guitar player

October 24, 2007 1:46 AM

Sometimes you've got a song or a tune but something's missing : call Mike Stern, he could add some stuff.
posted by nicolin (9 comments total)

Ooh! Stuff! I like stuff!
posted by kcds at 4:46 AM on October 24, 2007

Yuck. Pages From Ceefax.
posted by nylon at 5:13 AM on October 24, 2007

This is all you are to me, Mike Stern.

Add some stuff to this.
posted by nylon at 5:21 AM on October 24, 2007 [1 favorite]

hmmm... he can add something to a bass line too. Not that tasteless. Thanks nylon. Beautiful links.
posted by nicolin at 5:34 AM on October 24, 2007

Stern is such a great guitar player. Here's a classic performance with Brecker from the late 80's. Stern's solo starts around 5:45.
posted by barkingpumpkin at 7:57 AM on October 24, 2007

what's up with the constant stream of 80s jazz guitar videos these days?
posted by ism at 9:22 AM on October 24, 2007

Thanks for the Mike Stern post, Nicodin.

Nylon: Wow. If you can't hear the difference... oh well.

If you think you might like Mike Stern's playing, check out his "Standards" CD in which he plays all the stuff he usually does over classic tunes with lots of changes. He totally knows his changes.

And as a musician, it's embarrassing that some of the best audience response I get is when I steal some of his pentatonic licks.
posted by lothar at 10:04 AM on October 24, 2007

You should see him just cut loose on the standards thing live. More notes for your money!
posted by zoogleplex at 2:11 PM on October 24, 2007

Very pleasant and gracious person, as well as the most critically reviled guitarist in the history of jazz. No wonder he hit the smack.
posted by Wolof at 6:36 PM on October 24, 2007