Don't Try This at Home (Michael Brecker album)
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| Released | September 5, 1988 | |||
| Studio | The Power Station (New York City, New York)
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| 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[edit]
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[edit]
- "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[edit]
- Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone, EWI (tracks 1, 4, 5)
- Don Grolnick – acoustic piano (tracks 1, 2, 7)
- Herbie Hancock – acoustic piano (tracks 3, 5)
- Joey Calderazzo – acoustic piano (tracks 4, 6)
- Judd Miller – synthesizer programming (track 5)
- Jim Beard – synthesizers (tracks 7, 8), acoustic piano (track 8)
- Mike Stern – guitars (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8)
- Charlie Haden – acoustic bass (tracks 1-3, 5, 6)
- Jeff Andrews – fretless electric bass (tracks 1, 4, 7, 8), electric bass (tracks 4, 7, 8)
- Jack DeJohnette – drums (tracks 1, 3, 5, 8)
- Adam Nussbaum – drums (tracks 2, 4, 6)
- Peter Erskine – drums (track 7)
- Mark O'Connor – violin (track 1)
Technical personnel[edit]
- Don Grolnick – producer
- Ricky Schultz – executive producer
- James Farber – recording and mixing
- Gary Solomon – assistant engineer (tracks 1-6, 8)
- Karen Robben – assistant engineer (track 7)
- Rhonda Schoen – digital editing
- Greg Calbi – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York City, USA
- Tom Gill – piano technician
- Jerry Wortman – production assistant
- Karen Kramer – production coordinator
- Kathleen Covert – art direction and design
- Mark Seliger – photography
- George Varga – liner notes
References[edit]
- ^ 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
