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RETURN OF THE BRECKER BROTHERS

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Awesome groove album from ’92, their first together in years. In a truth in packaging world, this album would be called Return of the Brecker Brothers and Just About Every Single Session Guy in the New York City Musicians Union. Overblown arrangements aside, this album basically picks up where the Brecker Brothers' '70s albums left off, with the addition of the world music vibe Michael Brecker picked up when he was working with Paul Simon, as well as the unfortunate appearance of Michael's EWI Electronic Wind Instrument, a cliché of '80s and early '90s jazz that makes everything even a skilled player like Michael performs sound like mush. Clearly, then, it's an uneven record. On the plus side, Randy Brecker in particular is at the peak of his chops, reeling off a particularly lovely solo in the ballad "Sozinho" that resembles Chet Baker's prime '50s work, and the world music material is integrated into the jazz gracefully and with respect for both. On the minus side well, overblown arrangements and Electronic Wind Instrument, not to mention Randy's croaking vocals on the lame "That's All There Is to It." Fight past these flaws, and Return of the Brecker Brothers is of a piece with the best of the Brothers' '70s work. But that's quite a fight.

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Song For Barry

King Of The Lobby

Big Idea

Above & Below

That's All There Is To It

Wakaria (What's Up)

On The Backside

Sozinho (Alone)

Spherical

Good Gracious

Roppongi

Personnel: David Sanborn, Robby Kilgore, George Whitty, Mike Stern, more

Label:	UNIVERSAL
Number:	8651
Item Code:	62697
Format:	CD
Genre:
Dates:	(1992)
Price:	$13.00 New!

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