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Don't Stop the Music (Brecker Brothers album)

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Released
  
June 1977

Artist
  
Brecker Brothers

Producer
  
Jack Richardson

Genre
  
Jazz fusion

Recorded
  
New York, 1977

Release date
  
June 1977

Label
  
Arista Records

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Don’t Stop the Music is an album by the American jazz fusion group, the Brecker Brothers. It was released by Arista Records in 1977.

Contents

Reception

AllMusic awarded the album with 3 stars and its review by Jason Elias states: "The funky and quirky "Squids" features Randy Brecker's customarily offbeat and singular electric trumpet work. Hiram Bullock's articulate guitar also shines on that track and he fit into the Breckers sound like no other player. "Funky Sea, Funky Dew" is a reflective, urbane mid-tempo offering that has great tenor solos from Michael Brecker". At the 1978 Grammy Awards the album received a nomination for Best R&B Instrumental Performance ("Funky Sea, Funky Dew").

Track listing

  1. "Finger Lickin' Good" (Randy Brecker, Ticky Brecker) — 3:58
  2. "Funky Sea, Funky Dew" (Michael Brecker) — 6:13
  3. "As Long as I’ve Got Your Love" (D & B. Billard) — 4:14
  4. "Squids" (Randy Brecker) — 7:42
  5. "Don’t Stop the Music" (Jerry Friedman) — 6:30
  6. "Petals" (Randy Brecker) — 4:20
  7. "Tabula Rasa" (Randy Brecker) — 8:19

Personnel

  • Randy Brecker – trumpet, flugelhorn, electric trumpet
  • Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone, flute
  • Will Lee – bass
  • Don Grolnick – keyboards
  • Doug Riley – keyboards
  • Steve Khan – guitar, 12-string guitar
  • Jerry Friedman – guitar
  • Sandy Torano – guitar
  • Hiram Bullock – guitar
  • Chris Parker – drums
  • Steve Gadd – drums
  • Lenny White – drums
  • Ralph MacDonald – percussion
  • Sammy Figueroa – congas
  • Doug and Beverly Billard – background vocals
  • Will Lee, Christine Faith, Robin Clark, Josh Brown – background vocals
  • Horn Section
  • Lou Marini – alto sax
  • Alan Rubin – trumpet
  • Randy Brecker – trumpet
  • David Taylor – bass trombone
  • Barry Rogers – trombone
  • Michael Brecker – tenor sax
  • Lew Del Gatto – baritone sax
  • String Section
  • Aaron Rosand, Guy Lumia, Paul Gershman, Harry Lookofsky, Sanford Allen, Ariana Bronne, Harold Kohon, Matthew Raimondi, Peter Dimitriades – violins
  • Lamar Alsop, Richard Maximoff, Alfred Brown – violas
  • Jesse Levy, Richard Locker – cellos

    • Songs

    1Finger Lickin' Good3:58
    2Funky Sea - Funky Dew6:14
    3As Long as I've Got Your Love4:17

    References

    Don't Stop the Music (Brecker Brothers album) Wikipedia
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