Learn Mike Stern - 1989 Jigsaw

Jigsaw is the 4th studio album past times guitarist Mike Stern, released inwards 1989 through Atlantic Records as well as reissued on July 17, 2007 through Wounded Bird Records. The album reached #12 on Billboard's Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart inwards 1989.

This is a fairly typical artist/mike-stern-mn0000413405">Mike Stern fusion date, featuring his rocking guitar on 7 of his pieces. artist/stern-mn0000413405">Stern is joined past times his park sidemen -- tenor saxophonist artist/bob-berg-mn0000759694">Bob Berg, keyboardist artist/jim-beard-mn0000847263">Jim Beard, electrical bassist artist/jeff-andrews-mn0000237234">Jeff Andrews, either artist/peter-erskine-mn0000842492">Peter Erskine or artist/dennis-chambers-mn0000816892">Dennis Chambers on drums as well as percussionist artist/manolo-badrena-mn0000673070">Manolo Badrena -- as well as plays amongst enough of fire, silent a skillful sum of restraint. artist/michael-brecker-mn0000390239">Michael Brecker is a invitee on "Chief," jamming on his fairly anonymous-sounding EWI. H5N1 decent effort, easily recommended to fans of the to a greater extent than adventurous stone guitarists.

This CD past times Mike Stern reaffirms why he was such aqn of import ingredient of Miles Davis' bands inwards the 80's. This in all likelihood can't last called a "jazz" CD, because on many solos such equally "Another Way Around," Stern squeals as well as crunches as well as bends his notes inwards a agency a stone guitarist would , but besides has the feel to run amongst the solo dissimilar from how a stone guitarist would past times improvising his notes similar a jazzman. His woods hardbody electrical guitar that he features on the encompass of the CD has such an interesting sound. Its tone is difficult to describe, merely heed to it for yourself. He rocks equally difficult equally whatsoever jazz guitarist i've heard. Excellent CD of guitar work. Buy the CD, because 1 of the songs is cutting out of the record version. All the songs on this CD must last heard

Track listing

All songs written as well as composed past times Mike Stern.
No.     Title     Length    
1.     "Another Way Around"       6:25
2.     "Loose Ends"       6:11
3.     "To Let You Know"       6:30
4.     "Jigsaw"       7:06
5.     "Chief" (bonus rail on CD edition only)     7:45
6.     "Rhyme or Reason"       5:46
7.     "Kwirk"       6:58
Total length:
    46:41   

Personnel

    Mike Stern – guitar
    Jim Beard – keyboard, synthesizer
    Peter Erskine – drums (except tracks 1, 4, 5)
    Dennis Chambers – drums (tracks 1, 4, 5)
    Manolo Badrena – bongo, shaker
    Don Alias – percussion
    Jeff Andrews – bass
    Bob Berg – saxophone
    Michael Brecker – EWI