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Name
  
Harvey Mason

Role
  
Drummer

Children
  
Harvey Mason, Jr.


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Music groups
  
Fourplay (Since 1991), The Headhunters (1973 – 1974)

Albums
  
Funk in a Mason Jar, With All My Heart, The Best of Fourplay, Heartfelt, Ratamacue

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Harvey William Mason (born February 22, 1947) is an American jazz drummer, record producer, and member of the band Fourplay. He has worked with many jazz and jazz fusion artists, including Bob James, Chick Corea, the Brecker Brothers, Chuck Loeb, Nathan East, Lee Ritenour, Herbie Hancock's Headhunters and almost all the Mizell Brothers productions with Donald Byrd, Johnny Hammond, Bobbi Humphrey, and Gary Bartz. He is featured on George Benson's multi-platinum-selling breakthrough jazz to pop crossover album of 1976, Breezin'. Mason is the father of Harvey Mason, Jr.

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Career

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Starting in 1975, Mason began recording albums as a leader, the first five for Arista Records, which he also produced hiring the cream of the crop of primarily West Coast-based musicians and singers from the jazz, rock, pop, R&B and recording session scenes. In 1979, he had a hit single in dance clubs with "Groovin' You," the title track of his fourth album. It was sampled by house music producer Gusto in his 1996 hit "Disco's Revenge".

Equipment

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Mason endorses Canopus drums, Murat Diril cymbals, Remo drumheads, DW pedals, Vic Firth drumsticks and Roc N Soc drum thrones. Mason has his own Vic Firth Harvey Mason signature drumstick and Vic Firth Harvey Mason Chameleon signature drumstick. In the past, he has previously used Gretsch drums, Premier drums, Rogers Drums, Tama drums, Zildjian cymbals, Toca percussion and Gibraltar Hardware.

As leader

With Fourplay

As sideman

  • Leaving This Planet, Charles Earland (Prestige, 1973)
  • Le Maudit, Véronique Sanson (Warner Bros., 1974)
  • Who Is This Bitch, Anyway?, Marlena Shaw (Blue Note, 1974)
  • Nishoku no Koma, Yosui Inoue (Polydor, 1974)
  • Carnegie Hall Concert ; Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker (CTI, 1974)
  • Montara, Bobby Hutcherson (Blue Note, 1975)
  • The San Francisco Concert, Hubert Laws (CTI, 1975)
  • Genetic Walk, Ahmad Jamal (20th Century, 1975)
  • Macho, Gábor Szabó (Salvation, 1975)
  • Sunburst, Eddie Henderson (Blue Note, 1975)
  • Survival of the Fittest, The Headhunters (Arista, 1975)
  • Pastels, Ron Carter (Milestone, 1976)
  • Can't Hide Love, Carmen McRae (Blue Note, 1976)
  • Metamorphosis, Wade Marcus (ABC, 1976)
  • Black Miracle, Joe Henderson (Milestone, 1976)
  • Celebrate Me Home, Kenny Loggins (Columbia, 1977)
  • El Mirage, Jimmy Webb (Atlantic, 1977)
  • Night Dancing, Joe Farrell (Warner Bros., 1978)
  • The Mad Hatter, Chick Corea (Polydor, 1978)
  • Headin' Home, Gary Wright (Warner Bros., 1979)
  • Numbers, Rufus (ABC, 1979)
  • Donna Summer, Donna Summer (Geffen, 1982)
  • Now, Patrice Rushen (Elektra, 1984)
  • Whitestone, Joe Pass (Pablo, 1985)
  • Street Dreams, Chet Atkins (Columbia, 1986)
  • Audiophile, Victor Feldman (1997)
  • Dingo, Miles Davis & Michel Legrand (Warner Bros., 1991)
  • Midnight Sun, Herb Alpert (A&M, 1992)
  • Aries, Luis Miguel (Warner Bros., 1993)
  • Midnight, Diane Schuur (Concord, 2003)
  • Motown, Michael McDonald (2003)
  • The Hang, Don Grusin (2004)
  • Music for Lovers, Earl Klugh (2006)
  • Once Again, John Legend 2006)
  • Hot Sauce, Jessy J (2011)
  • Plain 'n' Simple, Chuck Loeb (2011)
  • Bringing It Back Home, Robben Ford (2013)
  • The Essential Bill Withers, Bill Withers (2013)
  • With Larry Carlton

  • Deep into It (2001)
  • I Hear Angels Calling (2006)
  • With George Benson

  • Breezin' (Warner Bros., 1976)
  • In Flight (Warner Bros., 1977)
  • Weekend in L.A. (Warner Bros., 1978)
  • Collaboration (Warner Bros., 1987)
  • Guitar Man (2011)
  • With Donald Byrd

  • Street Lady (Blue Note, 1973)
  • Stepping into Tomorrow (Blue Note, 1974)
  • Places and Spaces (Blue Note, 1975)
  • Caricatures (Blue Note, 1976)
  • With Casiopea

  • 4x4 (Alpha, 1982)
  • Light and Shadows (Pony Canyon, 1997)
  • With Herbie Hancock

  • Head Hunters (Columbia, 1973)
  • Man-Child (Columbia, 1975)
  • Sunlight (Columbia, 1978)
  • Mr. Hands (Columbia, 1980)
  • Mr. Funk (2001)
  • With Gene Harris

  • In a Special Way (Blue Note, 1976)
  • Tone Tantrum (Blue Note, 1977)
  • With Bobbi Humphrey

  • Blacks and Blues (Blue Note, 1973)
  • Satin Doll (Blue Note, 1974)
  • Fancy Dancer (Blue Note, 1975)
  • With Bob James

  • One (1974)
  • Two (1975)
  • Three (1976)
  • BJ4 (1977)
  • Heads (1977)
  • Hi-Fi (2003)
  • Angels of Shanghai (2006)
  • With Lee Ritenour

  • Gentle Thoughts (JVC, 1977)
  • Captain Fingers (Epic, 1977)
  • Sugar Loaf Express (JVC, 1977)
  • Earth Run (GRP, 1986)
  • Stolen Moments (GRP, 1990)
  • Overtime (2005)
  • Six String Theory (2010)
  • With Stanley Turrentine

  • Have You Ever Seen the Rain (Fantasy, 1975)
  • Everybody Come On Out (Fantasy, 1976)
  • Wonderland (Blue Note, 1984)
  • Do You Have Any Sugar?, Stanley Turrentine 1999
  • With Grover Washington, Jr.

  • A Secret Place (Kudu, 1976)
  • Mister Magic (Kudu, 1973)
  • With Carole King

  • Rhymes and Reasons (Ode, 1972)
  • Fantasy (Epic, 1973)
  • With Moacir Santos

  • Saudade (Blue Note, 1974)
  • Carnival of the Spirits (Blue Note, 1975)
  • With The Brothers Johnson

  • Look Out for Number 1 (A&M, 1976)
  • Right on Time (A&M, 1977)
  • Blam! (A&M, 1978)
  • References

    Harvey Mason Wikipedia