Michael Brecker (album)

Michael Brecker
Studio album by Michael Brecker
Released	1987
Studio	The Power Station, RPM Studios and Skyline Studios (New York, NY)
Genre	Jazz
Length	46:01
Label	Impulse!
Producer	Michael Brecker Don Grolnick
Michael Brecker chronology
Cityscape (1982) Michael Brecker (1987) Don't Try This at Home (1988)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[2]

Michael Brecker is the debut album by American saxophonist Michael Brecker. It was released on the Impulse! record label in 1987. It features guitarist Pat Metheny, pianist Kenny Kirkland, bassist Charlie Haden and drummer Jack DeJohnette.

Review

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awards the album a full 5 stars and states "Although he had been a major tenor saxophonist in the studios for nearly 20 years and was quite popular for his work with the Brecker Brothers, this MCA/Impulse set was Michael Brecker's first as a leader." ^[3] The album was issued in two versions: LP record and CD. The CD version has a bonus track, "My One and Only Love".

Track listing

Side one:

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Sea Glass"	Michael Brecker	5:49
2.	"Syzygy"	Brecker	9:44
3.	"Choices"	Mike Stern	8:06

Side two:

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Nothing Personal"	Don Grolnick	5:29
2.	"The Cost of Living"	Grolnick	7:49
3.	"Original Rays"	Brecker, Grolnick, Stern	9:04
4.	"My One and Only Love"	Robert Mellin, Guy Wood	8:16

Personnel

• Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone, EWI
• Kenny Kirkland – keyboards
• Robbie Kilgore – synthesizer programming
• Pat Metheny – guitars
• Charlie Haden – bass
• Jack DeJohnette – drums

Technical personnel

• Michael Brecker – producer
• Don Grolnick – producer
• Ricky Schultz – executive producer
• James Farber – recording and mixing
• Knut Bøhn – assistant engineer
• Steve Boyer – assistant engineer
• Bruce Buchalter – assistant engineer
• Mike Krowiak – assistant engineer
• Jeff Lippay – assistant engineer
• Don Rodenbach – assistant engineer
• Rhonda Schoen – digital editing
• Greg Calbi – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York City, USA
• Kathleen Covert – art direction and design
• Timothy White – photography
• Rick Laird – inner sleeve photography

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Richard Cook and Brian Morton, The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP & Cassette (Penguin, 1992: ISBN   978-0-14-015364-4).
3. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review: Michael Brecker accessed 08 June 2010