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In the '70s, brothers <a href="spotify:artist:5IkynsVZoak9UR2Xt8qsMj">Michael</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:3Rsba5XTDhxUyjK4sn1wBj">Randy Brecker</a> co-led a band of New York session big shots that included, at various times, <a href="spotify:artist:7vNcTk9TgKF0qDsS87nWGE">David Sanborn</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0Ssqhquy8WFuqz7ZnZuBkR">Don Grolnick</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4yfYzng7htuuRXosAJYtun">Will Lee</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:3EB0uKE2lGw6BB1UFJrONl">George Duke</a>, among others. When they chose to, the Brecker Brothers Band could be one of the most intelligent and creative fusion outfits. Chief composer/trumpeter <a href="spotify:artist:1xnjVcpFKLyslnjI1QOqnF">Randy</a>'s best tunes were structurally unpredictable, melodically intricate, and harmonically complex, inside/out bop heads played in an impossibly precise manner over a bed of funk rhythms. Unlike the bulk of jazz-funk, the Breckers -- on their first record, at least -- kept the pandering to a minimum. Though it had a certain commercial appeal, 1975's Back to Back was an artistic success as well. <a href="spotify:artist:4cca1jneSmmm9K1uXTQaUc">The Brothers</a>' music was a smart combination of extended pop forms, top-notch jazz improvisation, and sophisticated compositional techniques. On later albums, the temptation to sell records apparently became too great to resist. Still, virtually every record had something of substance to recommend it. In the early '90s, RCA issued a pair of compilation CDs that combined the best of the band's purely instrumental, jazz-based work. By 1982, the brothers had ceased working together, but they did reunite occasionally for touring and the recording of two albums for GRP: Return of the Brecker Brothers in 1992 and Out of the Loop in 1994. ~ Chris Kelsey, Rovi
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