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Out of the Loop is the seventh and final studio album by the Brecker Brothers that was released by GRP Records in 1994. In 1995 the album won the brothers two Grammy Awards for Best Contemporary Jazz Performance (now known as Best Contemporary Jazz Album) and Best Instrumental Composition (for Michael Brecker’s “African Skies”).

Track listing:
1. “Slang” Michael Brecker 6:11
2. “Evocations” Chris Botti, Michael Brecker 5:16
3. “Scrunch” Randy Brecker, Michael Brecker, Maz Kessler, Robbie Kilgore 4:28
4. “Secret Heart” Randy Brecker, Eliane Elias 5:03
5. “African Skies” Michael Brecker 7:46
6. “When It Was” Brecker, Brecker, Kessler, Kilgore 4:29
7. “Harpoon” Randy Brecker 7:43
8. “The Nightwalker” Michael Brecker 8:44
9. “And Then She Wept” Randy Brecker 4:53

Personnel:
Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone, arrangements (1, 5, 8), soprano saxophone (4, 5), Akai EWI (4, 5, 7, 8)
Randy Brecker – trumpet (1, 2, 3, 5–8), flugelhorn (4, 9), arrangements (7)
George Whitty – keyboards (1, 7, 8, 9), Hammond organ bass (1), arrangements (1, 5, 7, 8, 9), acoustic piano (2), keyboard programming (4)
Chris Botti – keyboard programming (2), bass and drum programming (2), arrangements (2)
Andy Snitzer – keyboard programming (2), bass and drum programming (2), arrangements (2)
Maz Kessler – keyboards (3, 6), rhythm programming (3), arrangements (3, 6)
Robbie Kilgore – keyboards (3, 6), rhythm programming (3), arrangements (3, 6), guitars (6)
Eliane Elias – keyboards (4), vocals (4), arrangements (4)
Dean Brown – guitars (1, 2, 3, 6–9), electric guitar (4, 5)
Larry Saltzman – guitars (2)
James Genus – bass (1, 4, 7, 8, 9), acoustic bass (3)
Armand Sabal-Lecco – bass (5), acoustic piccolo bass (5), vocals (5)
Steve Jordan – drums (1, 7, 8, 9)
Shawn Pelton – drums (2)
Rodney Holmes – drums (4, 5)
Steve Thornton – percussion (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9)
Mark Ledford – additional backing vocals (4)

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Released: September 1994
Recorded: April–August 1992
Length: 54:33
Label: GRP
Producer: George Whitty, Maz Kessler, Robbie Kilgore