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Play is an album by the American jazz guitarist Mike Stern, released in 1999 through Atlantic Records.[3][4]

Play
Studio album by Mike Stern
Released	September 14, 1999
Length	62:37
Label	Atlantic Records[1]
Mike Stern chronology
Give and Take (1997) Play (1999) Voices (2001)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[2]

The album peaked at No. 21 on Billboard's Traditional Jazz Albums chart.[5]

Production

Bill Frisell and John Scofield contributed to the album.[6] It was tracked live, with few overdubs.[7]

Critical reception

The Times thought that Stern "displays a new maturity—these are properly integrated songs, not simply backdrops for long solos."[8] The Los Angeles Daily News wrote that the album is "highlighted by fine work from Stern and Scofield on the title track's minor blues, the New Orleans-flavored 'Small World' and the bop-driven 'Outta Town'."[9]

Track listing

1. "Play"
2. "Small World"
3. "Outta Town"
4. "Blue Tone"
5. "Tipatina's"
6. "All Heart"
7. "Frizz"
8. "Link"
9. "Goin' Under"
10. "Big Kids"

Personnel

• Mike Stern – guitar (all tracks)
• John Scofield – guitar (tracks 1, 2 & 3)
• Bill Frisell – guitar (tracks 4, 6, 7 & 10)
• Ben Perowsky – drums (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 & 10)
• Dennis Chambers – drums (tracks 5, 8 & 9)
• Lincoln Goines – bass (all tracks)
• Bob Malach – tenor saxophone (tracks 3, 5, 6, 8 & 9)
• Jim Beard – keyboards (tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8 & 9)

References

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