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1999 studio album by Mike Stern
Play is an album by the American jazz guitarist
Mike Stern , released in 1999 through Atlantic Records.
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The album peaked at No. 21 on Billboard' s Traditional Jazz Albums chart.
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Bill Frisell and
John Scofield contributed to the album.
[6] It was tracked live, with few overdubs.
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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'."
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"Play"
"Small World"
"Outta Town"
"Blue Tone"
"Tipatina's"
"All Heart"
"Frizz"
"Link"
"Goin' Under"
"Big Kids"
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)
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"Mike Stern Quartet, Unleashing an Explosive Sound and Fury" . The Washington Post . Retrieved 16 September 2021 .
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