Mike Stern‘s ‘Big Neighborhood’ is his fourteenth solo studio album released on August 11, 2009 by Heads Up International.
Track listing : 1.Big Neighborhood (Mike Stern) – 07:40 . 2.6th Street (Mike Stern) – 07:49 . 3.Reach (Mike Stern) – 05:30 . 4.Song for Pepper (Mike Stern) – 05:43 . 5.Coupe de Ville (Mike Stern) – 04:36 . 6.Bird Blue (Mike Stern) – 05:44 . 7.Moroccan Roll (Mike Stern) – 07:06 . 8.Long Time Gone (Mike Stern) – 07:52 . 9.Check One (Mike Stern) – 07:39 . 10.That’s All It Is (Mike Stern) – 04:52 . 11.Hope You Don’t Mind (Mike Stern) – 05:18 .
Musicians : Mike Stern – guitar . Jim Beard – piano, keyboards on (1 – 3 – 4 – 6 – 7), Hammond organ on (2 – 8), piano on (5 – 11) . Cindy Blackman – drums on 11 . Richard Bona – bass, vocals on 3 . Randy Brecker – trumpet on 11 . Terri Lyne Carrington – drums on (4 – 5 – 6) . Lionel Cordew – drums on (2 – 8) . Chris Minh Doky – bass on 11 . Bob Franceschini – saxophone on 3 . Lincoln Goines – bass on (1 – 2 – 7 – 8) . Eric Johnson – guitar on (2 – 8) . Bob Malach – saxophone on (5 – 9 – 10) . Billy Martin – drums on (9 – 10) . John Medeski – clavinet, Hammond organ on 9 and Wurlitzer piano, Hammond organ on 10 . Esperanza Spalding – bass, vocals on (4 – 5 – 6) . Steve Vai – guitar on 1 and sitar on 7 . Dave Weckl – drums on (1 – 3 – 7) . Chris Wood – bass on (9 – 10) .
Production Produced by Jim Beard . David Boyle – engineer . Craig Brock – engineer . Helix Hadar – engineer . Roy Hendrickson – engineer . Phil Magnotti – engineer, mixing . John Shyloski – engineer . Ken Sluiter – assistant engineer .
Packaging : Bill Milkowski – liner notes .
Recorded Jin New York City, Austin, Texas, Los Angeles .
Released on August 11, 2009 by eads Up International.
(Source Mike Stern – Big Neighborhood | Official Site)



