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Play (Mike Stern album)

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Play
Studio album by
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

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Bill Frisell and John Scofield contributed to the album.[6] It was tracked live, with few overdubs.[7]

Critical reception

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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'."[9]

Track listing

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  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

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References

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  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.