Don't Try This at Home is the second album by American jazz saxophonist Michael Brecker, that was released on Impulse! records in 1988. In 1989, the album won a Grammy Award for Best Improvised Jazz Solo.
Reception Allmusic awarded the album with 4.5 stars and its review by Scott Yanow states: "Brecker (on tenor and the EWI) is in superb form, really ripping into the eight pieces (mostly group originals). Recommended."Yanow, S.[ Allmusic Review: Don't Try This at Home] accessed 07 June 2010
Track listing "Itsbynne Reel" (Michael Brecker, Don Grolnick) – 7:41 "Chime This" (Grolnick) – 7:50 "Scriabin" (Vince Mendoza) – 7:47 "Suspone" (Mike Stern) – 4:59 "Don't Try This at Home" (Brecker, Grolnick) – 9:30 "Everything Happens When You're Gone" (Brecker) – 7:11 "Talking to Myself" (Grolnick) – 5:10 "The Gentleman & Hizcaine" (Jim Beard) – 5:19
Personnel Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone, EWI (tracks 1, 4, 5) Don Grolnick – acoustic piano (tracks 1, 2, 7) Herbie Hancock – acoustic piano (tracks 3, 5) Joey Calderazzo – acoustic piano (tracks 4, 6) Judd Miller – synthesizer programming (track 5) Jim Beard – synthesizers (tracks 7, 8), acoustic piano (track 8) Mike Stern – guitars (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8) Charlie Haden – acoustic bass (tracks 1–3, 5, 6) Jeff Andrews – fretless electric bass (tracks 1, 4, 7, 8), electric bass (tracks 4, 7, 8) Jack DeJohnette – drums (tracks 1, 3, 5, 8) Adam Nussbaum – drums (tracks 2, 4, 6) Peter Erskine – drums (track 7) Mark O'Connor – violin (track 1)
Technical personnel Don Grolnick – producer Ricky Schultz – executive producer James Farber – recording and mixing Gary Solomon – assistant engineer (tracks 1–6, 8) Karen Robben – assistant engineer (track 7) Rhonda Schoen – digital editing Greg Calbi – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York City, USA Tom Gill – piano technician Jerry Wortman – production assistant Karen Kramer – production coordinator Kathleen Covert – art direction and design Mark Seliger – photography George Varga – liner notes
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