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│ │ | RiPPER..: -=Team OSC=- │ GENRE......: Jazz | │ │
│ │ :.LABEL...: MCA │ SCENE DATE.: 01/20/2003 .: │ │
│ │ · bITRATE.: 192kbps/44.1Hz/Full S│ STORE DATE.: 00/00/1990 · │ │
│ │ : ENCODER.: Lame │ TRACKS.....: 08 │ │
│ │ | SiZE....: 59,10 MB │ SOURCE.....: CDDA | │ │
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┌────────────────────────[ TRACKLIST ]────────────────────────────┐
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│ │ Number Trackname Time │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ 01 Mr. Skinny 05:39 │ │
│ │ 02 Trading Secrets 05:13 │ │
│ │ 03 It Creeps Up on You 04:55 │ │
│ │ 04 The Glider 06:07 │ │
│ │ 05 Toe to Toe 04:56 │ │
│ │ 06 It's Up to You 05:52 │ │
│ │ 07 What is the Answer 04:42 │ │
│ │ 08 Lost 4 Words 06:14 │ │
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┌────────────────────────[ RELEASE NOTES ]────────────────────────────┐
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│ │ Genre: Jazz │ │
│ │ Styles: Crossover Jazz │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ * │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ Randy Brecker "Toe To Toe" MCA(MCAD-633)`90 - U.S.A. │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ Victor Bailey(b), Darryl Jones(b), Bob Mintzer(sax), │ │
│ │ Michael Brecker(sax), Jim Beard(kb), Dennis Chembers(dr), │ │
│ │ J.Herrington(g) etc. │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ * │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ This is a solo album of Randy Brecker who is an elder brother │ │
│ │ of the Brecker Brothers. And he is well-known as the husband of │ │
│ │ Eliane Elias. Generaly speaking, his younger brother Michael │ │
│ │ Brecker attracts attention of audience much more than Randy. │ │
│ │ While Michael's sax play is powerful and energetical, Randy's │ │
│ │ play is cool and gives reserved impression. That's the reason │ │
│ │ why Michel stands out more than Randy. But reviewing the │ │
│ │ history of the Brecker Bros., Randy has been playing very │ │
│ │ important role in the Brothers. Their masterpieces, such as │ │
│ │ "Some Skunk Funk" and "Sponge", were composed by Randy. Typical │ │
│ │ sounds of the Brecker Bro., they could be called a series of │ │
│ │ 'anomalous melody', were mainly composed by Randy. Randy │ │
│ │ supports very fundamental musical background, and Michael plays │ │
│ │ vivid and exploding performance on the front. That's the │ │
│ │ Brecker Brothers! Randy would often be regarded as a trumpet │ │
│ │ player using wah effect, but I prefer Randy as a composer than │ │
│ │ as a trumpetter. I cannot see potentially how great his trumpet │ │
│ │ technique is, but can clearly recognize that his composing │ │
│ │ ability is greater than Michael. This album will show you how │ │
│ │ wonderful his works are. It must be a big misunderstanding that │ │
│ │ Randy always creates 'anomalous melody'. This album describes │ │
│ │ various charactaristics of his composition, beautiful melody, │ │
│ │ tricky sence, or a tune like "What is the Answer" which has │ │
│ │ impressive and awakening melody. I think Randy should be │ │
│ │ evaluated as well as Michael considering his total ability of │ │
│ │ composing, arranging, and playing. This album is one of my │ │
│ │ favorites because it vividly shows his unseen but fantastic │ │
│ │ world. Jim Beard's sound is also widely featured. │ │
│ │ Aswan - Jazzfusion.com Top100/#97 │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ * │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ About Randy Brecker: │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ Born: Nov 29, 1945 in Philadelphia, PA │ │
│ │ Years Active: 60's-Today │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ Genres: Jazz │ │
│ │ Styles: Crossover Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Hard Bop, Fusion │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ Instruments: Flugelhorn, Trumpet │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ Randy Brecker is essentially a fine hard bop trumpet soloist, │ │
│ │ but one versatile enough to fit into nearly any setting, │ │
│ │ including in the pop world, funk bands, and electronic fusion. │ │
│ │ He studied classical trumpet and attended Indiana University. │ │
│ │ Brecker was with Blood, Sweat & Tears in 1967, and spent │ │
│ │ 1968-1969 playing with Horace Silver's quintet. He also │ │
│ │ appeared with the big bands of Clark Terry, Duke Pearson, Frank │ │
│ │ Foster, and the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis orchestra. After playing │ │
│ │ with the early fusion group Dreams in 1969, he worked with │ │
│ │ Larry Coryell's Eleventh House and Billy Cobham, in addition to │ │
│ │ keeping very busy with studio work. He teamed up with Michael │ │
│ │ Brecker in the popular funk-oriented Brecker Brothers │ │
│ │ (1974-1979); in the 1980s often collaborated with his wife, │ │
│ │ pianist/vocalist Eliane Elias; and in the '90s toured with the │ │
│ │ reunited Brecker Brothers. But Randy Brecker still sounds best │ │
│ │ when in a freewheeling bebop combo, and fortunately he │ │
│ │ occasionally records in that type of spontaneous setting. │ │
│ │ - Scott Yanow (AMG) │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ *******Best view these links using the DAMN NFO Viewer!******* │ │
│ │ ******* http://www.damn.to/software/nfoviewer.html ******* │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ Links: │ │
│ │ http://www.randybrecker.com/ (all you want to know about Randy! │ │
│ │ http://www.randroid.com/ │ │
│ │ http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/verve/artist.asp?aid=2730 │ │
│ │ http://www.concordrecords.com/bios/breckerbio.html │ │
│ │ http://www.shunn.net/bill/music/artist.cgi?45 (played on!) │ │
│ │ http://www.jazzmap.de/Artists/Randy_Brecker/randy_brecker.html │ │
│ │ http://www.united-mutations.com/b/randy_brecker.htm │ │
│ │ (discography) │ │
│ │ http://db.allmusic.de/livefoto/Brecker_Randy/Brecker_Randy.html │ │
│ │ (nice photos!) │ │
│ │ http://www.jazztrumpetsolos.com/Randy_Brecker_Biography.asp │ │
│ │ http://www.msmnyc.edu/jtrumpet_fac.htm │ │
│ │ http://www.dorfzeitung.com/dz/2002/070809/brecker.htm (pics) │ │
│ │ http://www.jazztrumpet.com/pract/breckerpract.html (practise │ │
│ │ routine!) │ │
│ │ http://www.trumpetguild.org/2000conference/wednesday/w10pm.htm │ │
│ │ http://www.encoremusic.com/trumpet/1220214.htm (music book) │ │
│ │ http://www.masterjazz.com/roster/randy_brecker.html │ │
│ │ http://www.shunn.net/bill/music/artist.cgi?45 (played on!) │ │
│ │ http://www.jazzblues.org/upcoming%20events/november14.htm (old) │ │
│ │ http://www.centrohd.com/biogra/b4/randy_brecker_b.htm │ │
│ │ http://walden.mo.net/~dcowsley/Musicians3/Brecker.htm │ │
│ │ http://www.pitt.edu/~pittjazz/individual_htmls/randy_brecker.html │ │ │ │
│ │ http://www.cheltenhamalumni.org/halloffame/biographies/rbrecker.htm │ │ │ │
│ │ http://www.whitworth.edu/Academic/Department/Music/PerformanceO │ │
│ │ pportunities/JazzEnsemble/GuestArtists/RandyBrecker.htm │ │
│ │ http://www.officine.it/atinajazz/album/95_003.htm │ │
│ │ http://www.ralfginter.de/seiten/jazz/photoseiten_jazz/brecker_r2.html │ │ │
│ │ http://www.jazle.it/stagione2002/brecker.htm (italian) │ │
│ │ http://www.science.uva.nl/~robbert/zappa/albums/musicians/Randy │ │
│ │ _Brecker.html │ │
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