Who Let the Cats Out?

Who Let the Cats Out?
Studio album by Mike Stern
Released	August 15, 2006
Recorded	January 2006
Studio	Avatar Studios and B & C Studios (New York City, New York) Carriage House Studios (Stamford, Connecticut)
Genre	Jazz
Length	73:21
Label	Heads Up International
Producer	Jim Beard
Mike Stern chronology
These Times (2004) Who Let the Cats Out? (2006) Big Neighborhood (2009)

Professional ratings

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

Who Let the Cats Out? is an album by Mike Stern, released in 2006 through Heads Up International. ^[2]

Rating

The album reached a peak position of number fourteen on Billboard's Top Jazz Albums chart. ^[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mike Stern.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Tumble Home"	8:14
2.	"KT"	7:57
3.	"Good Question"	4:17
4.	"Language"	7:03
5.	"We're with You"	5:48
6.	"Leni Goes Shopping"	4:38
7.	"Roll with It"	5:02
8.	"Texas"	7:04
9.	"Who Let the Cats Out?"	7:44
10.	"All You Need"	6:57
11.	"Blue Runway"	8:37
Total length:		73:21

Personnel

• Mike Stern – guitars (1-4, 6-11), acoustic guitar (5)
• Jim Beard – acoustic piano (1, 4-6, 9-11), organ (1-4, 7, 8, 10), synthesizers (2, 5, 6, 11), clavinet (7)
• Chris Minh Doky – acoustic bass (1, 6)
• Meshell Ndegeocello – bass (2, 8, 9)
• Richard Bona – bass (3-5, 10), vocals (3, 4, 10)
• Victor Wooten – bass (7)
• Anthony Jackson – bass (11)
• Kimberly Thompson – drums (1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10)
• Dave Weckl – drums (3, 5, 8, 11)
• Bob Franceschini – saxophone (1-4, 9-11)
• Bob Malach – saxophone (7)
• Roy Hargrove – trumpet (2, 9)
• Gregoire Maret – harmonica (5, 8)

Production

• Dave Love – executive producer
• Jim Beard – producer, engineer, mixing
• Phil Magnotti – engineer, mixing
• Russell Hoppe – assistant engineer
• Eddie Jackson – assistant engineer
• Greg Calbi – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY)
• Robert Hoffman – art direction, design
• Clay Patrick McBride – cover photography, tray card image
• Gene Martin – session images
• Paul Greco – photo of Victor Wooten
• Robin Tomchin – management
• Roy Holland – management
• Bill Milkowski – liner notes

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. "Who Let the Cats Out?". Allmusic . Retrieved August 1, 2011.
3. "Mike Stern: Charts & Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved August 1, 2011.