rememBer to listen

“Sometimes you can get into the zone by getting outside of yourself and listening to what the drummer’s doing, or the horn player or the bass player and then, all of a sudden, you’re energised,” jazz guitar ace Mike Stern offers. “The thing that does it for me is playing with such great players – they always kick my ass! If I’m feeling like I need inspiration I just get off on the other musicians. It’s an important place that I can go.”