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