These Times (Mike Stern album)

These Times is an album by Mike Stern, released in 2004 through ESC Records. The album reached a peak position of number eleven on Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart.

Track listing

Personnel

• Mike Stern – guitars
• Jim Beard – acoustic piano, synthesizers, organ
• Jon Herington – rhythm guitar (10)
• Béla Fleck – banjo (3)
• Will Lee – bass (1, 4, 6, 7, 9)
• Richard Bona – bass (2, 3, 5, 10), percussion (2, 10), vocals (2, 3, 5, 10)
• Victor Wooten – bass (8, 11)
• Vinnie Colaiuta – drums (1–7, 9–11)
• Dennis Chambers – drums (8)
• Arto Tuncboyaciyan – percussion (1, 4–6, 9)
• Don Alias – percussion (8, 10)
• Kenny Garrett – soprano saxophone (1), alto saxophone (7, 9)
• Bob Franceschini – tenor saxophone (4, 8, 11)
• Bob Malach – tenor saxophone (6)
• Elisabeth Kontomanou – vocals (1, 2, 4, 6)

Production

• Joachim Becker – executive producer
• Jim Beard – producer, recording
• Phil Magnotti – recording, mixing
• Aya Takemura – assistant engineer
• Greg Calbi – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY)
• Joachim Oster – design
• George Lange – photography
• David Burrell – management

References