Mike Stern - Give and Take

Mike Stern - guitar
John Patitucci - acoustic bass
Jack DeJohnette - drums
Don Alias - percussion
Michael Brecker - tenor saxophone
David Sanborn - alto saxophone
Gil Goldstein - piano

I Love You 6:18
Hook Up 7:01
Everything Changes 5:39
One Liners 8:16
Jones Street 7:31
Lumpy 3:13
Rooms 5:02
That's What You Think 6:41
Giant Steps 5:07
Who Knows 3:02
Oleo 5:33

Producer Gil Goldstein
Recorded at Sear Sound, New York, NY
(c) 1997 WEA/Atlantic 7567 83036 2

Re-issued by Wounded Bird, catalog no 3036. The cd can be found at amazon, and outside the US at artist-shop.com and cduniverse.com.

This is very much an acoustic album, more in the spirit of Standards (and other Songs) than any of his previous albums. And as far as I'm concerned it's his best album to date.
Mike refrained from using any distortion on this album (except on the Hendrix-tune), which makes the album sound less "rockish" than all of the previous ones, quite refreshing.
Though Mike's technical and improvisatory skills are clearly present, the album shows how much Mike has grown as an artist.