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Billy Cobham
William C. Cobham (born May 16, 1944 in Panama), is a Panamanian American jazz drummer, composer and bandleader.
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Danny Gatton
Danny Gatton (September 4, 1945 – October 4, 1994) was an American guitarist who committed suicide at his Maryland home in 1994. A biography, Unfinished Business: The Life and Times of Danny Gatton by Ralph Heibutzki, was published in 2003. It has a voluminous discography. Gatton was ranked 63rd on Rolling Stone magazine's 100 Greatest Guitarists of all Time in 2003.. On May 26th, 2010, Gibson.com ranked Gatton as the 27th best guitarist of all time.
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David Sanborn
David Sanborn (born July 30, 1945) is an American alto saxophonist. Though Sanborn has worked in many genres, his solo recordings typically blend jazz with instrumental pop and R&B.; He released his first solo album Taking Off in 1975, but has been playing the saxophone since before he was in high school.
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Dennis Chambers
Dennis Chambers (born May 9, 1959) is an American drummer who has recorded and performed with John Scofield, George Duke, Brecker Brothers, Santana, Parliament/Funkadelic, John McLaughlin, Niacin, Mike Stern, and many others. Despite a lack of formal training, Chambers has become well-known among drummers for his technique and speed. He can play in a wide variety of musical genres, but his favourite style is jazz fusion.
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Don Grolnick
Don Grolnick (b. Brooklyn, NY, September 23, 1948; died June 1, 1996) was an American jazz and pop pianist and composer, most noteworthy for his work with artists such as Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor, Roberta Flack, Carly Simon, Bette Midler, Steps (featuring Michael Brecker, Mike Mainieri, Eddie Gomez, Steve Gadd, Peter Erskine), Billy Cobham, David Sanborn, Marcus Miller, the Brecker Brothers, Bob Mintzer, Dave Holland and Steely Dan.
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George Nozuka
George Koichi Nozuka (born April 28, 1986 ) better known by his stage name George, is a Japanese Canadian / American R&B; / pop singer. He is signed to HC Entertainment Group record label as their main act.
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Jack DeJohnette
Jack DeJohnette (born 9 August 1942) is an American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer. DeJohnette was born in Chicago, Illinois. Besides the drums, he studied the piano, which he plays on several recordings. He first became known as a member of Charles Lloyd's band, a group that pianist Keith Jarrett also was a part of at that time. He played with Bill Evans in 1968 on the acclaimed Bill Evans at the Montreux Jazz Festival, and from 1969 to 1972 played with Miles Davis. In the 1970s he recorded for Milestone/Prestige and ECM. He also appeared widely on ECM as a sideman. Since then he has recorded for MCA Records, Blue Note Records, and Kindred Rhythm.
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Jaco Pastorius
John Francis Anthony Pastorius III (December 1, 1951 – September 21, 1987), better known as Jaco Pastorius, was an American jazz musician and composer widely acknowledged for his skills as an electric bass player.
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Jim Beard
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John Patitucci
John Patitucci (born December 22, 1959) is an American Grammy winning jazz double bass and jazz fusion electric bass player.
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Justin Nozuka
Justin Tokimitsu Nozuka (born September 29, 1988) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. His debut album Holly has been released in Europe, Canada, Japan and the United States. He has licensed the album to indie label Coalition Entertainment Records, distributed by Warner Music in Canada, Outcaste Records in the UK/EU distributed by EMI and Glassnote Records in the US distributed by RED.
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Kenny Garrett
Kenny Garrett is a Grammy Award winning American post bop jazz saxophonist and flautist, who gained fame as a member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra, and Miles Davis' band as a young man. He has since pursued a critically acclaimed solo career, and most recently, by joining a supergroup of jazz musicians, titled the Five Peace Band.
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Kyra Sedgwick
Kyra Minturn Sedgwick (born August 19, 1965) is an American actress. In 2007, Sedgwick won Best Actress for lead role in a dramatic TV series at the Golden Globes for her role in The Closer and an Emmy in 2010.
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Leni Stern
Leni Stern (born Magdalena Thora )in Munich, Germany) is an electric] guitarist, and singer. She was interested in music from an early age, beginning piano studies at the age of six and taking on the guitar age of eleven. Forming her own acting company at the age of seventeen, Stern attracted media attention and performed her radical productions in front of sold-out European crowds.
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Michael Brecker
Michael Leonard Brecker (March 29, 1949 – January 13, 2007) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Acknowledged as "a quiet, gentle musician widely regarded as the most influential tenor saxophonist since John Coltrane," he has been awarded 15 Grammy Awards as both performer and composer and was inducted into Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame in 2007.
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Miles Davis
Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was an American trumpeter, bandleader, and composer.
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Peter Erskine
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Philip Nozuka
Philip Hiro Nozuka is an American-Canadian actor/performance artist born in Queens, New York City June 5 1987 to a Japanese father, Hiromitsu, and American mother, Holly Sedgwick. He is a graduate of the Etobicoke School of the Arts for Musical Theatre and is currently studying acting at the National Theatre School of Canada in Montreal.
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Richard Bona
Richard Bona (born October 28, 1967 in Minta, Cameroon) is a jazz bassist and musician. His real African name, as he said live in Montreal in a show with Bobby McFerrin, is Bona Pinder Yayumayalolo.
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Roy Buchanan
Roy Buchanan (September 23, 1939 - August 14, 1988) was an American guitarist and blues musician. A pioneer of the Telecaster sound, Buchanan was a sideman and solo artist, with two gold albums early in his career, and two later solo albums charting on the Billboard chart. Despite never having achieved stardom, he is still considered a highly influential guitar player. Ranked #57 on the Rolling Stone list "100 Greatest Guitarists of all Time," Guitar Player praised him as having one of the "50 Greatest Tones of all Time."
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Steve Khan
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Boston
Boston (pronounced ) is the capital and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. Boston city proper had a 2009 estimated population of 645,169, making it the twentieth largest in the country. Boston is also the anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area called Greater Boston, home to 4.5 million people and the tenth-largest metropolitan area in the country. Greater Boston as a commuting region includes six Massachusetts counties, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Plymouth, and Worcester, all of Rhode Island and parts of New Hampshire; it is home to 7.5 million people, making it the fifth-largest Combined Statistical Area in the United States.
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Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts () is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. Most of its population of 6.6 million lives in the Boston metropolitan area. The eastern half of the state consists of urban, suburban, and rural areas, while Western Massachusetts is mostly rural. Massachusetts is the most populous of the six New England states and ranks third among U.S. states in GDP per capita.
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United States
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Bob Berg / Mike Stern Band - Chromazone

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Mike Stern Solos

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Mike Stern - Play

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Jean-Pierre by Mike Stern Trio

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Mike Stern Band

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MIKE STERN BAND 2009.06.17 Tokyo

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Mike Stern - Equipment explanation

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Interview with Mike Stern - Part 1

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MIKE STERN RICHARD BONA - LIVE

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Miles Davis 1982 London Mike Stern!!!!!!!!!

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Mike Stern - Bb Blues

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Mike Stern on Bratislava Jazz Days, 19th october 2007

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Goodbye again- Mike Stern

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Distraxion- Short Animation

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Mike Stern and Dave Ziegner Autumn Leaves

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Mike Stern interview - "Big Neighborhood"

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Mike Stern, Dave Weckl & Randy Brecker - Some Skunk Funk

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Mike Stern Band - Friday Night At The Cadillac Club

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"Distraxion" A Smooth Jazz Animated Comedy By Mike Stern - Channel Frederator #231

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photo: US Coastguard / Manny Romero, USCGAux.

Lake Powell, Arizona -- Crewmember Karen Chapman (on deck) and Coxswain Mike Chapman (at helm) supervise trainee Maggie Swensen in a side tow exercise. Coxswain trainee Doug Heiser (center) assists. All are members of Flotilla 10-02 in Page, Arizona. The exercise involved both a stern and side tow of a 42-foot houseboat on Wahweap Bay. Photo by Manny Romero, USCGAux. (320876) ( Auxiliary Side Tow Training Exercise on Lake Powell, AZ )

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KODIAK, Alaska - Petty Officer 3rd Class Mike Klopp, a boatswains mate and coxswain, at Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team Kodiak looks to the stern of the 41-foot Utility Boat to check on his crew Sep. 9, 2010. Klopp and crew aboard the UTB were out in Chiniak Bay participating in a training exercise with Air Station Kodiak. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Lally. (998638) ( Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team Kodiak training exercise )

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 17, 2007) Mike OMalley carries the remains of his grandfather, Ray OMalley, to the stern of Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba, home ported in Boston, to complete his grandfathers last wish, burial at sea. Ray OMalley was the last surviving member of the crew of cutter Escanaba (WPG-77) that was sunk by German U-boats on June 13, 1943 during World War II. (Photo by Petty Officer Third Class Etta Smith) (179688) ( Final escort (FOR RELEASE) )

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Kyra Minturn Sedgwick (born August 19, 1965)[2] is an American actress. In 2007, Sedgwick won Best Actress for lead role in a dramatic TV series at the Golden Globes for her role in The Closer and an Emmy in 2010.

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Fine Arts Center and the Green. The Department of Music is very well known for its Jazz Studies program, founded by famed jazz euphonium player Rich Matteson and currently headed by legendary saxophonist Bunky Green.

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Part of the writing staff of The Simpsons in 1992. Back row, left to right: Mike Mendel, Colin ABV Lewis (partial), Jeff Goldstein, Al Jean (partial), Conan O'Brien, Bill Oakley, Josh Weinstein, Mike Reiss, Ken Tsumura, George Meyer, John Swartzwelder, Jon Vitti (partial), CJ Gibson and David M. Stern. Front row, left to right: Dee Capelli, Lona Williams, and unknown.

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Mike Stern

Name	Mike Stern
Background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth name	Mike Sedgwick
Born	January 10, 1953
Origin	Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Instrument	Guitar
Genre	Jazz, jazz fusion, post-bop
Occupation	Songwriter, musician
Years active	1976 – current
Label	Heads Up International Atlantic Jazz
Associated acts	Mike Stern Group, Brecker Brothers, Miles Davis, Sound Factory (band), Blood, Sweat & Tears
Url	mikestern.com
Notable instruments	Yamaha PA511MS Fender Telecaster

Mike Stern (born Mike Sedgwick; January 10, 1953) is an American jazz guitarist. After playing for a few years with Blood, Sweat & Tears, he landed a gig with Billy Cobham and then broke through with Miles Davis' comeback band from 1981 to 1983, and again in 1985. Since then, he launched a solo career, releasing more than a dozen albums. He was hailed as the Best Jazz Guitarist of 1993 by Guitar Player, and in 2009 was listed on Down Beats list of 75 best jazz guitar players.

Personal life

Stern was born Mike Sedgwick in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Helen Burroughs and Henry Dwight Sedgwick V. He is the half-brother of actress Kyra Sedgwick; his full sister, Holly, is the mother of actor Philip Nozuka and singers George Nozuka, Justin Nozuka, and Henry Nozuka. Stern is married to guitarist and vocalist Leni Stern.

Career

At the Berklee College of Music in Boston his focus shifted to jazz. Stern landed a gig with Blood, Sweat & Tears in 1976 and remained with the band for two years, appearing on the BS&T; albums More Than Ever and Brand New Day.

In 1979, Stern joined Billy Cobham's fusion band. Two years later he joined Miles Davis group, making his public debut on June 27, 1981, at the KIX nightclub in Boston, a performance documented on the CBS live album We Want Miles. He remained with Davis through 1983. From 1983 to 1984 he toured in Jaco Pastorius' Word of Mouth band and in 1985 he returned to Davis for a second tour of duty that lasted close to a year.

His solo debut, Upside Downside, was released on Atlantic Records in 1986. It features performances by Pastorius, David Sanborn, and Bob Berg. From 1986 through 1988, he was a member of Michael Brecker's quintet, appearing on Don't Try This At Home.

Stern's second Atlantic album, 1988's Time In Place, featured Peter Erskine on drums, Jim Beard on keyboards, Jeff Andrews on bass, Don Alias on percussion and Don Grolnick on organ. He followed with 1989's Jigsaw, which was produced by fellow guitarist Steve Khan and included Mike's menacing Miles Davis tribute, "Chief". In 1989, Stern formed a cooperative touring group with Bob Berg that also included drummer Dennis Chambers and bassist Lincoln Goines. They remained a working unit through 1992 and are featured on Mike's Atlantic release, Odds Or Evens.

Stern joined a reunited Brecker Brothers Band in 1992 and became a factor in the success of that popular group for the next two years. His acclaimed and jazzy 1993 Atlantic release, Standards (And Other Songs), led to Stern being named Best Jazz Guitarist Of The Year by the readers and critics of Guitar Player. He followed that up with 1994's Is What It Is and 1996's Between The Lines, both of which received Grammy nominations., Italy, in 1998.]]

In 1997, Stern returned to a jazzier aesthetic with Give And Take, a looser, more spontaneous session featuring bassist John Patitucci, drummer Jack DeJohnette, percussionist Don Alias and special guests Michael Brecker and David Sanborn. He won the Orville W. Gibson Award for Best Jazz Guitarist.

After 15 years with Atlantic, Stern shifted to ESC for the 2004 release of These Times, an eclectic set that included guest appearances by some high-profile session players –- bassist Richard Bona, saxophonist Kenny Garrett, and banjoist Bela Fleck.

Stern joined the Heads Up label with the August 2006 release of Who Let the Cats Out? In 2008, Stern collaborated with the Yellowjackets for their Lifecycle release, contributing two compositions and performing on most of the tracks; he toured with the Yellowjackets for much of 2008 and 2009.

In February 2009, in the first in a series of articles to celebrate DownBeats 75th anniversary, Stern was named to the jazz magazine’s list of 75 Great Guitarists.

In August 2009, Stern released Big Neighborhood, which was nominated for a Grammy for Best Contemporary Jazz Album.

Instruments, amplifiers, effects

Guitars

An early and important guitar for Stern was a hybrid 1950s/1960s Fender Telecaster, previously owned by Roy Buchanan and Danny Gatton, which was stolen from him in an armed robbery in Boston. This guitar is the basis for a custom-made guitar built by Boston-based luthier Michael Aronson,

Stern uses Fender nickel-wound strings, .011 - .038.

Amplifiers

Stern uses a Yamaha G-100 amplifier with 2 12" Electro-Voice speakers, and a Pierce GR-1 with a Hartke cabinet and 4x10" JBL speakers.

Effects

Stern's highly recognizable chorused sound is created in part by a Yamaha SPX-90, split for stereo. He uses two Boss DD-3 digital delays, one of which is set to a long delay time for "big, spacey sounds." His distortion pedal is a Boss DS-1.

Discography as leader

Neesh (1983)

Upside Downside (1986)

Time in Place (1988)

Jigsaw (1989)

Odds or Evens (1991)

Standards and Other Songs (1992)

Is What It Is (1994)

Between the Lines (1996)

Give and Take (1997)

Play (1999)

Voices (2001)

These Times (2004)

Who Let the Cats Out? (2006)

Big Neighborhood (2009)

References

External links

Mike Stern's main website

Mike Stern featured page in the Party Of The Century international music project

2006 Mike Stern interview on Modern Guitars magazine

Mike Stern interview at Allaboutjazz.com

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