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Cattin' in Manhattan: Mike Stern |
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Written by Ronaldo Oregano
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Tuesday, 19 September 2006 |
 Mike Stern © Clay Patrick McBride
Stern joined the Heads Up label with the release of Who Let the Cats Out? Included on
the guest roster are bassists Richard Bona (who handles vocals on two
tracks), Anthony Jackson, Meshell Ndegeocello, Chris Minh Doky and
Victor Wooten, trumpeter Roy Hargrove, saxophonists Bob Franceschini
and Bob Malach, drummers Dave Weckl and Kim Thompson, harmonica player
Gregoire Maret, and keyboardist/producer Jim Beard.
Born on January 10, 1953, in Boston, MA, Stern got his start as a
guitar player with Blood, Sweat & Tears at the age of 22. He then
toured with Billy Cobham for a year, and it was at one of the legendary
drummer’s gigs in New York City that Miles Davis first heard Stern.
After moving to New York City, he was recruited by Davis to play a key
role in his celebrated comeback band of 1981. From 1983 to 1984, he
toured with Jaco Pastorius’ Word of Mouth band and in 1985 returned to
Davis’ lineup for a second tour of duty that lasted close to a year.
In
the summer of 1986, Stern went out on the road with David Sanborn and
later joined an electrified edition of
Steps Ahead. Stern made his debut on Atlantic Records in 1986
with Upside Downside. From
1986 through 1988, he was a member of Michael Brecker’s quintet and
later joined a reunited Brecker Brothers Band, appearing on 1992’s Return of the Brecker Brothers.
Stern’s acclaimed 1993 release, Standards
(And Other Songs), led to him being named Best Jazz Guitarist of
the Year by the readers and critics of Guitar Player magazine. He
followed that up with 1994’s Is What
It Is and 1996’s Between The
Lines, both of which received GRAMMY nominations. In 1997, Stern
recorded Give And Take, and won the Orville W. Gibson Award for Best
Jazz Guitarist that year. Stern’s next release was a six-string summit
meeting with colleagues Bill Frisell and John Scofield that was
appropriately titled Play.
Voices (2001), his first foray into vocal music, earned Stern his third
GRAMMY nomination. He released These
Times for the ESC label in 2003.
 Terri Lyne Carrington © Marcel Meier
“I’ve been very fortunate to have played with lots of great musicians
like Joe Henderson, Miles, Jaco Pastorius, Mike Brecker and Dave
Sanborn, just to name a few,” says Stern. “It seems to me what they all
have in common is that they’re wide open to so many different kinds of
music, and no matter what they play they put their heart and soul in
it.”
On Who Let The Cats Out?, his
13th as a leader, Stern injects some brash new energy into the mix with
valuable input from a fresh cast of characters, including the exciting
young drummer Kim Thompson,
bassist and pop-jazz-funk enigma Meshell
Ndegeocello, harmonica phenomena Gregoire Maret and jazz trumpet star
Roy Hargrove. Along with
longtime colleagues like legendary drummer Dave Weckl
and the brilliant keyboardist Jim Beard (producer here and on six
previous Stern recordings) and more recent collaborators in tenor
saxophonist Bob Franceschini
(a member of Stern's touring band for the past five years) and a gang
of formidable virtuoso bassists in Bona, Victor Wooten, Anthony Jackson
and Chris Mihn Doky, Stern unleashes his distinctive brand of bop 'n'
roll with several intriguing twists along the way.
Mike Stern's Tour Dates:
- 06 september Cleveland, OH
USA Night Town w/ Bob Franceschini, Lincoln Goines and Lionel Cordew
- 07-10 september Chicago, IL
USA Jazz Showcase w/ Bob Franceschini, Lincoln Goines and Lionel Cordew
- 09 september Chicago, IL
USA 4:00 PM, clinic/seminar, Bloom School of Jazz,
218 South Wabash Av #600, (312) 957-9300, $20 admission w/ bass, clinic
- 14 september Margate, FL
USA Sam Ash Clinic, 5460 W. Sample R., FL 33070,
7.30-9pm, contact Steve Price +1-954-975-3390
- 15-16 september Deauville
USA Arturo Sandoval Jazz Club, Deauville Beach
Resort Hotel w/ Lincoln Goines, Bob Malach, Lionel Cordew
- 20,21 september Cambridge, MA
USA Regattabar, two shows per
night w/ Bob Malach, Richard Bona, Terri Lyne Carrington
- 28 september- continues...
-01 october New York City, NY
USA Iridium Jazz Club, two shows
per night w/ Bob Franceschini, Richard Bona, Terri Lyne Carrington
- 03,04 october Washington, DC
USA Blues Alley w/ Bob
Franceschini, Richard Bona, Dennis Chambers
- 05 october Spokane Falls, WA
USA w/ Bob Franceschini, Lincoln Goines, and Lionel Cordew
- 06 october Nelson, BC USA
clinic w/ solo, clinic and performance
- 13 october Prerov Czech
Republic Mestsky Dum (Prerov Jazz Fest) w/ Bob
Franceschini, Anthony Jackson, Lionel Cordew
- 14 october Oslo Norway
Cosmopolite w/ Bob Franceschini, Anthony Jackson,
Lionel Cordew
- 15 october Gøteborg
Sweden Nefertitiw/ Bob Franceschini, Anthony
Jackson, Lionel Cordew
- 16 october Stockholm Sweden
Fashing Jazzklubbw/ Bob Franceschini, Anthony
Jackson, Lionel Cordew
- 18 october Ingolstadt
Germany Bürgehausw/ Bob Franceschini, Anthony
Jackson, Lionel Cordew
- 19 october Plzen Czech
Republic w/ Bob Franceschini, Anthony Jackson, Lionel
Cordew
- 20 october Siegen Germany
w/ Bob Franceschini, Anthony Jackson, Lionel Cordew
- 21 october Paris France
New Morning (JVC Jazz Fest) w/ Bob Franceschini,
Anthony Jackson, Lionel Cordew
- 22 october Aarburg
Switzerland Moonwalker Music Club w/ Bob
Franceschini, Anthony Jackson, Lionel Cordew
- 23 october Basel
Switzerland Gran Casino Basel w/ Bob
Franceschini, Anthony Jackson, Lionel Cordew
- 24 october Dornbirn Austria
Spielboden w/ Bob Franceschini, Anthony
Jackson, Lionel Cordew
- 25 october Montpellier
France w/ Bob Franceschini, Anthony
Jackson, Lionel Cordew
- 26 october Zürich
Switzerland Moods im Schiffbau w/ Bob
Franceschini, Anthony Jackson, Lionel Cordew
- 27 october Ravenna Italy
Ravenna Jazz Festival w/ Bob
Franceschini, Anthony Jackson, Lionel Cordew
- 11 november Oswego, NY USA
Jazz Guitar Festival, Waterman Theatre in Tyler Hall
SUNY Oswego campus w/ Lionel Cordew and Janek Guizdala
- 06-10 december Seattle, WA
USA Jazz Alley w/ Dennis Chambers, Richard Bona, Bob
Franceschini
- 12-17 december Los Angeles, CA
USA Catalina's w/ Dennis
Chambers, Richard Bona, Bob Franceschin
- 19-23 december Oakland, CA
USA Yoshi's w/ Dennis Chambers, Richard Bona, Bob
Franceschin
visit Sterns Website www.mikestern.org/
September 28th - October 1st
Iridium Jazz Club
1650 Broadway (51st st.)
New York, NY 10019
Tel : 212 582 2121
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