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 Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart and No. 15 on the Billboard Top R&B Albums chart. Between the Sheets has sold over 500,000 copies in the United States and has thus been certified gold by the RIAA.
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Critical reception
Between the Sheets was Grammy nominated in the category of Best Contemporary Jazz Performance (Instrumental)
Personnel
Fourplay
Bob James – Yamaha C7 MIDI grand piano, Yamaha Disklavier piano, synthesizers, synth orchestrations, arrangements (1, 3, 4, 7)
Lee Ritenour – electric guitars, electric classical guitar, guitar synthesizer, additional guitar synth parts (2, 3, 5, 8), arrangements (2, 3, 6, 9)
Nathan East – 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 – drums, percussion, marimba, vibraphone, chimes, glockenspiel, arrangements (3, 8, 10, 11)
Additional Musicians
Harvey Mason, Jr. – synthesizer programming, computer sequencing, drum programming (3)
Marcel East – arrangements (5)
Dee Fredrix – chorus chant (1)
Chaka Khan – lead vocals (3), backing vocals (3)
Phillip Bailey – backing vocals (3)
Chanté Moore – backing vocals (3)
Phil Perry – backing vocals (3)
Production
Bob James – executive producer
Fourplay – producers
Don Murray – recording, mixing
Neal Avron – assistant engineer, additional engineer
Mike Kloster – assistant engineer, additional engineer
Mike Piersante – assistant engineer, additional engineer
Marcel East – additional engineer (Nathan East's vocals)
Harvey Mason, Jr. – technical assistance
Robert Vosgien – digital editing, additional editing, additional mastering
Wally Traugott – mastering
CMS Digital (Pasadena, California) – editing location
Capitol Mastering (Hollywood, California) – mastering location
Debra Johnson – production coordinator
Kim Champagne – art direction, design
Stuart Watson – photography