''The Stranger's Hand'' is an album by violinist

Jerry Goodman Jerry Goodman (born March 16, 1949) is an American violinist who played electric violin with The Flock and the jazz fusion ensemble Mahavishnu Orchestra. Career Jerry Goodman was born on March 16, 1949, in Chicago, Illinois. His parents were ...

, drummer

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, multi-instrumentalist

Howard Levy Howard Levy (born July 31, 1951) is an American multi-instrumentalist. A keyboardist and virtuoso harmonica player, Levy "has been realistically presented as one of the most important and radical harmonica innovators of the twentieth century. ...

, and bassist

Oteil Burbridge Oteil Burbridge is an American multi-instrumentalist, specializing on the bass guitar, trained in playing jazz and classical music from an early age. He has achieved fame primarily on bass guitar during the resurgence of the Allman Brothers Band ...

. It was recorded in January 1999 at Neverland Studio in Marin County, California, and was released later that year by

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Reception

In a review for

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, Jim Newsom wrote: "In the late 1990s, drummer Steve Smith set out to reinvigorate the long slumbering jazz-rock fusion movement with a series of all-star recordings... ''The Stranger's Hand'' is the best of the lot, with four instrumental masters coming together for nine days of spontaneous combustion that recalls the music's heyday while also bringing the freshness of new discovery into the updated mix." David Adler of ''

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'' stated: "We're dealing with fusion of the virtuosic variety, so the fact that the playing is flawless is unsurprising and somehow beside the point."

Track listing

# "Brick Chicken" (Jerry Goodman) – 6:27 # "Sufferin' Catfish" (Howard Levy) – 7:15 # "Four, Four and More" (Howard Levy, Oteil Burbridge, Steve Smith) – 2:36 # "Glimmer of Hope" (Jerry Goodman) – 6:44 # "Pinky's Revenge" (Oteil Burbridge, Steve Smith) – 3:43 # "Elvin" (Oteil Burbridge, Steve Smith) – 2:37 # "Caliente" (Howard Levy) – 6:58 # "Going Up!" (Howard Levy, Steve Smith) – 2:29 # "Moonchild" (Howard Levy) – 5:05 # "Stranger's Hand" (Howard Levy, Jerry Goodman, Oteil Burbridge, Steve Smith) – 7:18

Personnel

– violin, electric guitar *

– harmonica, piano, electric piano, ocarina *

– bass *

– drums

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stranger's Hand (album) 1999 albums Jerry Goodman albums Oteil Burbridge albums