The Brecker Bros. Collection, Vol 1 is a compilation album by the American jazz fusion group, the Brecker Brothers. It was released by Novus Records in 1990. A second compilation, The Brecker Bros. Collection, Vol 2, was released in 1991.
Reception AllMusic awarded the album with 4 stars and its review by Scott Yanow states: "There are some strong moments on the best-of disc, particularly the ballad "Dream Theme". The die-hard Brecker Brothers fans will prefer to get the complete sessions on the original LPs, but this makes a nice sampler for casual fans".Yanow. Scott [ Allmusic Review: The Brecker Bros. Collection, Vol 1] accessed 1 July 2015
Track listing "Skunk Funk" (Randy Brecker) — 5:00 "Sponge" (Randy Brecker) — 4:00 "Squids" (Randy Brecker) — 7:45 "Funky Sea, Funky Dew" (Michael Brecker) — 6:11 "Inside Out" (Randy Brecker) — 9:27 "Dream Theme" (Michael Brecker) — 5:37 "I Don't Know Either" (Michael Brecker) — 5:47 "Bathsheba" (Michael Brecker) — 7:00 "Straphangin'" (Michael Brecker) — 8:05 "Threesome" (Randy Brecker) — 6:21 "East River" (Neil Jason, Bret Mazur, Kash Monet) — 3:33
Personnel Randy Brecker – trumpet, flugelhorn Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone David Sanborn – alto saxophone Don Grolnick – keyboards Bob Mann – guitar Will Lee – bass Harvey Mason – drums Ralph MacDonald – percussion Doug Riley – keyboards Steve Khan – guitar Hiram Bullock – guitar Steve Gadd – drums Chris Parker – drums Barry Finnerty – guitar Neil Jason – bass, lead vocal Terry Bozzio – drums Sammy Figueroa – percussion Rafael Cruz – percussion Jeff Mironov – guitar David Spinozza – guitar Marcus Miller – bass George Duke – string synthesizer Mark Gray – electric piano Richie Morales – drums Manolo Badrena – percussion Paul Schaeffer – Fender Rhodes Allan Schwartzberg – drums Victoria – tambourine Kash Monet – handclaps, percussion, backing vocals Jeff Schoen – backing vocals Roy Herring – backing vocals Bob Clearmountain – handclaps
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