''Odds or Evens'' is an album by
Mike Stern
Mike Stern (born January 10, 1953) is an American jazz guitarist. After playing with Blood, Sweat & Tears, he worked with drummer Billy Cobham, then with trumpeter Miles Davis from 1981 to 1983 and again in 1985. He then began a solo career, ...
, released in 1991 through Atlantic Records.
[ The album reached a peak position of number eight on ''Billboard'' Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart.]
Track listing
Personnel
* Don Alias
Charles "Don" Alias (December 25, 1939 in New York City – March 28, 2006 in New York City) was an American jazz percussionist.
Alias was best known for playing congas and other hand drums. He was, however, a capable drum kit performer: for ...
– percussion
A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Ex ...
* Jim Beard
James Arthur Beard (born August 26, 1960 in Philadelphia) is an American jazz pianist and keyboardist, composer, arranger and producer who has worked with Wayne Shorter, John McLaughlin, Pat Metheny, John Scofield, Mike Stern, Dennis Chambers ...
– piano
The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...
, synthesizer
* Bob Berg
Robert Berg (April 7, 1951 – December 5, 2002) was an American jazz saxophonist.
Biography
Berg was born in Brooklyn, New York, United States.
Berg started his musical education at the age of six when he began studying classical piano. He beg ...
– saxophone
The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of Single-reed instrument, single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed (mouthpi ...
* Dennis Chambers
Dennis Milton Chambers (born May 9, 1959) is an American drummer. He was inducted into the ''Modern Drummer'' Hall of Fame in 2001.
Early life
Chambers was born on May 9, 1959. He began drumming at the age of four years, and was gigging in Bal ...
– drums
* Lincoln Goines
Lincoln Goines (born 1953) is a double bassist and bass guitarist from Oakland, California.
Biography
A mainstay of the New York City jazz/Latin/studio scene since the early 1980s and noted for his versatility and fluid style, Goines' extensive ...
– bass
* Anthony Jackson – bass
* Ben Perowsky
Ben Perowsky (born May 12, 1966) is an American drummer, percussionist, composer, and music producer. He is the drummer on stage in the 8 TONY award winning Broadway musical Hadestown. Perowsky leads the Ben Perowsky Trio, Moodswing Orchestra and ...
– drums
* Mike Stern
Mike Stern (born January 10, 1953) is an American jazz guitarist. After playing with Blood, Sweat & Tears, he worked with drummer Billy Cobham, then with trumpeter Miles Davis from 1981 to 1983 and again in 1985. He then began a solo career, ...
– guitar
The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...
;Other credits
* Ron Bach – digital sequencing
* Thomas Bricker – design
* Kate Broudy – assistant engineer
* Greg Calbi – mastering
* Bob Defrin – art direction
* Mike Krowiak – assistant engineer
* Matt Lane – assistant engineer
* Jeff Lippay – assistant engineer
* Phil Magnotti – engineer, mixing
* Christine Martin – executive producer
* Roxy Rifkin – photography
Chart performance
References
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1991 albums
Mike Stern albums
Atlantic Records albums