Michael Brecker – Don’t Try This at Home

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Don’t Try This at Home is the second album by American jazz saxophonist Michael Brecker, that was released on Impulse! records in 1988. In 1989, the album won a Grammy Award for Best Improvised Jazz Solo.

Track listing:
“Itsbynne Reel” (Michael Brecker, Don Grolnick) – 7:41
“Chime This” (Grolnick) – 7:50
“Scriabin” (Vince Mendoza) – 7:47
“Suspone” (Mike Stern) – 4:59
“Don’t Try This at Home” (Brecker, Grolnick) – 9:30
“Everything Happens When You’re Gone” (Brecker) – 7:11
“Talking to Myself” (Grolnick) – 5:10
“The Gentleman & Hizcaine” (Jim Beard) – 5:19

Personnel:
Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone, EWI (tracks 1, 4, 5)
Don Grolnick – acoustic piano (tracks 1, 2, 7)
Herbie Hancock – acoustic piano (tracks 3, 5)
Joey Calderazzo – acoustic piano (tracks 4, 6)
Judd Miller – synthesizer programming (track 5)
Jim Beard – synthesizers (tracks 7, 8), acoustic piano (track 8)
Mike Stern – guitars (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8)
Charlie Haden – acoustic bass (tracks 1-3, 5, 6)
Jeff Andrews – fretless electric bass (tracks 1, 4, 7, 8), electric bass (tracks 4, 7, 8)
Jack DeJohnette – drums (tracks 1, 3, 5, 8)
Adam Nussbaum – drums (tracks 2, 4, 6)
Peter Erskine – drums (track 7)
Mark O’Connor – violin (track 1)

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Released: September 5, 1988
Studio: The Power Station (New York City, New York)
Master Studio Astoria (Astoria, New York)
Length: 52:39
Label: Impulse!
Producer: Don Grolnick