Mike Stern started playing guitar at 12, studied at Berklee under Pat Metheny and began playing in the band '
Blood, Sweat and Tears' at the age of 22.
Leaving this band he played with Billy Cobham a short time, before moving to NY where he got recruited by Miles Davis to join his come back band in 1981.
He appears on 3 of his albums :
'
The Man With the Horn',
'
Star People' and
'
We Want Miles'.
In 1983 Mike Stern went touring for a year with Jaco Pastorius'
'
Word of Mouth' band and then returned to Miles Davis for another year of touring.
In 1985 He released his first album as a leader :
'
Neesh' and many albums followed since, including 3 Grammy Award nominations.
1) This lick is for a rhythm changes in Bb with a pick up to the 5th bar.
Dominant Lick
1) This lick is a rhythmical idea for a G7(#11) chord.
The basis of the lick is an Fmaj7(#5) arpeggio, which gives us the following functions : b7 9 #11 13.
