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At one time swing was just another kind of dance music with a rhythm of utilitarian regularity. It was only in the hands of drummers like Sid Catlett and Sonny Greer that swing acquired enough flexibility to be useful in jazz. Baltimore's Dennis Chambers, a drummer for Parliament-Funkadelic and John Scofield, is now bringing a similar flexibility to another dance music, funk. On Is What It Is, by former Miles Davis guitarist Mike Stern, Chambers proves that funk can be as infinitely variable as swing, and the soloists respond with a rhythmic freedom unusual in fusion. --Geoffrey Himes
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Must be me. I found this a high quality boring album.,
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This review is from: Is What It Is (Audio CD)
I heard some of Mike's other music on the radio, so I read all the reviews and bought this album unheard. The musicianship is superb, but...I've tried to sit down and really listen to it, but I get bored and get up and start doing something, and the next thing I know, it's over, and I don't remember any of it. Must be me: everyone else loves it.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
It is this!,
By Aapo Heinonen (Tampere, Finland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Is What It Is (Audio CD)
This is what it is what is it... I mean, this really IS Mike Stern's best work. All tunes are almost great more or less."Swunk" is a quite typical Mike Stern rock/fusion tune, "A little luck" is almost beautiful Stern-piece, third song is always ballad "What I meant to say" is however quite boring tune but Tracks 4-8 are just Greats! "Showbiz" is nice funky humorsong and "Believe it" is really good bluestune with very beautiful and tuff solo, "Wherever you are" is ballad again, but much better than "What I meant to say". Nice basswork by Harwie Swartz, "Ha ha hotel" is maybe Stern's best song of this kind. Crazy melody, high tempo, great basslines and realy tuff guitarsolo and saxsolo by Bob Malach. "Signs" is perhaps Mike's best song ever, all Mike's best elements could be heard and guitarsolo is amazing! Melody and bassline are just fine and doesn't need any "specialharmony", great composition! Last song "55 dive" is again more typical jazzypiece but still quite good theme and good solos by Mike and Bob. If you haven't heard this CD yet, I give you just one tip: Buy it today!
4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
POWERFUL!!!!!!!!!!,
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MIKE STERN, MICKAEL BRECKER AND DENNIS CHAMBERS !!!!!!!!THESE GUYS RULE
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