Lifeline / John Stein
With the release of Lifeline, John Stein celebrates a musical career as one of the most diverse jazz guitarists of his generation. Selected highlights from Stein’s varied discography capture his eclectic spirit with his honey-toned guitar effortlessly guiding listeners across several decades of brilliance. After retiring from a longtime career at Berklee College of Music where he held a professorship since 1999, and upon recently contracting a rare autoimmune disease, the esteemed jazz veteran decided to synthesize his remarkable body of recorded work.
The recorded output surveyed on this compilation spans more than twenty years, from Stein’s 1999’s Green Street to the most recent recording, 2021’s Serendipity. Throughout this assortment of releases, Stein has been consistently regaled for his expansiveness, turning heads with his emotive, subtle, grooving, and precise stylistic excursions. With dazzling guitar playing, notable contributions from the side musicians, creative arrangements, and compositions that are at once sophisticated and memorable, the full scope of John Stein’s instrumental and compositional prowess is on display on this prodigious, varied, and musically rewarding retrospective.
Product Description:
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Release Date: June 17, 2022
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Catalog Number: WCS136
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UPC: 687606013629
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Label: Whaling City Sound
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Number of Discs: 2
Period: Jazz
Composer: John Stein
Performer: John Stein
Works:
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Up and at 'em
Ensemble: John Stein (Guitar), David “Fathead” Newman (Sax), Keala Kaumeheiwa, (Bass), Greg Conroy (Drums)
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Brazilian Hug
Ensemble: John Stein (Guitar), Daniel Grajew (Keyboards), Frank Herzberg (Bass), Zé Eduardo Nazario (Drums)
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Invitation
Ensemble: John Stein (Guitar), Koichi Sato (Keyboards), John Lockwood (Bass), Zé Eduardo Nazario (Drums)
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Hotcakes
Ensemble: John Stein (Guitar), David “Fathead” Newman (Flute), Ken Clark, (Hammond Organ), Greg Conroy (Drums)
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Jo Ann
Ensemble: John Stein (Guitar), Phil Grenadier (Trumpet), Fernando Brandão (Flute), John Lockwood (Bass), Zé Eduardo Nazario (Drums)
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The Roundabout
Ensemble: John Stein (Guitar), Koichi Sato (Keyboards), John Lockwood (Bass), Zé Eduardo Nazario (Drums)
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Django
Ensemble: John Stein (Guitar), John Lockwood (Bass), Yoron Israel (Drums)
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On Green Dolphin Street
Ensemble: John Stein (Guitar), Ed Lucie (Bass Guitar), Mike Connors (Drums)
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Recoleta
Ensemble: John Stein (Guitar), Rebecca Kleinman (Flute), Evan Harlan (Accordion), John Lockwood (Bass), Matias Mingote German (Drums)
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Funkin' It Up
Ensemble: John Stein (Guitar), Jake Sherman (Keyboards), John Lockwood (Bass), Zé Eduardo Nazario (Drums)
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A Weaver of Dreams
Ensemble: John Stein (Guitar), Ron Gill (Voice)
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Modinha
Ensemble: John Stein (Guitar), Dave Zinno (Bass)
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You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
Ensemble: John Stein (Guitar), Jake Sherman (Keyboards), John Lockwood (Bass), Zé Eduardo Nazario (Drums)
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Nica's Dream
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Moonlight in Vermont
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Four Corners
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Elvin!
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Green Street
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Love Dance
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Ira's Tango
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The Night Has a Thousand Eyes
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I Remember You
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Labor of Love
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A Taste of Honey
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Sugar
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Le Causse du Quercy