Voices (Mike Stern album)

Voices
Studio album by Mike Stern
Released	September 4, 2001
Studio	Sound On Sound and B & C Studios (New York City, New York)
Genre	Jazz, world music
Length	58:43
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Jim Beard
Mike Stern chronology
Play (1999) Voices (2001) These Times (2004)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[1]

Voices is an album by Mike Stern, released in 2001 through Atlantic Records. ^[2] The album reached a peak position of number twenty-three on Billboard's Top Jazz Albums chart. ^[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mike Stern.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"One World"	6:25
2.	"The River (Tongo)"	6:29
3.	"Slow Change"	7:15
4.	"Wishing Well"	6:12
5.	"Still There"	7:33
6.	"Spirit"	6:38
7.	"What Might Have Been"	5:33
8.	"Leni's Smile"	5:33
9.	"Way Out East"	7:05
Total length:		58:43

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic. ^[4]

• Mike Stern – guitars (1-4, 6-9), nylon guitar (5)
• Jim Beard – keyboards
• Jon Herington – acoustic 12-string guitar (4), rhythm guitar (6)
• Richard Bona – bass (1, 2, 8, 9), kalimba (1), vocals (1, 2)
• Lincoln Goines – bass (3, 5, 6)
• Chris Minh Doky – acoustic bass (4, 7)
• Vinnie Colaiuta – drums (1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9)
• Dennis Chambers – drums (3, 5)
• Arto Tuncboyaciyan – percussion (1-4, 6, 8, 9), vocals (9)
• Bob Franceschini – saxophone (3, 5, 6)
• Michael Brecker – saxophone (9)
• Elisabeth Kontomanou – vocals (1, 4, 6-8)
• Philip Hamilton – vocals (4, 6, 8)

Production

• Jim Beard – producer, additional recording
• James Farber – recording, mixing
• Bart Migal – additional engineer, Pro Tools operator
• Greg Calbi – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY)
• Shayne Ivy – art direction, design
• Ebet Roberts – photography
• Michele Hirsch – management for MHM Management

References

1. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1340. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
2. "Voices". Allmusic . Retrieved August 1, 2011.
3. "Mike Stern: Charts & Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
4. "Voices - Mike Stern | Credits". AllMusic . Retrieved November 11, 2013.