Child
- Montara
- Mood Indigo (Album Version) featuring Brian Bromberg
- A Little Bumpin' featuring Bob James
- Before the Dawn
- Modaji
- Mase's Theme
- Cotton Tail (Album Version) featuring Brian Bromberg
- Satin Doll (Album Version) featuring Brian Bromberg
- East St. Louis Toodle-oo (Album Version) featuring Brian Bromberg
- Set It Free
- Till You Take My Love
- Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me) (Album Version) featuring Brian Bromberg
- Git Along, Little Doggies (Album Version) featuring John Patitucci
- Rainbow Gold featuring Joe Sample
- Low Steppin' featuring Harvey Mason
- L.a. Underground featuring Harvey Mason
- After The Rain featuring Harvey Mason
- Either Way
