Essential LP/CD Recordings in the Michael Brecker Archive [Bold indicates recordings still needed] As a Leader Michael Brecker (Impulse MCA 5980) – 1987 – LP (2 copies, plus CD) Michael Brecker and Jack DeJohnette Interview (MCA/Impulse L33-17319 – 1987 [promo 12” LP; DeJohnette interview on Side 1, Brecker on Side 2, interview with Rob Crocker] Michael Brecker Demo LP Original Rays/Syzygy (Impulse L33-17342) [radio edits w/original LP versions] Don’t Try This at Home (Impulse MCA 42229) – 1988 [LP and CD] (2 copies) Now You See It (Now You Don’t) – (GRP GRD-9622) – 1990 Tales From the Hudson (Impulse IMPD-191) – 1996 Two Blocks From the Edge (Impulse IMPD-260) – 1998 Time is of the Essence (Verve 314 547 844-2) – 1999 Nearness of You: The Ballad Book (Verve 314 549 705 2) – 12/18-20/00 Wide Angles – Michael Brecker Quindectet (Verve B0000285-02) – rec. 1/22-24/03 Pilgrimage (Heads Up HUCD 3095) – rec. 8/06 Very Best of Michael Brecker (Verve [Japan] UCCV-3050) Compilation – no US release As a Co-Leader – with The Brecker Brothers The Brecker Brothers (Arista AL 4037) – rec. 1/75 The Brecker Brothers (Arista AL 4037H – 8-Track) – rec. 1/75 Back to Back (Arista AL 4061) – 1976 Don’t Stop the Music (Arista 4122) – 1977 Heavy Metal Bebop (Arista 0798) – 1978 Détente (Arista AB 4272) – 1980 Straphangin’ (Arista 9550) – 1981 Brecker Bros. Collection, Vol. 1 [re-releases of selected tunes from above albums] (BMG 3075-2-N) – 1990 Brecker Bros. Collection, Vol. 2 [re-releases of selected tunes from above albums] (BMG 3076-2-N) – 1990 Priceless Jazz Collection: Brecker Brothers (Priceless GRD 9948) – released 1999 Sneakin’ Up Behind You: Very Best of the Brecker Brothers (Arista/Legacy 82876 84865 2) – released 2006 Brecker Brothers Complete Arista Albums Collection (Sony Box Set) – re-released 2012 Return of the Brecker Brothers (GRP GRD 9684) – 1992 Out of the Loop (GRP GRD-9784) – rec. 1994 [2 copies] The Bottom Line Archive: The Brecker Brothers (BFD BLRCD011) rec. 3/6/76, rel. 2015 [Jamey Aebersold, Volume 83: The Brecker Brothers] released 1998 Singles / Disco Singles: Brecker Brothers: Sneakin’ Up Behind You mono/stereo; also w/Sponge (Arista AS 0122), 1975 Brecker Brothers: If You Wanna Boogie…Forget It mono/stereo - demo (Arista AS 0182); also w/Slick Stuff Brecker Brothers: Don’t Stop the Music w/Finger Lickin’ Good (Arista AS 0253), 1977 Brecker Brothers: Finger Lickin’ Good – disco single [3:58/6:33] (Arista ALD-02) Brecker Brothers: Ya Ga (Ta Give It) w/Dream Theme (Arista AS 0533), 1980 Brecker Brothers: East River w/Funky Sea, Funky Dew (Arista AS 0365); also w/Petals (Arista UK 211) Brecker Brothers: Ya Ga (Ta Give It) Disco Single (Artista SP 92 – 5A-B), 1980 [also with one track apiece from Average White Band, Tom Browne, Magic Lady] As a Co-Leader – with Steps / Steps Ahead Step By Step (Nippon Columbia YF-7020-N), rec. 12/8, 10/80 Smokin’ in the Pit (Nippon Columbia YB-7010-11-ND), 1981 Paradox (Nippon Columbia YF-7044-N), rec. 9/81 Steps Ahead (Elektra 9 60168-1), 1983 Modern Times (Elektra 9 60351-1-E), rec. 1-2/84 Magnetic (Elektra 9 60441-1), 1986 Live in Tokyo (NYC 6006-2), rec. 7/30/86, released 1994 As a Co-Leader – Selected Other Projects Dreams: Dreams (Columbia C 3022502), 1970 Dreams: Imagine My Surprise (Columbia C 30960), 1971 [2 copies] Hancock, Herbie-Michael Brecker-Roy Hargrove: Directions in Music: Live at Massey Hall (Verve 314 589 654-2), rec. 10/25/01 Arista All-Stars: Blue Montreux (Arista AB 4224), rec. 7/21-22/78 Arista All-Stars: Blue Montreux II (Arista AB 4245), rec. 7/21-22/78 Brecker, Randy w/Michael Brecker w/WDR Big Band: Some Skunk Funk (BHM 1004-2), rec. 11/11/03 Ogerman, Claus & Michael Brecker: Cityscape – (Warner Bros. 1-23698), rec. 1/4-8/82 Saxophone Summit: Gathering of Spirits (Telarc CD-83607), rec. 1/04 UMO with Michael Brecker (Random Act (RAR1018CD), rec. 10/20/95 As a Sideman – Selected Abercrombie, John: Night (ECM 1272 / 25009-1), 4/84 Abercrombie, John: Getting There (ECM 833494-1), 4/87 Ambrosetti, Franco: Gin and Pentatonic [compilation] (Enja 4096 2), 1992 Atlantic Family Live at Montreux (Atlantic SD2-3000), rec. 7/8-12/77 Austin, Patti: Live at the Bottom Line (CTI 7086): rec. 8/18-19/78 Austin, Patti: Body Language (CTI PZ 36503), 1980 Average White Band and Ben E. King (Atlantic SD 19105), 1977 Baker, Chet: You Can’t Go Home Again (A&M/Horizon SP-726), rec. 2/16, 21, 22/77, 5/13/77 Baker, Chet: The Best Thing For You (A&M D22Y3920), 1977 Beacco, Marco: Scampi Fritti (Verve Forecast 697 124 062-2), 1994 (on “Nuage-Rouge”) Beck, Joe: Friends (DMP CD-446), rec. 2/23-25/84 Beirach, Richie: Some Other Time/Tribute to Chet Baker (Triloka 19=80-2), 1989 Boulware, Will/Rainbow: Crystal Green (Inner City IC6001), 5/11, 16/76 Brackeen, Joanne: Tring-A-Ling (Choice CHCK-1023), 3/77 Brecker, Randy: Score (Solid State SS-18051), rec. 1968 [FIRST RECORDING] Brecker, Randy: Toe to Toe (MCA MCAD-6334), rec. 8/89 Brecker, Randy & Eliane Elias: Amanda (Passport PJ 88013 / Agarta C28Y0137): rec. 2, 5/85 Brecker, Randy: 34th ‘N’ Lex (ESC 4909) rec. 5/02-9/02 [Mike on all but one track] Brubeck, Darius: Chaplin’s Back (Paramount PAS 6026, rec. 1971 Brubeck, Dave: Young Lions and Old Tigers (Telarc CD-83349), [1 track, rec. 6/6/95] Burton, Gary: Times Like These (GRP GRD-9569), 1988 [MB on 2 tracks] Calderazzo, Joey: In the Door (Blue Note CDP 7 95138 2), 1991 [on one track] Calello, Charlie Orchestra Sing, Sing Sing (Midsong International JW 36466) [disco big band, solos on three tunes] Cameo: Word Up! (Atlanta Artists/Polygram 830 265-1 M-1) 1986 [feat. “Candy”] Chinnock, Bill, Badlands (North Country NCR 002) – original issue without Breckers Chinnock, Bill, Badlands (Atlantic SD 19191) – later version with Breckers & NY players Cobham, Billy: Crosswinds (Atlantic SD 7300), 1974 Cobham, Billy: Total Eclipse (Atlantic SD 18121, P-10079A), 1974 Cobham, Billy: Shabazz [live] (Atlantic P-10022A), rec. 7/4/74 Cobham, Billy: A Funky Thide of Sings (Atlantic 18149; P-10079A), 1975 Corea, Chick: Three Quartets (Warner Bros. BSK 3552): rec. 1-2/81 (2 copies) Dalto, Jorge: Listen Up! (GAIA 139009-1), rec. 9, 11/78 Dire Straits: Brothers in Arms (Warner 25264-1), 1985 Dudziak, Urszula: Sorrow is Not Forever, But Love Is (Keytone KYT 726), 1983 Earland, Charles and Odyssey: Revelation (Mercury SRM-1-1149), 1977 [2 solos] Earland, Charles: Coming to You Live (Columbia JC 36449), 1980 [horn section?] Elias, Eliane: So Far So Close (Blue NoteBI 91411), 1989 Erskine, Peter: Peter Erskine (Contemporary 14010), 6/22-23/82 Everything But the Girl: The Language of Life (Edsel EDSK7048) rec. 1/90 [includes two Brecker alternate takes] Fagen, Donald: The Nightfly (Warner Bros. 23696-1), 1982 – “Maxine” Fogelberg, Dan: The Innocent Age (Epic/Full Moon KE2 37393, 1981 [Brecker, 2 tracks] Fogelberg, Dan: Exiles (Epic/Full Moon OE 40271), 1987 [Brecker, 2 tracks] Fonda, Jane: Prime Time Workout [w/Steps Ahead] (Elektra 60382-1), 1984 Foster, Al Mixed Roots (CBS/Sony 25AP 896), 1978 Fotomaker: Transfer Station (Atlantic SD 19246), 1979 Franks, Michael: Art of Tea (Warner Bros. MS 2230), 1975 Franks, Michael: Sleeping Gypsy (Warner Bros. P10306W), 1976 Franks, Michael: Objects of Desire (Warner Bros. BSK 3648), 1982 Franks, Michael: Skin Dive (Warner Bros. 25275-1), 1985 Franks, Michael: The Camera Never Lies (Warner Bros. 32XD734), 1987 Franks, Michael: Abandoned Garden (Warner Bros. WPCR 400), 1995 Franks, Michael: Barefoot on the Beach (Windham Hill 01934-11443-2), 1999 Freeman, Michele (Polydor PD-1-6222), 1979 Fukamachi, Jun [Compilation] (Kitty MKY 6003 / Polydor Japan I 8004), 1977 Fukamachi, Jun On the Move (Alfa [Japan] ALR 6007), May 1978 released 1980 Fukamachi, Jun & New York All-Stars Live (OBI ALR 9001/2), rec. September 1978 Galper, Hal: Wild Bird (Mainstream MRL 3541971), 1971 Galper, Hal: The Guerilla Band (Mainstream MRL 337), rec.1973 [2 copies] Galper, Hal: Reach Out! (Steeple Chase SCS-1067), rec. 11/11/76 Galper, Hal: Redux '78 (Concord Jazz CCD-4483), rec. 2/78, released 1991 Galper, Hal: Speak With A Single Voice (Century CR-1120 / Enja 4006), rec. 2/78 Galper, Hal: Children Of The Night (Double-Time Records DTRCD-125), 1997 Garfunkel, Art: Fate for Breakfast (Columbia 35780), 1979 Gomez, Eddie: Discovery (Columbia CK 40548), 1985 Grana, Edgar David & Kurt Vonnegut: Stones, Time & Elements: A Humanist Requiem Magic Circle Opera/Manhattan Chamber Orchestra (Newport Classic NPD 85573), rel. 10/20/94 [signed by Edgar Grana] Gray, Mark: Boogie Hotel (TDK Japan T28W-1002), 1982 Grolnick, Don Hearts and Numbers (Hip Pocket HD106), 1985 Grolnick, Don Weaver Of Dreams (Blue Note CDP 7 94591 2), rec. 1990 Grolnick, Don Medianoche (Sweeca PCCY-00761), 1996 Grolnick, Don The London Concert (PEPCD008), 1/26/95 Haerter, Harald, Cosmic (TCB 21162), 2001; rec. live 1997-2000 Haerter, Harald, Cat Scan II (Unit UTR 4167), 2007 Haden, Charlie with Michael Brecker, American Dreams Universal 064 096, 5/14-17/02 Hancock, Herbie: Magic Windows (CBS FC37387), 1981 Hancock, Herbie: The Herbie Hancock Quartet Live [bootleg] (Jazz Door 1270), 1994 Hancock, Herbie: The New Standard (Verve 527 715-2), 1996 Hancock, Herbie: The New Standard Special Edition (Verve POCJ-9091/2), 1996 Hubbard, Freddie: Windjammer (Columbia 34166), 1976 [solos on two tracks] Indiana University Jazz Septet: Notre Dame Jazz Festival 1968 [dub from tape reel donated by Brent McKesson], rec.