Don't Try This at Home | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | September 5, 1988 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 52:39 | |||
Label | Impulse! | |||
Producer | Don Grolnick | |||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [2] |
Don't Try This at Home is the second album by American jazz saxophonist Michael Brecker, that was released on Impulse! records in 1988. In 1989, the album won a Grammy Award for Best Improvised Jazz Solo.
Reception
Allmusic awarded the album with 4.5 stars and its review by Scott Yanow states: "Brecker (on tenor and the EWI) is in superb form, really ripping into the eight pieces (mostly group originals). Recommended."[3]
Track listing
- "Itsbynne Reel" (Michael Brecker, Don Grolnick) – 7:41
- "Chime This" (Grolnick) – 7:50
- "Scriabin" (Vince Mendoza) – 7:47
- "Suspone" (Mike Stern) – 4:59
- "Don't Try This at Home" (Brecker, Grolnick) – 9:30
- "Everything Happens When You're Gone" (Brecker) – 7:11
- "Talking to Myself" (Grolnick) – 5:10
- "The Gentleman & Hizcaine" (Jim Beard) – 5:19
Personnel
- Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone, EWI (on tracks 1, 4, 5)
- Mike Stern – guitar (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8)
- Don Grolnick – piano (1, 2, 7)
- Herbie Hancock – piano (3, 5)
- Joey Calderazzo – piano (4, 6)
- Jim Beard – synthesizer (7, 8), piano (8)
- Mark O'Connor – violin (1)
- Charlie Haden – bass (1-3, 5, 6)
- Jeff Andrews – fretless electric bass (1, 4, 7, 8)
- Jack DeJohnette – drums (1, 3, 5, 8)
- Adam Nussbaum – drums (2, 4, 6)
- Peter Erskine – drums (7)
- Judd Miller – synthesizer programming (5)
- Production
- Don Grolnick – producer
- James Farber – recording and mix
- Gary Solomon, Karen Robben – assistant recording engineers
- Rhonda Schoen – editing
- Ricky Schultz – executive producer
- Kathleen Covert – art direction, design
- Mark Seliger – photography
- George Varga – liner notes
References
- ↑ Yanow, Scott (2011). "Don't Try This at Home – Michael Brecker | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
- ↑ Richard Cook and Brian Morton, The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP & Cassette (Penguin, 1992: ISBN 978-0-14-015364-4).
- ↑ Yanow, S.Allmusic Review: Don't Try This at Home accessed 07 June 2010
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