Randy Brecker in straight-ahead sessions

[Milestones]

Randy has done an awful lot of work in jazz and other music.  I find that he is sometimes a bit submerged in big bands/ensembles.  I also definitely prefer him in straight-ahead sessions, such as Don Grolnick's two Blue Note albums.

So I am looking for suggestions of such work by Mr. Brecker--albums and especially individual tracks.

Thank you.

 

[colinmce]

His debut Score is sort of evenly split between excellent burning hard bop and very corny proto-jazz rock, but it's worth a listen for the strength of the former. And he is heard extensively on the Pendulum Mosaic Select, which is incredible up and down. Some others I can think of:

Everything Is Everything - Just Flash In The Cosmic Pan (Columbia Japan) - more free than straight ahead (don't forget he was in the JCO!). Desperately needs a reissue.
Horace Silver - In Pursuit of the 27th Man (Blue Note)
Hal Galper - Reach Out (Steeplechase)
Marc Copland Quintet - Stompin' With Savoy (Savoy)
Marc Copland/Randy Brecker - Both/And (Nagel Hayer)
John Scofield - Quiet (Verve)
Lew Tabackin - Tenority (Concord)
The Mingus Dynasty - Mingus' Sound of Love (Soul Note)
Richie Bierach - Some Other Time: A Tribute To Chet Baker (Triolka)
Miroslav Vituous - Universal Syncopations II (ECM)

And I agree his playing on those great Grolnick albums is excellent.

[Milestones]

He has some fine spotlights on the Mingus Big Band album, Live in Time.  I know he's on other albums by this group.

I recently started on a thread on Jack Wilkins--two albums there.

 

 

[JSngry]

The Horace gets it done.

[felser]

He and Michael were great on the late 70s Galper albums.

1 hour ago, JSngry said:

The Horace gets it done.

Yes it does.

[danasgoodstuff]

I think he's on both of don Grolnick's album for BN

[Д.Д.]

His own album "In the Idiom" is excellent: https://www.discogs.com/release/5445589-Randy-Brecker-In-The-Idiom 

 

[Ken Dryden]

4 hours ago, felser said:

He and Michael were great on the late 70s Galper albums.

Yes it does.

Agreed,

 

[mhatta]

Absolutely at his best when he was in Hal Galper's band in the 70's, but in more recent recordings, this was good enough to hear Randy's solo in a straight-ahead setting.

 

[BFrank]

I took this at Montreux 78 (with Ben Sidran, Randy, and Steve Khan)

[Kevin Bresnahan]

10 hours ago, Д.Д. said:

His own album "In the Idiom" is excellent: https://www.discogs.com/release/5445589-Randy-Brecker-In-The-Idiom 

 

That is a good one.

[sambrasa]

His quintet with Bob Berg, Joey Baron, Dave Kikoski and Dieter Ilg was good.

These albums document it well.

[Dan Gould]

11 hours ago, Д.Д. said:

His own album "In the Idiom" is excellent: https://www.discogs.com/release/5445589-Randy-Brecker-In-The-Idiom 

 

Available gratis to a good home in the lower 48. PM me.

[Milestones]

Plenty of good suggestions...thanks!

[GA Russell]

On 5/2/2024 at 7:54 AM, Dan Gould said:

Available gratis to a good home in the lower 48. PM me.

Thanks very much, Dan!  The cd arrived yesterday in tip top shape.

I opened it up today.  My kind of music!  Great lineup.

[Dan Gould]

49 minutes ago, GA Russell said:

Thanks very much, Dan!  The cd arrived yesterday in tip top shape.

I opened it up today.  My kind of music!  Great lineup.

Glad to hear it.

[soulpope]

On 5/2/2024 at 3:04 AM, Ken Dryden said:

Excellent 👌👍 ....

[Gheorghe]

Didn´t he play with a Chick Corea acoustic quartet ? 
I remember I was in Italy once in the mid 80´s with a gal and there was a beach bar and the boys who worked there listened to a then brand new album and when I asked them what it is they said it´s Chick Corea with Rand Brecker, I don´t remember the bass and the drums but it was topnotch players and I just stayed with them boys to listen to it and "forgot" about the girl who went back to our place on the beach until I finally came back to her 😀

 

And: Highly recommended: The two last Mingus albums on which he himself didn´t play bass "Me Myself and I" and "Somethin´ like a Bird". Great Randy Brecker on those two !!!!! 

[Free For All]

Also Jack Wilkins “You Can’t Live Without It”. Randy & Michael playing straight ahead standards- Invitation, Freight Trane, What Is This Thing Called Love and What’s New. Really nice session IMO.

[JSngry]

11 hours ago, Free For All said:

Also Jack Wilkins “You Can’t Live Without It”. Randy & Michael playing straight ahead standards- Invitation, Freight Trane, What Is This Thing Called Love and What’s New. Really nice session IMO.

Good to see you, Paul, it's been a while!