Play (Mike Stern album)

Play
Play
Studio album by Mike Stern
Released	September 14, 1999
Length	62:37
Label	Atlantic Records[1]
Mike Stern chronology

Play is an album by the American jazz guitarist Mike Stern, released in 1999 through Atlantic Records.[3][4]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[2]

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.

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[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.