Play is an album by the American jazz guitarist Mike Stern, released in 1999 through Atlantic Records.
The album peaked at No. 21 on Billboard's Traditional Jazz Albums chart.
Contents
Production
Bill Frisell and John Scofield contributed to the album. It was tracked live, with few overdubs.
Critical reception
The Times thought that Stern "displays a new maturity—these are properly integrated songs, not simply backdrops for long solos." 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'."
Track listing
All songs written by Mike Stern.
"Play" - 7:15
"Small World" - 5:23
"Outta Town" - 6:09
"Blue Tone" - 6:43
"Tipatina's" - 6:35
"All Heart" - 6:22
"Frizz" - 5:41
"Link" - 6:50
"Goin' Under" - 4:10
"Big Kids" - 7:29
Personnel
Mike Stern – guitars
Jim Beard – keyboards (1–3, 5, 6, 8, 9)
John Scofield – guitars (1–3)
Bill Frisell – guitars (4, 6, 7, 10)
Lincoln Goines – bass
Ben Perowsky – drums (1–4, 6, 7, 10)
Dennis Chambers – drums (5, 8, 9)
Bob Malach – tenor saxophone (3, 5, 6, 8, 9)
Production
Yves Beauvais – A&R
Jim Beard – producer
Matt Bayles – recording
Dan Gellert – recording
Phil Magnotti – recording
David Fischer – recording assistant
Matt Gold – recording assistant
Caleb Lambert – recording assistant
Greg Thompson – recording assistant
Joe Ferla – mixing
Rory Romano – assistant mix engineer
Andrea Yankovsky – assistant mix engineer
Greg Calbi – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY)
Lynn Kowaleski – art direction, design
Roy Zipstein – photography
David Burrell – management for Tropix International