RE: Steps Ahead / Michael Brecker

[<loopdelightml@nosuch.biz>]

Yes, he was using Jazz Chorus amps and his characteristic sound. Though I
was more concentrated on Mike Mainieri. He was amazing! But Richard Bona 
was
just unbelievable. While playing the bass line, he was intonating the 
melody
of "Wishing Well" unisono with Stern. They'd already done this on the 2001
CD "Voices": http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/01/26/114847.php
There's a short excerpt on http://www.guitar9.com/audio/voices4.mp3
And they played my favourite tune "Pools" by Don Grolnick!
Bernhard



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hartung, Kris [mailto:kris.hartung@hp.com]
> Sent: Freitag, 22. Juli 2005 20:04
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Subject: RE: Steps Ahead / Michael Brecker
> 
> Can you tell us more about Stern....he's a great player. Was he using
> the Roland JC 120 amps with the heavy processing with chorus and delay?
> I still love his "Is What It Is".
> 
> K-
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: loopdelightml@nosuch.biz [mailto:loopdelightml@nosuch.biz]
> Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 11:59 AM
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Subject: Steps Ahead / Michael Brecker
> 
> 
> Last Monday I attended a mind-blowing concert by Steps Ahead: Mike
> Mainieri (vibes), Mike Stern (g), Richard Bona (b), Steve Smith (dr).
> Unfortunately, Michael Brecker was missing (Bill Evans stepped in for
> him) and we were informed that Michael appears to be seriously ill with
> myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS, see http://www.mds-foundation.org/) for
> which he is undergoing treatment.
> The best get well wishes to him!
> 
> Bernhard