Officially, contemporary jazz supergroup Fourplay had three legendary guitarists over its quarter century run – Lee Ritenour, Larry Carlton and the late Chuck Loeb. Yet Seoul born, NYC-based Jack Lee, Korea’s most recognized world class jazz guitarist, has done so many amazing projects with Bob James, Nathan East and Harvey Mason he could qualify as an honorary member. HEART AND SOUL, Lee’s latest, perfectly titled album with East, is a sprawling, deeply heartfelt and blues-infused, gospel jazz session that gets to the heart of faith via numerous stylistic twists and turns. Lee and East include an easy-flowing meditation on a holiday perennial, a funky strut through a Stevie Wonder jam, a dramatic church worthy rendering of a Paul Simon classic and unique arrangements of familiar sacred hymns.
