Michael Brecker (album)

Michael Brecker
Studio album by Michael Brecker
Released 1987
Genre Jazz
Length 46:01
Label Impulse!
Producer Michael Brecker, Don Grolnick
Michael Brecker chronology
Michael Brecker
(1987)		 Don't Try This at Home
(1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]

Michael Brecker is the debut album by American saxophonist Michael Brecker. It was released on the Impulse! record label in 1987.

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awards the album a full 5 stars and states "Although he had been a major tenor saxophonist in the studios for nearly 20 years and was quite popular for his work with the Brecker Brothers, this MCA/Impulse set was Michael Brecker's first as a leader."[2]

Track listing

  1. "Sea Glass" (Brecker) — 5:49
  2. "Syzygy" (Brecker) — 9:44
  3. "Choices" (Stern) — 8:06
  4. "Nothing Personal" (Grolnick) — 5:29
  5. "Cost of Living" (Grolnick) — 7:49
  6. "Original Rays" (Brecker, Grolnick, Stern) — 9:04
  7. "My One and Only Love" (Mellin, Wood) — 8:16

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Yanow, S. Allmusic Review: Michael Brecker accessed 08 June 2010
Michael Brecker (discography)
As leader
Pilgrimage  · Wide Angles  · Nearness of You  · Time Is of the Essence  · Two Blocks from the Edge  · Tales from the Hudson  · Now You See It... Now You Don't  · Don't Try This at Home  · Michael Brecker  · Directions in Music: Live at Massey Hall  · Gathering of Spirits  · Cityscape
Steps Ahead
Live in Tokyo  · Magnetic  · Modern Times  · Steps Ahead  · Paradox  · Step By Step  · Smokin' In the Pit
Brecker Brothers
Score  · East River  · Out of the Loop  · Return of the Brecker Brothers  · Straphangin'  · Detente  · Heavy Metal Be-Bop  · Blue Montreux  · Don't Stop the Music  · Back To Back  · The Brecker Brothers  · The Collection, Vol. 1  · The Collection, Vol. 2
Dreams
Dreams (1970)  · Imagine My Surprise (1971)
Players Association
Born to Dance (1977) · Turn The Music Up (1978)