Mike Stern - guitar
Bob Berg - tenor and soprano saxophone
Michael Brecker (*) - tenor saxophone
Jim Beard - keyboards
Jeff Andrews - electric bass and fretless bass
Peter Erskine - drums
Don Alias - percussion
Don Grolnick (+) - organ
Gossip (*) 5:56 (MS)
Time in Place 5:37 (MS)
Before You Go 5:30 (MS)
No Notice (+) 6:37 (MS)
After All 7:33 (MS)
Four Shades 5:00 (MS)
Chromazone (*) 7:43 (MS)
Recorded and mixed at Skyline Studios, NYC, december 1987
Produced by Steve Kahn
Associate producer Christine Martin
(c) 1988 Atlantic Jaxx 7 81840-2
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This is an eletric album and a brilliant one, but hey so are all Mikes
albums. It all starts of with Gossip with has the typical Stern
sound. It features the great Michael Brecker on sax. Then on to
Time In Place, a more mellow piece. Nice solo, I like it when
Mike switches on his overdrive, and featuring Bob Berg on
sax. The mood is turned down in Before You Go, a quality
ballad, with some nice acoustic stuff in it, great melodic
piece. After that a jazzy Stern signature piece. And then the piece of
the album, After All. Great composition, great solo (overdrive
again man, and a superb built-up). Four Shades, jazzy time
again, great bass work, and a gem of a solo. Chromazone swings,
kicks ass, Brecker on the sax, can't get any better then this.
Ries van Schelven
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