Play (Mike Stern album)

Play
Play
Studio album by Mike Stern
Released	September 14, 1999
Length	62:37
Label	Atlantic Records
Mike Stern chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
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 (5 May 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 16 September 2021.
^ Fox, Darrin (Mar 2000). "Mike Stern: A modern jazz hat trick". Guitar Player. 34 (3): 35–36.
^ Bradley, Mike (10 Aug 1999). "Mike Stern". The Times. Features. p. 41.
^ Shuster, Fred (24 Sep 1999). "Music". Los Angeles Daily News. p. L3.

[1] CHAPMAN, CHARLES H. (October 7, 2010). "Interviews With the Jazz Greats...and More!". Mel Bay Publications – via Google Books.

[Penguin-2] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1340. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[Allmusic-3] "Play". AllMusic. Retrieved August 1, 2011.

[4] Blumenthal, Bob (5 May 2000). "GUITARIST MIKE STERN SHARES FUSION WITH FRIENDS". The Boston Globe. p. D19.

[5] "Mike Stern". Billboard.

[6] "Mike Stern Quartet, Unleashing an Explosive Sound and Fury". The Washington Post. Retrieved 16 September 2021.

[7] Fox, Darrin (Mar 2000). "Mike Stern: A modern jazz hat trick". Guitar Player. 34 (3): 35–36.

[8] Bradley, Mike (10 Aug 1999). "Mike Stern". The Times. Features. p. 41.

[9] Shuster, Fred (24 Sep 1999). "Music". Los Angeles Daily News. p. L3.

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