01. Devil Lady
02. 15 Miles to Provo
03. Maryanne
04. Holli Be Home
05. Try Me
06. Dream Suite (Asset Shop)
07. Dream Suite (Jane)
08. Dream Suite (Grenola)
09. New Yor

Bass, Vocals - Doug Lubahn
Drums, Percussion - Bill Cobham, Jr.
Guitar [Lead] - John Abercrombie
Keyboards, Guitar, Vocals - Jeff Kent
Producer - Dreams (4) , Fred Weinberg
Saxophone [Tenor], Flute - Michael Brecker
Trombone, Tuba [Wagna] - Barry Rogers
Trumpet, Flugelhorn - Randy Brecker
Vocals [Lead] - Edward Vernon

Dreams band was founded in late sixties as trio, but soon added brass section and became the brass-rock band in a manner of Chicago or Blood Sweat and Tears. Even if they didn't receive big popularity in their time, they became a great starting place for some well known fusion musicians as Billy Cobham, John Abercrombie, Brecker brothers, etc.

Differently from other brass-rock bands of the time, their music was more improv based in New Orleans tradition. The band released just two studio albums and was disbanded, but many members became great musicians in future. ---progarchives.com

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01. Skunk Funk
02. Sponge
03. Squids
04. Funky Sea, Funky Dew
05. Inside Out [Live]
06. Dream Theme
07. I Don't Know Either
08. Bathsheba
09. Straphangin'
10. Threesome
11. East River

Manolo Badrena - Percussion
Terry Bozzio - Drums
Michael Brecker - Composer, Handclapping, Producer, Sax (Tenor)
Randy Brecker - Composer, Flugelhorn, Handclapping, Producer, Trumpet, Vocals
Hiram Bullock - Guitar
Rafael Cruz - Percussion
George Duke - Producer, Synthesizer, Synthesizer Strings
Sammy Figueroa - Percussion
Barry Finnerty - Guitar
Steve Gadd - Drums
Mark Gray - Keyboards, Piano (Electric)
Don Grolnick - Keyboards, Piano (Electric), Trombone
Roy Herring - Vocals (Background)
Neil Jason - Bass, Composer, Vocals
Steve Jordan - Drums
Steve Khan - Guitar
Will Lee – Bass, Guitar (Bass), Vocals
Ralph MacDonald - Percussion
Bob Mann - Guitar
Harvey Mason, Sr. - Drums
Marcus Miller - 	Bass,
Jeff Mironov - Guitar
Kash Monet - Composer, Handclapping, Percussion, Vocals (Background)
Richie Morales - Drums
Airto Moreira - Percussion
Chris Parker - Drums
Doug Riley - Keyboards
David Sanborn - Sax (Alto)
Paul Schaffer - Piano (Electric)
Jeff Schoen - Vocals (Background)
Allan Schwartzberg - Drums
David Spinozza - Guitar
Victoria - Handclapping, Percussion, Tambourine, Vocals (Background)

During 1975-1982, Michael Brecker and his brother Randy regularly teamed together as the Brecker Brothers, generally playing R&B/funk with Randy's trumpet often electrified (à la Miles of a few years earlier) while Michael stuck to hot licks on his John Coltrane-influenced tenor. Certainly the musicianship of their various bands (which often included David Sanborn on alto) was quite high, but the grooves and vamps were much closer to R&B than to jazz. This CD reissues music from at least five of the Brecker Brothers' albums, and the electronics (at the time so up to date) sound somewhat dated today. There are some strong moments on the best-of disc, particularly the ballad "Dream Theme." The die-hard Brecker Brothers fans will prefer to get the complete sessions on the original LPs, but this makes a nice sampler for casual fans. –Scott Yanow, Rovi

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01. Rocks
02. A Creature Of Many Faces
03. Funky Sea, Funky Dew (Live Version)
04. Skunk Funk (Live Version)
05. Sponge (Live Version)
06. Squids (Live Version)
07. Tee'd Off
08. Squish
09. Baffled
10. Not Ethiopia
11. Jacknife

Don Alias - Percussion
Manolo Badrena - Percussion
Terry Bozzio - Drums
Michael Brecker - Composer, Producer, Sax (Tenor)
Randy Brecker - Composer, Keyboards, Producer, Trumpet
Hiram Bullock - Guitar
Rafael Cruz - Percussion
George Duke - Synthesizer
Sammy Figueroa - Percussion
Barry Finnerty - Guitar
Mark Gray - Keyboards, Piano (Electric)
Don Grolnick - Keyboards
Neil Jason - Bass
Steve Jordan - Drums
Will Lee - Guitar
Ralph MacDonald - Percussion
Bob Mann - Bass
Harvey Mason, Sr. - Drums
Marcus Miller - 	Bass
Richie Morales - Drums
David Sanborn - Sax (Alto)

The Breckers were often dismissed as shallow R&B fusion at the time these recordings were waxed, which is understandable given the music’s rock star swagger and Michael Brecker’s propensity to play as many notes as humanly possible.

However, that doesn’t take into account Randy Brecker’s innovative horn arrangements (tight clusters that ended up gracing hits by Diana Ross and Cameo, among others), the revolutionary non-functional harmonic structure of R&B based tunes such as “Some Skunk Funk,” Michael’s John Coltrane meets King Curtis saxophone wizardry, or Randy’s chromatic approach to improvisation on the trumpet.

The cuts on Volumes 1 and 2 gather together most of the Brecker Brother’s better tunes and avoid their putrid attempts at pop (Fingerlickin’ Good, Oh My Stars). Hint: Make sure you pick up The Brecker Bros. Collection, Vol. 2, as well.

There are a few missing tunes (the burning Tabula Rasa, for example), but the only way you could do better than The Brecker Bros. Collection would be to purchase all the Brecker Brother’s original recordings on cd, burn the best cuts and make your own best-of collection. And truthfully, the effort and expense would only be worth it for true die hard Brecker Brothers fans. --- jazzbonotes.com

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01. Some Skunk Funk
02. Common Ground
03. Sponge
04. Michael Wailing On The EWI
05. Song For Barry
06. Sozino
07. Inside Out

Personnel:
Michael Brecker - Tenor Sax, EWI
Randy Brecker - Trumpet
Mike Stern - Guitar
George Whitty - Keybords
James Genius - Bass
Dennis Chambers – Drums

Randy Brecker (trumpet, fluglehorn) and Michael Brecker (tenor saxophone and electronic wind instruments), whether working together or separately, have been two of the most sought after horn players from the early 70s up until when Michael passed away in 2007. Meanwhile, Randy continues to perform to this day. Raised in the Philadelphia area, both moved to New York City at a young age to seek a career in music and ended up with Billy Cobham in the seminal jazz-rock band Dreams. From there both of them played with a wide range of artists finally deciding to team up in 1975 to form their own band, The Brecker Brothers.

The Brecker Brothers band used the hard driving horn based RnB/jazz of the JBs as a base and then added the progressive fusion tendencies of past band mates such as Billy Cobham, Larry Coryell and Frank Zappa. The end result was a fun high energy take on fusion that eschewed weighty pretensions for blistering solos and rapid fire rhythms. Although the other artists the brothers have worked with are too numerous to list, some of their best work as a traveling duo can be found on Parliament's insanely creative Mothership Connection and Billy Cobham's incendiary Shabazz. In 2007 Michael was inducted into the Downbeat Jazz Hall of Fame. --- progarchives.com

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1. Cantaloupe Island
2. Sugar
3. 500 Miles High
4. Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise
5. Red Clay

Joanne Brackeen - Piano
Randy Brecker -  Trumpet
Al Foster - Drums
David Liebman - Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor)
Pat Martino - Guitar
Buster Williams - Bass

A summit meeting of sorts, this set takes another look at top improvisers who came into their own in the 1970s. Together, the sextet sounds at a cooled-out creative peak. The group's rhythms are strengthened by guitarist Pat Martino, who's got an agility that can make his and ace pianist Joanne Brackeen's parts sound together like a Hammond B-3 organ and then go into a warpy solo that hits all the right chords and sounds delightfully melodic. Dave Liebman, known more for his soprano sax, picks up the tenor here and plays alongside trumpeter Randy Brecker as they tackle supremely identifiable work (Herbie Hancock's "Cantaloupe Island") and then refashion "Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise" into an even-clipped vehicle for tone-bending solos. Remarkable here is the great audio, capturing Al Foster's drumming with all the low and high accents. It might sound retro to dig a "'70s Jazz" ensemble, but note for note, this is a strong band playing fantastic tunes. ---Andrew Bartlett, amazon.com

The '70s have been unfairly maligned by some of the more conservative jazz critics, but in truth, the '70s were a very creative decade for jazz. From the fusion of Return to Forever and Weather Report to the funk-jazz of Grover Washington, Jr. and the Crusaders, and the modal explorations of McCoy Tyner and Joe Henderson, the '70s were banner years for jazz. On March 20, 1998, trumpeter Mark Morganelli celebrated the richness of '70s jazz by organizing a special concert that was held at New York's Town Hall. Morganelli's idea was to feature improvisers who made an impact during the '70s, and those improvisers included trumpeter Randy Brecker, soprano and tenor saxman Dave Liebman, guitarist Pat Martino, pianist Joanne Brackeen, bassist Buster Williams, and drummer Al Foster. That concert resulted in this excellent post-bop CD, which finds the '70s jazz pioneers offering acoustic-oriented versions of '70s classics like Freddie Hubbard's "Red Clay," Stanley Turrentine's "Sugar," and Chick Corea's "500 Miles High" (all of which used a lot of electric instruments originally). Not all the songs were written during the '70sm while Herbie Hancock's "Cantaloupe Island" is a '60s classic. So one could argue that this performance is a celebration of the '60s as well as the '70s. At any rate, Morganelli deserves applause for assembling a group of fine musicians and overseeing an evening of inspired jazz. --- Alex Henderson, Rovi

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1.First Tune Of The Set 
2.Stellina 
3.The Dipshit 
4.Merry Go Town 
5.The Slag 
6.Really In For It 
7.Elegy For Mike 
8.On The Rise 
9.Adina 
10.R N Bee 

Randy Brecker - Composer, Electric Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Trumpet
Dean Brown - Guitar
James Campagnola - Sax (Baritone)
Chris Minh Doky - Bass
Rodney Holmes - Drums
Will Lee - Bass
Parandroid - Rap, Vocals
Oli Rockberger 	- Keyboards, Vocal Arrangement, Vocals
Adam Rogers - Guitars
Ada Rovatti - Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor)
Dave Sanborn  - Sax (Alto)
Mitch Stein - Guitar
Mike Stern - Guitar
Dave Weckl - Drums
George Whitty - Keyboards, Organ, Percussion, Producer

Though saxophonist Michael Brecker passed away in 2007, his brother, trumpeter Randy Brecker, keeps the jazz-funk fusion of the Brecker Brothers alive with the Brecker Brothers Reunion Band. While not a strict reunion of the original ensemble, the band does feature many of the players who have performed with the Brecker Brothers over the years, such as guitarist Mike Stern, drummer Dave Weckl, and keyboardist George Whitty, as well as new members including Italian saxophonist Ada Rovatti (Brecker's wife), and keyboardist Oli Rockberger. The band played several shows beginning in 2011, and in 2013 released this album, which also featured such former Brecker Brothers' associates as guitarists Dean Brown, Adam Rogers, and Mitch Stein, drummer Rodney Holmes, bassist Chris Minh Doky, and saxophonist David Sanborn. --- Matt Collar, Rovi

The backstory is that Randy Brecker was putting together a band for an engagement at the Blue Note when he realized that all of the musicians he was recruiting were alumni of different iterations of the Brecker Brothers, the renowned fusion band he and his saxophonist brother Michael ran in the ’70s. Randy decided to turn the gig into a tribute to Michael, who died in 2007, with Randy’s wife Ada Rovatti (the sole non-BBB alumnus) taking on the sax role. This live DVD and studio CD resulted.

While they’re not night and day, the contrast between the studio and live sets is marked: Whereas the performance video crackles, for the most part the studio session lies flat; it perks up only occasionally, mostly toward the end when the group steps out of the box it created all those years ago. Although much of the freshly written material appears on both discs, the stage brings out an extra layer of animation that seems to have been sucked up by the studio walls in the CD versions.

Brecker, Rovatti, guitarist Mike Stern, keyboardist George Whitty and bassist Will Lee find a deep pocket from the outset of the appropriately titled “First Tune of the Set,” and when drummer Dave Weckl takes his first break there’s no turning back: Save for a few clunkers, like Rovatti’s smooth ballad “Merry Go Town” and Brecker’s corny hip-hop turn “Really in for It,” this isn’t a rehash but a band as vital as any out there. By the time they close with a breakneck “Some Skunk Funk,” the opening track on the band’s 1975 debut, they’ve managed to serve up a formidable reminder of what made the Brecker Brothers such a significant outfit in its day.

If only that spark had transferred to the studio. There, for whatever reason, the same basic team (augmented by saxophonist David Sanborn and several other guests) seemed determined to revert to the safe, almost sterile sound of the ’70s rather than take the Brecker Brothers to an edgier new place. There are, of course, moments of greatness throughout—with musicians like Brecker, Weckl and Lee, how could there not be?—but they’re isolated and mostly lost amid the sameness.

“The Slag,” an ambling funk jam that finds Brecker bending notes on electric trumpet (the only time he uses it on the recording), Rodney Holmes subbing for Weckl and Mitch Stein doubling up with Stern, brings a bit of much-needed grit to the set, and “R N Bee,” the penultimate tune, transcends the prescribed format courtesy of Whitty’s electronics. The finale, “Musician’s Ol’ Lady Dues Blues”—with Adam Rogers on guitars and Brecker blowing trumpet and singing as his Dr. John-like vocal character, “Randroid”—is a totally incongruous slice of Delta blues. It’s also one of the best things on the album. ---Jeff Tamarkin, jazztimes.com

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