Return of the Brecker Brothers | ||||
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Released | September 1992 | |||
Studio | Right Track Recording New York | |||
Genre | Jazz fusion, jazz funk | |||
Length | 63:03 | |||
Label | GRP | |||
Producer | Brecker Brothers | |||
Brecker Brothers chronology | ||||
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Allmusic | [1] |
Return of the Brecker Brothers is an album by the American jazz fusion group, the Brecker Brothers. It was released by GRP Records in 1992, their first recording after a decade-long hiatus. The track "Big Idea" was released as an R&B single.
AllMusic awarded the album with 3.5 stars and its review by Thom Jurek states: "This set marked a fitting return for the Breckers, who never let the fashionable tenets of the smooth jazz '90s totally appropriate their creativity or their sound". [1] At the 1993 Grammy Awards the album received three nominations: Best Contemporary Jazz Album, Best R&B Instrumental Performance ("Big Idea") and Best Jazz Instrumental Solo (Randy Brecker on "Above & Below").
The Brecker Brothers
Other Musicians
In 1992, a VHS video entitled "Return of the Brecker Brothers – Live in Barcelona" was released by GRP Records of a concert at the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona. [2] The concert has not officially been released on DVD format. It was officially released on Laser disk however. (GRP Video – PILJ-1124)
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