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The Complete Arista Albums Collection
Brecker Brothers
Label: Legacy Recordings
Released: 2012
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Tracks
CD1 (The Brecker Bros.): Some Skunk Funk; Sponge; A Creature of Many Faces;
Twilight; Sneakin' Up Behind You; Rocks; Levitate; Oh My Stars; D.B.B.
CD2 (Back to Back): Keep It Steady (Brecker Bump); If You Wanna
Boogie…Forget It; Lovely Lady; Night Flight; Slick Stuff; Dig a Little Deeper; Grease Piece; What
Can a Miracle Do; I Love Wasting' Time With You.
CD3 (Don't Stop the Music): Finger Lickin' Good; Funky Sea, Funky Dew;
As Long as I've Got Your Love; Squids; Don't Stop the Music; Petals; Tabula Rasa.
CD4 (Heavy Metal Bebop): East River; Inside Out; Some Skunk Funk;
Sponge; Funky Sea, Funky Dew; Squids.
CD5 (Détente): You Ga (Ta Give It); Not Tonight; Don't Get Funny With
My Money; Tee'd Off; You Left Something Behind; Squish; Dream Theme; Baffled; I Don't Know
Either.
CD6 (Straphangin'): Straphangin'; Threesome; Bathsheba; Jacknife; Why
Can't I Be There; Not Ethiopia; Spreadeagle.
CD7 (Blue Montreux): Blue Montreux; Rocks; I'm Sorry; Magic Carpet;
Buds; Floating; The Virgin and the Gypsy.
CD8 (Blue Montreux II): A Funky Waltz; Candles; Uptown Ed; Love Play;
Cloud Motion.
Personnel
Brecker Brothers
band / ensemble / orchestraRandy Brecker
trumpetMichael Brecker
saxophone, tenorDon Grolnick
pianoSteve Khan
guitarDavid Sanborn
saxophoneHarvey Mason
drumsWill Lee
bassBob Mann
guitarMike Mainieri
vibraphoneChristopher Parker
pianoSteve Gadd
drumsLarry Coryell
guitarMarcus Miller
bassHiram Bullock
guitar, electricWarren Bernhardt
pianoBarry Finnerty
guitar, electricTerry Bozzio
drumsGeorge Duke
pianoAdditional Personnel / Information
CD1 (The Brecker Bros.): Randy Brecker: trumpet, electric trumpet, flugelhorn, vocal
(8);
Michael Brecker: tenor saxophone; David Sanborn: alto saxophone; Don Grolnick: keyboards;
Bob
Mann: guitar; Will Lee: electric bass, vocal (5); Harvey Mason: drums; Ralph MacDonald:
percussion; Christopher Parker: additional drums (5).
CD2 (Back to Back): Randy Brecker: trumpet, electric trumpet,
flugelhorn,
vocal (8); Michael Brecker: tenor saxophone, flute; David Sanborn: alto saxophone; Don Grolnick:
keyboards;
Steve Khan: guitar; Will Lee: electric bass, lead vocal, background vocals (9); Christopher Parker:
drums; Ralph MacDonald: percussion; David Whitman: synthesizer programming; Luther
Vandross:
background vocals (1-3, 7, 9), background vocal arranger; Lew Del Gatto: baritone saxophone
(2);
Steve Gadd: drums (4, 9); Sammy Figueroa: percussion (4); Rafael Cruz: percussion (4); Dave
Friedman: marimba (6); Patti Austin: background vocals (9); Allee Willis: background vocals (9);
Robin Clark: background vocals (1-3, 7); Diane Sumler: background vocals (1-3, 7).
CD3 (Don't Stop the Music): Randy Brecker: trumpet, electric trumpet,
flugelhorn,
vocal (8); Michael Brecker: tenor saxophone, flute; David Sanborn: alto saxophone; Don Grolnick:
keyboards; Steve Khan: electric guitar, 12-string guitar; Will Lee: electric bass, lead vocal,
background vocals (1, 5); Christopher Parker: drums; Ralph MacDonald: percussion; Doug Riley:
keyboards, horn and string arrangements; Christine Faith: background vocals (1, 5); Josh Brown:
background vocals (1, 5); Doug Billard: background vocals (3); Beverly Billard: background
vocals
(3); Jerry Friedman: guitar (1), electric piano (5); Sandy Torano: guitar (1); Hiram Bullock: guitar
(2-
4, 6); Steve Gadd: drums (4, 6); Lenny White: drums (7); Sammy Figueroa: congas (7). Horn
Section:
Alan Rubin: trumpet; Randy Brecker: trumpet; Michael Brecker: tenor saxophone; Lou Marini: alto
saxophone; Lew Del Gatto: baritone saxophone; Barry Rogers: trombone; David Taylor: bass
trombone. String Section: Aaron Rosand: violin; Guy Lumia: violin; Paul Gershman: violin; Harry
Lookofsky: violin; Sanford Allen: violin; Ariana Bronne: violin; Harold Kohon: violin; Matthew
Raimondi: violin;; Peter Dimitriades: violin; Lamar Alsop: viola; Richard Maximoff: viola; Alfred
Brown: viola; Jesse Levy: cello; Richard Locker: cello.
CD4 (Heavy Metal Bebop): Randy Brecker:, electric trumpet, keyboards,
handclaps
(1); Michael Brecker: electric tenor saxophone, handclaps (1); Barry Finnerty: guitar,
Guitarorganizer, background vocal; Neil Jason: bass, lead vocal (1); Terry Bozzio: drums,
background
vocal; Sammy Figueroa: percussion; Rafael Cruz: percussion; Paul Schaeffer: Fender Rhodes
piano
(1); Alan Schwartzberg: drums (1); Kash Monet: percussion (1), background vocal (1), handclaps
(1);
Victoria: tambourine (1); Jeff Schoen: background vocal; Roy Herring: background vocal; Bob
Clearmountain: handclaps (1); various friends: handclaps (1).
CD5 (Détente): Randy Brecker: trumpet (1-9), lead vocal (1, 3),
handclaps (1,
3),
arrangement (1-6, 8), flugelhorn (2, 5, 8, 9), Prophet 5 (3); Michael Brecker: tenor saxophone (1-
9),
flute (2, 5), handclaps (1, 3), arrangement (1-6, 7, 9); Don Grolnick: Yamaha CP70 (1, 2), Fender
Rhodes electric piano (7); David Spinozza: guitar (1-3, 7); Jeff Mironov: guitar (1-3, 7); Marcus
Miller: bass (1, 2, 7); Steve Gadd: drums (1-3, 7); Paulinho DaCosta: percussion (1, 3); George
Duke:
lead vocal (1), clavinet (2), background vocal (2), Yamaha CP 70 (3), Prophet 5 (4, 8, 9),
Oberheim 4-
Voice Polyphonic synthesizer (6); Carl Carlwell: lead vocal (1, 2), handclaps (1, 3), background
vocal
(2); D.J. Rogers: lead vocal (1), vocal adlib (1); Luther Vandross: background vocal (1, 3, 5), group
vocal arrangement (3); Utlanda McCullough: background vocal (1, 3, 5); Fonzi Thornton:
background vocal (1, 3, 5); Paulette McWilliams: background vocal (1, 3, 5); Irene Cara:
background
vocal (1, 3, 5); Sue Ann Carlwell: handclaps, background vocal (2); Erik "Igor" Zobler: handclaps
(1);
Neil Jason: bass (2, 4, 5, 8, 9); Ralph McDonald: percussion (2, 5, 7); Bill Reichenbach: handclaps
(3);
Mark Gray: Fender Rhodes electric piano (4-6, 8, 9); Hiram Bullock: guitar (4-6, 8), 9; Steve
Jordan:
drums (4-6, 8, 9); Airto: percussion (6, 8, 9).
CD6 (Straphangin'): Randy Brecker: trumpet, flugelhorn; Michael
Brecker:
tenor
saxophone; Mark Gray: keyboards; Barry Finnerty: guitar; Marcus Miller: bass; Richie Morales;
drums; Sammy Figueroa: percussion (1, 3, 4, 5, 7); Manolo Badrena: percussion (1, 3, 4, 5, 7);
Don
Alias: percussion (6); Neil Jason: bass (7); Steve Jordan: drums (7); Airto: percussion (7).
CD7 (Blue Montreux): Randy Brecker: trumpet (1-3, 5-7); Michael
Brecker:
tenor
saxophone (1-6); Warren Bernhardt: piano (1, 3-7), Fender Rhodes electric piano (1), keyboards
(2-
6); Mike Mainieri: vibes (1-4, 6, 7), synthe-vibe (4), percussion (1, 2, 5); Steve Khan: guitar (1-6),
Larry Coryell: guitar (2); Tony Levin: bass (1-3, 5, 6), stick bass (4); Steve Jordan: drums (1-6).
CD8 (Blue Montreux II): Randy Brecker: trumpet (1, 5); Michael Brecker:
tenor
saxophone (1,3, 5), soprano saxophone (2); Warren Bernhardt: piano (3, 4), keyboards (1, 2, 4,
5),
MiniMoog (4); Mike Mainieri: electric vibes (2-5), synthe-vibe (4), percussion (2); Steve Khan:
electric guitar (1, 2, 4, 5), Larry Coryell: electric guitar (1); Tony Levin: electric bass (2, 4, 5),
electric
stick (1); Steve Jordan: drums; Eddie Gomez: acoustic bass (3).
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