Mike Stern "Time In Place"

Mike Stern "Time In Place"

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Mike Stern
Time In Place
The Story
Ries van Schelven on "Time In Place", "This is an electric album and a brilliant one, but so are all Stern's albums. It all starts off with "Gossip", which has the typical Stern sound, and features the great Michael Brecker on sax. Then on to the title track, a more mellow piece with a nice solo (energized when Stern 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 ("No Notice"). And then the centerpiece of the album, "After All". Great composition, great solo (overdrive again man, and a superb build-up). "Four Shades" means 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."
The Music
05:56 Gossip Instrumental
05:37 Time In Place Instrumental
05:30 Before You Go Instrumental
06:37 No Notice Instrumental
07:33 After All Instrumental
05:00 Four Shades Instrumental
07:43 Chromazone Instrumental
The Artists
Mike Stern Guitar
Bob Berg Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone
Michael Brecker Tenor Saxophone ("Gossip" & "Chromazone")
Jim Beard Keyboards
Jeff Andrews Electric Bass, Fretless Bass
Peter Erskine Drums
Don Alias Percussion
Don Grolnick Organ ("No Notice")
Steve Khan Production
Christine Martin Associate Production
Kevin Halpin Engineering
Malcolm Pollack Additional Engineering, Mixing
Tom Durack Additional Engineering, Engineering Assistance
Dary Sulich Engineering Assistance
Ed Brooks Engineering Assistance
Greg Calbi Mastering
Ebet Roberts Photography
Recorded and mixed to digital at Skyline Studios, NYC, December, 1987.

Mastered at Sterling Sound.