Play
Studio album by
Mike Stern
ReleasedSeptember 14, 1999
Length62:37
LabelAtlantic Records[1]
Mike Stern chronology
Give and Take
(1997) 		Play
(1999) 		Voices
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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

  1. "Play"
  2. "Small World"
  3. "Outta Town"
  4. "Blue Tone"
  5. "Tipatina's"
  6. "All Heart"
  7. "Frizz"
  8. "Link"
  9. "Goin' Under"
  10. "Big Kids"

Personnel

References

  1. ^ CHAPMAN, CHARLES H. (October 7, 2010). "Interviews With the Jazz Greats...and More!". Mel Bay Publications – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1340. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  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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