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Article from International Musician & Recording World, March 1986

Paul Henderson on the solo Sting's latest thing — a six-piece Jazz band.


STING



Guitars:
- Fender Stratocaster
- Gibson Chet Atkins acoustic/elec.
- Gibson ES 336 (1961)



DARRYL TONES


Basses:
- Fender Jazz
- Steinberger
- Guild 'Novatone' (with EMG p/u's).



KENNY KIRKLAND





OMAR HAKIM



Drums: Yamaha 9000 Series:
- 12", 13" rack toms
- 14", 16" floor toms
- 22"x14" bass drum.
- Pearl 14"x6½" Free Floating brass shell snare
- Pearl 14"x3½" Free Floating brass shell piccolo snare

Cymbals: Zildjian
- 16" China Boy
- 13" thin crash
- 19" med.thin crash
- 22" ping ride
- 17" med. thin crash
- 22" low China Boy
- 14" Quick Beat hi-hats

- 2 Simmons pads
- Simmons SDS V (D.I.)
- Tama double bass pedal



BRANFORD MARSALIS



Saxes:
- Selmer Mk VI tenor
- Selmer Alto
- Selmer Soprano

Saxes via Shure SM58, Shure UnidyneII and Sennheiser mic's



Dolette McDonald & Janice Pendarvis





- Backing vocals via Shure SM58 mics


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International Musician - Mar 1986

Donated & scanned by: Mike Gorman

Feature by Paul Henderson

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