# Chromazone guitar solo > The guitar solo on Chromazone by Mike Stern (1988). From the album Time in Place. Watch from the solo, plus the story and gear. A jazz classic from the 1980s. Canonical URL: Mike Stern, 1988, from *Time in Place*. Solo by *Mike Stern*. A fusion standard in its own right, its winding bebop-meets-rock head leads into a blazing, chorus-drenched solo that defines Stern's sound. Chromazone by Mike Stern is #1 in our ranking of the best Mike Stern guitar solos. The solo is played by Mike Stern and the song was released in 1988. ## In our lists - [The Best Mike Stern Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/mike-stern-guitar-solos/) — #1 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1988](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1988/) — #15 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Chromazone? Mike Stern played the solo on Mike Stern's Chromazone (1988). --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)