For three decades, guitarist Mike Stern has astonished jazz audiences all over the world with his quest to push himself to the limit on his signature instrument, the electric guitar. Mike Stern s playing is often glibly categorized as fusion despite the fact that his repertoire is much wider, encompassing the beauty and lyricism of traditional jazz, blues, rock, funk, world and folk music. While his music is often labelled fusion by default, the fluidity and intensity of Stern s playing continue to impress listeners from both sides of the "Is fusion real jazz?" debate. Mike Stern is certainly one of the best electric guitarists of his generation. This has never been more obvious than in the extraordinary concert the 4 time Grammy nominee gave in the springtime of 2008 to a mesmerized New Morning audience. At the peak of his inspiration, improvising past all musical genres, Mike superbly backed this time by brilliant drummer Dave Weckl, soulful tenor saxophonist Bob Franceschini and incredible bassist Tom Kennedy takes his fans along into a journey of pure musical delight. It s hardly surprising that Mike concluded the evening by confiding: I don t want to stop! They ll probably have to wheel me off the stage . Filmed In High Definition TV at the New Morning, Paris, May 2008.