Mike Stern - guitar
Jim Beard - keyboards
Richard Bona - vocals, bass, kalimba
Michael Brecker - saxophone
Dennis Chambers - drums
Vinnie Colaiuta - drums
Chris Minh Doky - acoustic bass
Bob Franceschini - saxophone
Lincoln Goines - bass
Philip Hamilton - vocals
Jon Herington - rhythm guitar
Elizabeth Kontomanou - vocals
Arto Tuncboyaciyan - percussion, vocals
One World
The River
Slow Change
Wishing Well
Still There
Spirit
What Might Have Been
Leni's Smile
Way Out East
No Count (bonus track for Japan)
Produced by Jim Beard
(c) 2001 Atlantic
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press release
interview with LiveDaily.com
The Japanese release contains an extra track: No Count
Review of
smoothvibes
Waiting for your next Pat Metheny Group fix? Try Mike Stern, who's
superb Voices (Atlantic) lays down some fine, fine guitar
lines on an exotic CD equal parts Paul Simon's Graceland and the
best of Metheny. Stern stars, but the voices are the real treat
and the reason this magical CD is a keeper. His musical dialogues
with vocalists Elisabeth Kontonamnou and West-African-born Richard
Bona are inspiring and make for wonderful repeated listening.
Check out the anthemic "One World" and the languid "The
River (Tongo)", the blending of voice and guitar so complete
you may have trouble figuring which is which. Accessible and
engaging, there are tons of musical ideas explored here that the
finished whole is an extremely tasty diversion for the talented
Stern, who hopefully continues his globe-trotting on future
CDs. Smooth grade: A
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