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Mike Stern

For the 2011 Gateshead Jazz Festival, guitarist Mike Stern joins Alyn Shipton at the Sage to trace his main musical collaborations and pick some of his own best recordings.

Guitarist Mike Stern has been a major figure in jazz fusion throughout his career. In this programme he traces some of his principal associations and picks some of his own best recordings in conversation with Alyn Shipton at the Sage Gateshead, as part of the 2011 Jazz Festival there. The music ranges from his work with Miles Davis and the Brecker Brothers to his long association with saxophonist Bob Berg.

1 hour

Last on

Sat 9 Apr 2011 16:00

Music Played

  • Charlie Parker's Reboppers

    Jean-Pierre

    Composer: Miles Davis. Performers:Miles Davis, tp; Bill Evans, ss; Mike Stern, g; Marcus Miller, b; Al Foster, d; Mino Cinelu, perc. Tokyo, 4 Oct 1981.

    • We Want Miles.
    • Columbia 4694022.
  • Mike Stern

    Gossip

    Composer: Stern. Performers: Bob Berg, Michael Brecker, ts; Jim Beard, kb; Mike Stern, g; Jeff Andrews, b; Peter Erskine, d; Don Alias, perc. Dec 1987.

    • Time In Place.
    • Atlantic 7818402.
  • Michael Brecker

    Don't Try This at Home

    Composer: Brecker / Grolnick. Performers:Michael Brecker, ts; EWI; Mike Stern, g; Herbie Hancock, p; Charlie Haden, b; Jack Dejohnette, d; Judd Miller, synth programming. 1988.

    • Don鈥檛 Try This at Home.
    • Impulse GRP 050114-2.
  • Mike Stern

    Rhyme or Reason

    Composer: Stern. Performers:Mike Stern, g; Bob Berg, ts; Jim Beard, kb; Jeff Andrews, b; Peter Erskine, d; Feb 1989.

    • Jigsaw.
    • Atlantic 7820272.
  • Mike Stern

    Odds or Evens

    Composer: Stern. Performers:Mike Stern, g; Bob Berg, ts; Jim Beard, kb; Anthony Jackson, b; Dennis Chambers, d; Don Alias, perc. rec. 1991.

    • Odds or Evens.
    • Atlantic 7822972.
  • The Brecker Brothers

    King of the Lobby

    Composer: Michael Brecker. Performers:Michael Brecker, ts; David Sanborn, as; Randy Brecker, tp; Mike Stern, Dean Brown, g; Max Risenhoover, drum and bass programming; Veera, v. 1992.

    • Return of the Brecker Brothers.
    • Verve 1122502.
  • Mike Stern

    There Is No Greater Love

    Composer: Symes, Jones. Performers:Mike Stern g; Jay Anderson, b; Al Foster, d. 1992.

    • Standards (and other songs).
    • Atlantic 782 4192.
  • Mike Stern

    Small World

    Composer: Stern. Performers:Mike Stern, John Scofield, g; Jim Beard, kb; Lincoln Goines, b; Ben Perowsky d. Dec 1998-Jan 1999.

    • Play.
    • Atlantic 83219-2.
  • Mike Stern

    Good Question

    Composer: Stern. Performers:Mike Stern, g; Richard, b, v; Jim Beard, kb; Bob Franceschini, ts; Jim Beard, org; Dave Weckl, d. Jan 2006.

    • Who let The Cats Out.
    • Heads Up 3115.
  • Mike Stern. Performers:Mike Stern, g; Bob Malach, sax; John Medeski, kb; Chris Wood, b; Billy Martin, d. Jan 2009.

    That's All It Is

    Composer: Stern

    • Big Neighborhood.
    • Heads Up 3157.

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  • Sat 9 Apr 2011 16:00

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