Harvey Mason

Harvey Mason in Singapore, 2004

Harvey William Mason (born February 22, 1947 in Atlantic City, New Jersey) is an American jazz drummer. He has worked with many jazz and fusion artists such as Bob James, The Brecker Brothers, 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 1976 album, Breezin'. Harvey is also the percussionist for the contemporary jazz group Fourplay, which includes keyboardist Bob James, guitarist Chuck Loeb, and bassist Nathan East.

Mason's son, Harvey Mason, Jr., is one-half of the production team The Underdogs with Damon Thomas. The Underdogs have produced tracks for artists including Fantasia Barrino, Justin Timberlake, Mariah Carey and Luther Vandross. Harvey Sr.'s work is featured on one of the The Underdogs' major works, the soundtrack of the 2006 film adaptation of Dreamgirls.

In 1979 Mason Sr, released the hit single "Groovin' You", a disco-stomping tune, from the album with the same name. This music was then sampled by house music producer Gusto in his 1995 hit single "Disco's Revenge".

Discography

As leader

Album
Harvey Mason Earth Mover (1975) Arista Records

| Harvey Mason Funk in a Mason Jar (1977)

As sideman

With Fourplay:

Title	Released	Label
Fourplay	1991	Warner Bros.
Between the Sheets	1993	Warner Bros.
Elixir	1995	Warner Bros.
The Best of Fourplay	1997	Warner Bros.
4	1998	Warner Bros.
Snowbound	1999	Warner Bros.
Yes, Please!	2000	Warner Bros.
Heartfelt	2002	Bluebird
Journey	2004	Bluebird
X	2006	Bluebird (charles Earland on the album "Leaving This Planet"
Energy	2008	Heads Up
Let's Touch the Sky	2010	Heads Up

With Herb Alpert

• Midnight Sun (A & M, 1992)

With Chet Atkins

• Street Dreams (Columbia, 1986)

With Beck

• The Information (Interscope, 2006)

With George Benson

• Breezin' (Warner Bros., 1976)
• Weekend in L.A. (Warner Bros., 1978)

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 Chick Corea

• The Mad Hatter (Polydor, 1978)

With Miles Davis & Michel Legrand

• Dingo (Warner Bros., 1991)

With Charles Earland

• Leaving This Planet (Prestige, 1973)

Wit Joe Farrell

• Night Dancing (Warner Bros., 1978)

With The Headhunters

• Survival of the Fittest (Arista, 1975)

With Herbie Hancock

• Head Hunters (Columbia, 1973)
• Man-Child (Columbia, 1975)
• Mr. Hands (Columbia, 1978)

With Gene Harris

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

With Eddie Henderson

• Sunburst (Blue Note, 1975)

With Freddie Hubbard

• High Energy (Columbia, 1974)

With Bobbi Humphrey

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

With Bobby Hutcherson

• Montara (Blue Note, 1975)

With Yosui Inoue

• Nishoku no Koma (Polydor, 1974)

With Ahmad Jamal

• Genetic Walk (20th Century, 1975)

With Carole King

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

With Hubert Laws

• The San Francisco Concert (CTI, 1975)

With Kenny Loggins

• Celebrate Me Home (Columbia, 1977)

With Wade Marcus

• Metamorphosis (ABC, 1976)

With Joe Pass

• Whitestone (Pablo, 1985)

With Bob James

• One (1974)
• Two (1975)
• Three (1976)
• Four (1977)
• Heads (1977)

With Lee Ritenour

• Gentle Thoughts (JVC, 1977)
• Captain Fingers (Epic, 1977)
• Sugar Loaf Express (JVC, 1977)
• Earth Run (GRP, 1986)

With Rufus

• Numbers (ABC, 1979)

With Patrice Rushen

• Now (Elektra, 1984)

With Véronique Sanson

• Le Maudit (Warner Bros., 1974)

With Moacir Santos

• Saudade (Blue Note, 1974)
• Carnival of the Spirits (Blue Note, 1975)

With Diane Schuur

• Midnight (Concord, 2003)

With Marlena Shaw

• Who Is This Bitch, Anyway? (Blue Note, 1974)

With Donna Summer

• Donna Summer (Geffen, 1982)

With Gábor Szabó

• Macho (Salvation, 1975)

With Stanley Turrentine

• Have You Ever Seen the Rain (Fantasy, 1975)
• Wonderland (Blue Note, 1984)

With Kazumi Watanabe

• Mermaid Boulevard (Alfa, 1978)

With Grover Washington, Jr.

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

With Jimmy Webb

• El Mirage (Atlantic, 1977)

With Gary Wright

• Headin' Home (Warner Bros., 1979)

External links

• Official website