Into the Sun (Randy Brecker album)

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Into the Sun
Randy Brecker Into the Sun cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 1996
RecordedDecember 1995
Genre Jazz
Length58:49
Label Concord Jazz
Producer Randy Brecker
Randy Brecker chronology
Out of the Loop (Brecker Brothers album)
(1994)
Into the Sun
(1996)
Hangin' in the City
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Into the Sun is an album by Randy Brecker, released through Concord Jazz in 1997. In 1998, the album won Brecker the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Performance. [3]

Contents

Track listing

All songs by Randy Brecker.

  1. "Village Dawn" – 6:23
  2. "Just Between Us" – 5:48
  3. "The Sleaze Factor" – 4:47
  4. "Into the Sun" – 6:54
  5. "After Love" – 7:27
  6. "Gray Area" – 6:42
  7. "Tijuca" – 5:18
  8. "Buds" – 3:55
  9. "Four Worlds" – 7:18
  10. "Hottest Man in Town: Prophecy/Growth/Realization/The Horn/Finale" – 4:17

Personnel

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References

  1. "Into the Sun". Allmusic . Retrieved July 21, 2010.
  2. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 168. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. "The 1998 Grammy Award Winners". The New York Times . February 26, 1998. Retrieved July 21, 2010.