1. Mike Stern was born on January 10,1953 and is an American jazz guitarist.
18 Facts About Mike Stern
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Mike Stern then began a solo career, releasing more than twenty albums.
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In 2009 Mike Stern was listed on Down Beats list of 75 best jazz guitarists of all time.
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Mike Stern received Guitar Player magazine's Certified Legend Award on January 21,2012.
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The quintet released one album, the Nils Lofgren-produced Daddy's Girl, in 1976 before Mike Stern left the group.
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Mike Stern remained with Davis through 1983 until he was replaced by guitarist John Scofield.
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At the time, Mike Stern was a heavy drinker and heroin user.
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Mike Stern's solo debut, Upside Downside, with Jaco Pastorius, David Sanborn, and Bob Berg, was released on Atlantic Records in 1986.
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In 1989, Mike Stern formed a touring group with Bob Berg, Dennis Chambers and Lincoln Goines.
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In 1992, Mike Stern joined a reunited Brecker Brothers Band for two years.
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Mike Stern's acclaimed 1993 album, Standards, led to his being named Best Jazz Guitarist of the Year by the readers and critics of Guitar Player.
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Mike Stern followed that with 1994's Is What It Is and 1996's Between the Lines, both of which received Grammy Award nominations.
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Mike Stern won the Orville W Gibson Award for Best Jazz Guitarist.
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In February 2009, in the first of a series of articles celebrating Down Beats 75th anniversary, Mike Stern was named one of the 75 Great Guitarists of all time.
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Mike Stern was presented with Guitar Player magazine's Certified Legend Award on January 21,2012.
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In 2014, Mike Stern toured with guitarist Eric Johnson in the Eclectic Guitar Tour.
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In 2019, Mike Stern collaborated with the Jeff Lorber Fusion to release Eleven.
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Mike Stern's recognizable chorused sound is created in part by a Yamaha SPX-90, split for stereo.