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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.

Critical reception.
Between the Sheets was Grammy nominated in the category of Best Contemporary Jazz Performance (Instrumental).

Track listing:
1. “Chant” Bob James 6:24
2. “Monterey” Lee Ritenour 6:12
3. “Between the Sheets” Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley, O’Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley, Chris Jasper 6:45
4. “Li’l Darlin'” Neal Hefti 5:16
5. “Flying East” Marcel East, Nathan East 6:08
6. “Once in the A.M.” Lee Ritenour 6:30
7. “Gulliver” Bob James 6:48
8. “Amoroso” Harvey Mason 5:48
9. “A Summer Child” Lee Ritenour 5:33
10. “Anthem” Harvey Mason 5:39
11. “Song for Somalia” Harvey Mason 6:29

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)

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Released: August 17, 1993
Studio;
Sunset Sound (Hollywood, California)
Pyramid Sound Recording Studios (Ithaca, New York)
Length: 67:32
Label: Warner Bros.
Producer: Fourplay