CD Review: Mike Stern: Between The Lines (1996)

[Tom Andry]

<P><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2><A href="http://www.audioholics.com/productreviews/avsoftware/cd_other/MikeSternBetweenTheLines.php"><IMG style="WIDTH: 100px; HEIGHT: 100px" alt=[Stern1] hspace=10 src="http://www.audioholics.com/news/thumbs/Stern1_th.jpg" align=left border=0></A>By the time this CD was released, Stern had enjoyed ten years of both critical and commercial recording success. What sets this one apart for me is the basic band used for the sessions: Dave Weckl on drums, Jeff Andrews on bass, Jim Beard on keyboards (who also serves as producer on this and many other Mike Stern projects), and Bob Malach on tenor saxophone. As usual, all songs are written by Mike Stern with a reasonable balance of up- and down-tempo grooves.</FONT>
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[Benjamin Kim]

I used to play this CD on my jazz radio show back in the day. All the musicians are first rate. Bob Malach...oh my lord...what a great sax player.