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a: N) u-l < l c: . ‘1 a n W _l I The Chimes: 1-2-3 (CBS) u m- hard—edged tenor. lines' ot‘coke. and some heavv Instant reaction was that S; _ Berg. a New Yorker and. at 38. the drinking as well. litlilll‘ltlitl” WC“ 3 elder by three years. studied at His immediate recruitment hv the 1's'<"~tHllll.L'WWW“ s I .Iulliard.startedhisjaz/ career on i l'dICJ'dCUPLlSlUI‘lUs.UllCttllllc‘ rnost \‘lnskfil'llsllllglfwilllh “- the infamous southern tour known as notorious users ol all. ma}. not have tpv23fltimsktxin a i the ‘chitlin circuit‘ with organist heen the smartest move. but Stern “Mum “cm Jiwmmic : | a n l Brother Jack McDull. drove eahs l1nall_v saw the light. (Home ltaek theglulihitsulthe andtrucksinthe BigApple. then when voueoolout. .‘vlilestoldhini. ; mortu‘ut hut alter a tew g l joined pianist Horace Silver. and and the guitarist took him at his Plémllmixcwm :3 S b later ('edar Walton. word. ‘WhenMilestellsvouthat.‘he IC‘lm'lill‘l“ 1”“ “l 11W“ ’1' g l o e r i In 1984. the saxophonist joined recalls. ‘_vou have to take it seriouslv “MW “"l‘Wl‘l“WM” 8 l Milesl)avis.oratleast. Miles‘called I realise nowthat l wast/trueloseto I KillianitLl\:::::i:1:l:Ill(Xi;.) . me up to a rehearsal. and never told checking out.‘ Stern. too. went ‘ 3 1 Kenny Mathlcson looks at meIto leave. lltie sgxophonisthad thrtliugh pie Ig'llill‘lllldillttll proeelss,l ‘ V . ' _us come out o a' ear—t riven sea et w ten e touret again wit it ie E l rOllcpcoajflcr Sdrccrs t iehahilitation lrorn a serious drug Davis hand in 1985. i 5 OfJazzmcn MlkC Stern and habit. and the cleaned-up Davis More recently. Stern has been : f Bob Berg. outtit mav have seemed a good place working with .‘vliehael Breeker totesthisdeterminatrontostavthat (anotherprominent rehahl'ronithat >— l wa_v (‘Miles is verv good at pressing "' The careers ofguitarist Mike Stern _vour inadequacy hutton‘ ). Berg and saxophonist Bob Berg have survived and prospered. overlapped and replicated each Change a couple ol names. and vou other so often over the years that it have the outlines olthe .‘vlike Stern ' .' ‘i comes 115 “0 surprise WhiltSOCVCF It) storv as well. A student at Berklee :L'esnamne_d Lleslove i findthem currently frontingtheir (‘ollegeinhisnative Boston. Stern \TTEtriifial'rlflilielnl " ll own highly-regarded quartet. It isa was recommended to jazz—rockers WWMUH mm 1 m naturalenough mus1calpartnership. Blood. Sweatand'l‘ears by fellow “wig; . .1th at“: 1..“ ‘11 CVCn WithOUI that hiStorical guitarist Pat .‘vlethenv. and put in two s mg rum,“ ,,~I “7‘3 9 congruity; Stern‘s facile. years with the hand in the mid-197m. i ,. A it was H — rock-flavoured licks dove-tailed He moved on to work with drummer «M l‘\;‘ istasuri m neatly with MichaelBrecker‘s BillyC'ohham.het‘ore joining \liles " t" " i \' ‘t astonishingtcchnical virtuositv at in NH] . where he lasted two years. l l" = the Glasgowlazzfcstival earlier this until the trumpeter threw him out for LmnmmflmmHM E year,b.utthevsrtjust as comfortahlv . doing whatStern himself has L pm 1,... Wl .l___ l alongSldc Berg‘sless flamboyant. l described as paragraphs ratherthan
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