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Track Listing 1. Song For Barry 2. King of the Lobby 3. Big Idea 4. Above & Below 5. That's All There Is to It 6. Wakaria (What's up?) 7. On the Backside 8. Sozinho (Alone) 9. Spherical 10. Good Gracious 11. Roppongi
Album Notes Personnel: Michael Brecker (soprano & tenor saxophones, keyboards, EWI, programming); Randy Brecker (vocals, trumpet, flugelhorn); Armand Sabal-Lecco (vocals, bass, piccolo, bass, drums, percussion); Veera (vocals); David Sanborn (alto saxophone); Robby Kilgore (piano, Fender Rhodes piano, synthesizer, bass); George Whitty (Fender Rhodes piano, keyboards, programming); Maz (keyboards, programming); Dean Brown, Mike Stern (guitar); James Genus (acoustic & electric basses); Will Lee (bass, background vocals); Dennis Chambers (drums); Max Risenhoover (cymbals, programming); Don Alias, Bashiri Johnson (percussion); Malcom Pollack (background vocals). Engineers include: Garry Rindfuss, Todd Childress, Malcolm Pollack. Recorded at Right Track Recording, Soundtrack Recording and Electric Lady Studios, New York, New York.
Industry Reviews ...After a decade-long breather, these funk-fusion pioneers return to action, refreshed and reenergized....a fine hour for the fusion scene... - Rating: A- Entertainment Weekly (11/06/1992)
3 Stars - Good - ...Pull in the belly, slick the pony-tail back off the bald patch, check the health insurance and party--the Brecker Brothers are back!... Q (12/01/1992)
...The Brecker Brothers apparently understand the current technological and pop music trends, blending MIDI instrumentation with hip-hop fronting and African-rhythm accents....This album will be one of the heaviest on jazz-lite radio... Audio Magazine (12/01/1992)
Picked by critic Josef Woodard as one of the 10 best jazz albums of 1992. Jazziz (12/01/1992)
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