Out of the Loop (Brecker Brothers album)

Out of the Loop
Studio album by Brecker Brothers
Released 1994
Recorded April 1992–August 1992
Genre Jazz
Length 54:33
Label GRP
Producer George Whitty, Maz Kessler and Robby Kilgore

Out of the Loop is an album by the Brecker Brothers, released through GRP Records in 1994. In 1995, the album won the brothers the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Performance (now known as Best Contemporary Jazz Album).[1]

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Track listing

  1. "Slang" (Brecker) – 6:11
  2. "Evocations" (Botti, Brecker) – 5:16
  3. "Scrunch" (Brecker, Brecker, Kessler, Kilgore) – 4:28
  4. "Secret Heart" (Brecker, Elias) – 5:03
  5. "African Skies" (Brecker) – 7:46
  6. "When It Was" (Brecker, Brecker, Kessler, Kilgore) – 4:29
  7. "Harpoon" (Brecker) – 7:43
  8. "The Nightwalker" (Brecker) – 8:44
  9. "And Then She Wept" (Brecker) – 4:53

Personnel

  • Chris Albert – mixing assistant
  • Scott Austin – mixing assistant
  • Ron Bach – editing engineer
  • Chris Botti – bass, arranger, drums, producer, keyboard programming
  • Michael Brecker – arranger, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, EWIs
  • Randy Brecker – trumpet, arranger, flugelhorn
  • Dean Brown – guitar
  • Dennis Brown – acoustic guitar
  • Joseph Doughney – post production
  • Eliane Elias – arranger, keyboards, vocals, producer
  • James Farber – engineer, mixing
  • James Genus – bass
  • Dave Grusin – producer, executive producer
  • Rodney Holmes – drums
  • Scott Hull – mastering
  • Hiro Ishihara – assistant engineer

  • Steve Jordan – drums
  • Maz Kessler – composer, arranger, keyboards, producer, mixing, rhythm programming
  • Kilgore & Maz – Producer
  • Robby Kilgore – guitar, arranger, keyboards, producer, Mixing, rhythm programming
  • Michael Landy – post production
  • Mark Ledford – backing vocal
  • Shawn Pelton – drums
  • Rory Romano – mixing assistant
  • Larry Rosen – producer, executive producer
  • Armand Sabal-Lecco – bass, vocals
  • Larry Saltzman – acoustic guitar, guitar
  • Andy Snitzer – bass, arranger, drums, producer, keyboard programming
  • Steve Thornton – percussion
  • Dave Weckl - drums
  • George Whitty – bass, arranger, keyboards, producer, percussion programming

References

  1. "The 1995 Grammy Winners". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. March 3, 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2010.
  2. "Out of the Loop". Allmusic. Retrieved July 21, 2010.