Michael BRECKER - Don't Try This at Home 1988

Michael BRECKER - Don't Try This at Home 1988

Jazz

Brecker plays more tenor sax on this album, and his experiments with MIDI synthesizers are better integrated into the whole of the largely acoustic arrangements. Rather than the stable group that backed him on his debut, the cast of DON'T TRY ...    Full DescriptionTHIS AT HOME reads like a Who's Who of post-bop fusion: Herbie Hancock (playing acoustic piano, not synth), acoustic bassist Charlie Haden, and drummer Jack DeJohnette all make impressive showings in Brecker's largely self-composed and usually quite memorable tunes.

1987's DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME is Michael Brecker's second album as a leader following nearly two decades as an in-demand session musician (Paul Simon, Steely Dan, etc.) and one-half of the Brecker Brothers with his trumpeter brother Randy. It's basically a continuation and refinement of ideas first explored on 1986's MICHAEL BRECKER.
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Michael Brecker's second album as a leader is almost the equal of his first. Surprisingly, only one song ("Suspone") uses his working quintet of the period (which consists of guitarist Mike Stern, pianist Joey Calderazzo, bassist Jeff Andrews and drummer Adam Nussbaum) although those musicians also pop up on other selections with the likes of pianists Don Grolnick and Herbie Hancock, bassist Charlie Haden, drummer Jack DeJohnette and violinist Mark O'Connor. Brecker (on tenor and the EWI) is in superb form, really ripping into the eight pieces (mostly group originals). Recommended.
By Scott Yanow, All Music Guide..
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Jeff Andrews- Bass, Bass (Electric)
Jim Beard- Synthesizer, Piano
Michael Brecker- Keyboards, Sax (Tenor), EWI
Joey Calderazzo- Piano
Jack DeJohnette- Drums
Peter Erskine- Drums
Tommy Gill- Piano Technician
Don Grolnick- Piano, Producer
Charlie Haden- Bass, Bass (Acoustic)
Herbie Hancock- Piano
Judd Miller- Synthesizer
Adam Nussbaum- Drums
Mark O'Connor- Violin
Mike Stern- Guitar
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01. Itsbynne Reel 7:41
02. Chime This 7:50
03. Scriabin 4:59
04. Suspone 4:59
05. Don't Try This At Home 9:30
06. Everything Happens When You're Gone 7:11
07. Talking To Myself 5:10
08. The Gentleman & Hizcaine 5:19
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