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█ ARTIST: Mike Stern █
█ TITLE: Big Neighborhood █
█ LABEL: Heads Up █
█ GENRE: Jazz █
█ GRABBER: EAC (Secure Mode) █
█ ENCODER: LAME 3.97 / -V2 --vbr-new █
█ QUALITY: 200 Kbps Avg / 44.1 KHz / Joint Stereo █
█ PLAYTIME: 1h 09min 49sec total █
█ SIZE: 100.8MB █
█ RELEASE DATE: 2009-08-11 ▐▌
█ RIP DATE: 2009-08-23 █
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█ 01. Big Neighborhood 7:40
█ 02. 6th Street 7:49
█ 03. Reach 5:30
█ 04. Song For Pepper 5:43
█ 05. Coupe De Ville 4:36
█ 06. Bird Blue 5:44
█ 07. Moroccan Roll 7:06
█ 08. Long Time Gone 7:52
█ 09. Check One 7:39
█ 10. That's All It Is 4:52
█ 11. Hope You Don't Mind 5:18
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█ Mike Stern's music has always come from a colorful and diverse part of town -
█ a place where numerous artistic styles converge to create a fresh sound
█ that's rooted in jazz but refuses to adhere to rigid borders. Since his
█ earliest recordings, this former bandmate of Miles Davis, Jaco Pastorius,
█ Billy Cobham and other high-profile innovators has grafted elements of rock,
█ blues, soul and more to his solid jazz foundations. On Stern's street,
█ anybody who brings a sense of energy, eclecticism and passion to the craft of
█ music is welcome to play.
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█ Stern invites fans and newcomers alike into his rich and diverse little
█ corner of the world with the release of Big Neighborhood. Aiding Stern in
█ this latest chapter of his never-ending quest for the new and better groove
█ is a long list of talented guests: guitarists Steve Vai and Eric Johnson;
█ bassist-vocalists Esperanza Spalding and Richard Bona; jamband godfathers
█ Medeski Martin & Wood; drummers Dave Weckl, Terri Lyne Carrington, Cindy
█ Blackman and Lionel Cordew; bassists Chris Minh Doky and Lincoln Goines, and
█ several others.
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█ With a crew this large and diverse, the idea of the album title should be
█ pretty clear, says Stern. "Music is like a big neighborhood - a place where
█ anything and everything can happen," he explains. "You can find all kinds of
█ things in a big neighborhood - all kinds of different people, all kinds of
█ different ideas and perspectives, and of course, all kinds of different
█ sounds."
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█ Mike Stern's Big Neighborhood is an open community where everyone is welcome.
█ Everyone has something worthwhile to say, and everyone is given plenty of
█ room to say it. "The thing that really gets me going is listening to all
█ these very different artists on this record interpret my songs," says Stern.
█ "In the end, everything is unified by the mere fact that there's a lot of
█ spirit and a lot of fun in the music. That's really the common thread.
█ There's just that vibe that emerges when good musicians play their hearts
█ out. Nothing else really matters as far as I'm concerned...I think anyone who
█ likes any of these artists will really dig what they did on this record."
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█ Don't forget to support the artists! We did.
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▓ Greets to all who put out quality and those who have helped along the way.
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