Don't Try This At Home

Performer: Michael Brecker
Artist: Herbie Hancock; Charlie Haden; Jack DeJohnette; Mike Stern; Mark O'Connor; Don Grolnick; Peter Erskine; Jeff Andrews
Engineer: James Farber
Producer: Don Grolnick
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: Personnel: Michael Brecker (tenor saxophone, synthesizer); Mark O'Connor (violin); Jim Beard (piano, synthesizer); Don Grolnick, Herbie Hancock, Joey Calderazzo (piano); Mike Stern (guitar); Charlie Haden (acoustic bass); Jeff Andrews (fretless electric bass); Jack DeJohnette, Adam Nussbaum, Peter Erskine (drums); Judd Miller (programming). 1987's DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME is Michael Brecker's second album as a leader following nearly two decades as an in-demand session musician (Paul Simon, Steely Dan, etc.) and one-half of the Brecker Brothers with his trumpeter brother Randy. It's basically a continuation and refinement of ideas first explored on 1986's MICHAEL BRECKER. Brecker plays more tenor sax on this album, and his experiments with MIDI synthesizers are better integrated into the whole of the largely acoustic arrangements. Rather than the stable group that backed him on his debut, the cast of DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME reads like a Who's Who of post-bop fusion: Herbie Hancock (playing acoustic piano, not synth), acoustic bassist Charlie Haden, and drummer Jack DeJohnette all make impressive showings in Brecker's largely self-composed and usually quite memorable tunes.

As one half of the famous Brecker Brothers, saxophonist Michael Brecker defined the sound of modern electric funk-jazz in the '70s. Since the 1980s, he has been one of the most in-demand session players, appearing on hundreds of recordings in both the jazz and pop fields, and his solo albums have received several Grammys. Brecker is known for his powerful tone, monstrous chops, and endless soloing stamina. He passed away from a leukemia-related illness in early 2006.

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