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This is the only live recording featuring the legendary line-up of Michael Brecker, Mike Mainieri, Mike Stern, Daryl Jones & Steve Smith.
Steps Ahead: Michael Brecker (tenor saxophone, EWI); Mike Mainieri (acoustic & MIDI vibraphones); Mike Stern (guitar); Daryl Jones (electric bass); Steve Smith (drums).
Recorded live at Kan-i Hoken Hall, Tokyo, Japan on July 30, 1986. Includes liner notes by Mike Mainieri.
Personnel: Mike Stern (guitar); Michael Brecker (tenor saxophone, EWI); Michael Mainieri, Jr. (vibraphone); Steve Smith (drums).
Liner Note Author: Michael Mainieri, Jr.
Recording information: Kan-I Hoken Hall, Tokyo, Japan (07/30/1986).
Photographer: Kaoru Hirono.
This Steps Ahead concert (which has long been available on laser disc) has both good and bad points. Michael Brecker's virtuosic tenor solos show a great deal of passion and creativity within the genre. Also Mike Maineri's vibes are an attractive part of the ensemble sound, making the R&B-ish unit sound like Spyro Gyra with guts. Unfortunately the rhythm section (which consists of guitarist Mike Stern, bassist Darryl Jones and drummer Steve Smith) is never subtle, the rhythms are bombastic and the electronics (including at one point a drum machine) are excessive. The solos might be fiery but the unimaginative backup makes this potentially super band often sound run of the mill and monotonous. There are much better Steps Ahead concerts to preserve than this one. ~ Scott Yanow
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