Play (Mike Stern album)
| Play | ||||
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| Released | September 14, 1999 | |||
| Length | 62:37 | |||
| Label | Atlantic Records[1] | |||
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| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [2] |
Play is an album by the American jazz guitarist Mike Stern, released in 1999 through Atlantic Records.[3][4]
The album peaked at No. 21 on Billboard's Traditional Jazz Albums chart.[5]
Production
Bill Frisell and John Scofield contributed to the album.[6] It was tracked live, with few overdubs.[7]
Critical reception
The Times thought that Stern "displays a new maturity—these are properly integrated songs, not simply backdrops for long solos."[8] The Los Angeles Daily News wrote that the album is "highlighted by fine work from Stern and Scofield on the title track's minor blues, the New Orleans-flavored 'Small World' and the bop-driven 'Outta Town'."[9]
Track listing
- "Play"
- "Small World"
- "Outta Town"
- "Blue Tone"
- "Tipatina's"
- "All Heart"
- "Frizz"
- "Link"
- "Goin' Under"
- "Big Kids"
Personnel
- Mike Stern – guitar (all tracks)
- John Scofield – guitar (tracks 1, 2 & 3)
- Bill Frisell – guitar (tracks 4, 6, 7 & 10)
- Ben Perowsky – drums (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 & 10)
- Dennis Chambers – drums (tracks 5, 8 & 9)
- Lincoln Goines – bass (all tracks)
- Bob Malach – tenor saxophone (tracks 3, 5, 6, 8 & 9)
- Jim Beard – keyboards (tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8 & 9)
References
- ^ CHAPMAN, CHARLES H. (October 7, 2010). "Interviews With the Jazz Greats...and More!". Mel Bay Publications – via Google Books.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1340. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ "Play". AllMusic. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
- ^ Blumenthal, Bob (May 5, 2000). "GUITARIST MIKE STERN SHARES FUSION WITH FRIENDS". The Boston Globe. p. D19.
- ^ "Mike Stern". Billboard.
- ^ "Mike Stern Quartet, Unleashing an Explosive Sound and Fury". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 16, 2021.
- ^ Fox, Darrin (March 2000). "Mike Stern: A modern jazz hat trick". Guitar Player. 34 (3): 35–36.
- ^ Bradley, Mike (August 10, 1999). "Mike Stern". The Times. Features. p. 41.
- ^ Shuster, Fred (September 24, 1999). "Music". Los Angeles Daily News. p. L3.