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SUMMARY:MIKE STERN BAND
DESCRIPTION:Legendary Guitarist Mike Stern On Tour! Mike Stern’s Debut Re
 lease With Mack Avenue Music Group/Artistry Music Features Collaboration
 s With Christian McBride\, Chris Potter\, Antonio Sanchez\, Dennis Chamb
 ers and Richard Bona Produced By The Late Jim Beard\, Stern’s Longtime C
 ollaborator and Friend Mike Stern's new album Echoes\, And Other Songs m
 arks his debut release on Mack Avenue Music Group/Artistry Music. Echoes
  delivers all the elements that longtime Stern fans want\, and then some
 : the hook-filled rapid-fire bebop writing\; the gorgeous melodic sensib
 ility culled from African music\, gospel and other influences\; the brea
 kneck improvisations that pepper hornlike bop virtuosity with rock fire.
  Along with the announcement\, Stern has shared the lead single “Stuff H
 appens\,” which features the 9-time Grammy Award winner Christian McBrid
 e. “It’s definitely got a Blues vibe\, and it opens with a short but rea
 lly wonderful solo from Christian McBride\,” Stern says of the track. “H
 e is definitely not only one of the greatest upright bass players ever\,
  but he plays amazing electric bass. Of course\, I knew that going into 
 this project\, so I asked him to play a lot of electric bass and he did 
 that so beautifully on this tune. He played great on everything.” Stern 
 has been celebrated for his versatile playing style since he first hit t
 he scene in the 1970s\, transcending genres by performing with Blood\, S
 weat & Tears\, Miles Davis\, Jaco Pastorius\, The Brecker Brothers\, Dav
 id Sanborn\, Béla Fleck\, Yellowjackets and more. With Echoes and Other 
 Songs\, Stern brings together an all-star group of musicians\, including
  Christian McBride\, Chris Potter\, Antonio Sanchez\, Richard Bona & Den
 nis Chambers\, for 11 brand-new originals that will captivate and unite 
 guitar and jazz fans of all generations. This is Stern’s first release s
 ince the loss of longtime producer and keyboardist Jim Beard (who played
  on and produced the album)\, the closure of Stern’s beloved 55 Bar\, an
 d his 2016 injury\, from which he continues to face physical hurdles. Ec
 hoes and Other Songs is a powerhouse document from one of the finest gui
 tarists in jazz history\, at a time in his career when he overcame immen
 se physical struggles and experienced profound loss. In the sheer might 
 of these performances\, Echoes is a defiant record — not so much a victo
 ry lap as a call to arms. Echoes and Other Songs could be considered a l
 oving farewell to Jim Beard\, who passed away in March 2024. Beard acted
  as Stern’s go-to producer for over three decades\, and as a favorite ke
 yboardist for even longer. “I’m not exaggerating when I call Jim Beard a
  genius\,” Stern says. “People would say\, ‘You should change up your pr
 oducer — you know\, just mix it up.’ And I would say\, ‘Why?’ Everybody 
 loved Jim. He was just great at what he did — how he used technology\, h
 ow he produced\, how he mixed.” Stern goes on to describe Beard’s touch 
 as a player. “Incredible.” He pauses. “Ridiculous… Everything he did was
  perfect. The records he came out with were amazing\, but I think he cou
 ld have done even more as a piano player.” In the end\, though\, Stern w
 as most affected by Beard’s devotion as a friend. “When I had the blues\
 ,” he recalls\, “when I felt low and wanted to talk to somebody\, he’s o
 ne of the people I would reach out to. It would be short\, but he would 
 know exactly what I was talking about. It’s a heartbreaker.” Echoes also
  marks the first album Stern has released as a leader since the West Vil
 lage jazz haunt 55 Bar closed its doors in 2022\, a casualty of the pand
 emic. Stern’s regular gig there was legendary\, enduring and advantageou
 s\; it was at 55 where Michael Brecker became interested in hiring the g
 uitarist. His 55 residency also provided a physical-therapy regimen of s
 orts after Stern broke both of his humerus bones in 2016. He stumbled ov
 er construction materials on the street in New York and fell\, and the a
 ftermath included potentially career-ending nerve damage that threatened
  his picking hand. The road to recovery has been long\, hard\, and ongoi
 ng. Stern has had the abiding support of his wife\, Leni\, to help him\,
  as well as godsends like Dr. Alton Barron\, an orthopedic hand speciali
 st recommended by a friend\, fellow guitar master Wayne Krantz. Advised 
 by another pal\, the drummer Ray Levier\, Stern came up with an efficien
 t system for holding his pick\, using wig glue and tape. “It was a chall
 enge and a half\,” Stern says\, “and it still is\, sometimes\, just to a
 ccept it. It gets me really upset and frustrated because I used to play 
 stuff with my fingers. I had to change certain things about my technique
 .” But Stern pushes on and rises above\, as he has throughout his career
  — like when he rejoined Miles Davis’ band in 1985\, having found sobrie
 ty. Throughout Echoes\, you’d be hard-pressed to find a second in which 
 Stern’s chops are less than sublime. In terms of expressivity\, his flat
 picking has no limitations. “I’m gonna keep trying with whatever I got\,
 ” Stern says. “You know I got to. Because I love it\, and love means tha
 t some days you hate it\; those two sides are on the same coin. But the 
 love is definitely winning out.” Consider Mike Stern’s Echoes and Other 
 Songs his love letter to jazz\, to the guitar\, to bandstand camaraderie
 \, and to his own undefeated will. Echoes And Other Songs tracklist: 1. 
 Connections 2. Echoes 3. Stuff Happens 4. Space Bar 5. I Hope So 6. Wher
 e’s Leo 7. Gospel Song 8. Crumbles 9. Curtis 10. Climate 11. Could Be Fo
 r more information\, please contact: Sonny Bailey-Lemansky (sonny@missin
 gpiecegroup.com) Joe Sivick (joe@missingpiecegroup.com) Brett Loeb (bret
 t@missingpiecegroup.com) at Missing Piece Group\n\nTickets: https://www.
 etix.com/ticket/p/49683638/mike-stern-mon121426-oakland-yoshis\n\nhttps:
 //findlocal.community/event/5fb50127-9627-46ce-bed3-a290a7c22391
LOCATION:Yoshi's\, Oakland\, CA
URL:https://findlocal.community/event/5fb50127-9627-46ce-bed3-a290a7c2239
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