These Times (Mike Stern album)

These Times
Studio album by Mike Stern
Released	January 13, 2004
Length	69:44
Label	ESC Records
Mike Stern chronology
Voices (2001) These Times (2004) Who Let the Cats Out? (2006)

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The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

These Times is an album by Mike Stern, released in 2004 through ESC Records. The album reached a peak position of number eleven on Billboard's Top Jazz Albums chart.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mike Stern, except "If Only" where music was written by Mike Stern and lyric by Richard Bona

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Chatter"	6:11
2.	"Silver Lining"	6:37
3.	"I Know You"	5:07
4.	"Mirage"	6:47
5.	"If Only"	5:31
6.	"Street Rhyme"	6:39
7.	"Avenue B"	6:14
8.	"Remember"	6:04
9.	"These Times"	8:14
10.	"What You Believe"	6:47
11.	"Last One Down"	5:33
Total length:		69:44

Personnel

• Mike Stern - guitar
• Jim Beard - producer, piano, synthesizer
• Jon Herington - guitar (track: 10)
• Béla Fleck - banjo (track: 3)
• Kenny Garrett - soprano saxophone (track: 1), alto saxophone (tracks: 7, 9)
• Bob Franceschini - tenor saxophone (tracks: 4, 8, 11)
• Bob Malach - tenor saxophone (track: 6)
• Will Lee - bass (tracks: 1, 4, 6, 7, 9)
• Richard Bona - bass (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 10), percussion (tracks: 2, 10), vocals (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 10)
• Victor Wooten - bass (tracks: 8, 11)
• Vinnie Colaiuta - drums (tracks: 1 to 7, 9 to 11)
• Dennis Chambers - drums (track: 8)
• Arto Tuncboyaciyan - percussion (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 6, 9)
• Don Alias - percussion (tracks: 8, 10)
• Elisabeth Kontomanou - vocals (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6)