Out of the Loop (Brecker Brothers album)
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Out of the Loop is an album by the Brecker Brothers
Brecker Brothers
The Brecker Brothers was the musical duo of Michael and Randy Brecker , who recorded commercially successful jazz fusion albums together in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. They had a notable hit single with "East River" in 1979...

, released through GRP Records
GRP Records
GRP Records is an American jazz record company, owned by Universal Music Group and operates through its Verve Music Group. The company's name has had different meanings. In its early days, it stood for "Grusin/Rosen Productions," after the founders...

 in 1994. In 1995, the album won the brothers the Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...

 for Best Contemporary Jazz Performance
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album
The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album was an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for works containing quality contemporary jazz performances...

 (now known as Best Contemporary Jazz Album).

Reception

Track listing

  1. "Slang" (Brecker) – 6:11
  2. "Evocations" (Botti, Brecker) – 5:16
  3. "Scrunch" (Brecker, Brecker, Kessler, Kilgore) – 4:28
  4. "Secret Heart" (Brecker, Elias) – 5:03
  5. "African Skies" (Brecker) – 7:46
  6. "When It Was" (Brecker, Brecker, Kessler, Kilgore) – 4:29
  7. "Harpoon" (Brecker) – 7:43
  8. "The Nightwalker" (Brecker) – 8:44
  9. "And Then She Wept" (Brecker) – 4:53

Personnel

  • Chris Albert – mixing assistant
  • Scott Austin – mixing assistant
  • Ron Bach – editing engineer
  • Chris Botti
    Chris Botti
    Christopher Stephen "Chris" Botti , is an American trumpeter and composer. In 2007, Botti was nominated for two Grammy Awards including Best Pop Instrumental Album. On December 4, 2009, he was nominated for three more Grammy Awards including Best Pop Instrumental Album and Best Long Form Music Video...

     – bass, arranger, drums, producer, keyboard programming
  • Michael Brecker
    Michael Brecker
    Michael Leonard Brecker was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Acknowledged as "a quiet, gentle musician widely regarded as the most influential tenor saxophonist since John Coltrane," he has been awarded 15 Grammy Awards as both performer and composer and was inducted into Down Beat Jazz...

     – arranger, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, EWIs
  • Randy Brecker
    Randy Brecker
    Randal "Randy" Brecker is an American trumpeter and flugelhornist. He is a highly sought after performer in the genres of jazz, rock, and R&B, and has performed or recorded with Stanley Turrentine, Billy Cobham, Bruce Springsteen, Lou Reed, Sandip Burman, Charles Mingus, Blood, Sweat & Tears,...

     – trumpet, arranger, flugelhorn
  • Dean Brown
    Dean Brown
    Dean Craig Brown, AO was the Liberal Premier of South Australia between 14 December 1993 and 28 November 1996, and Deputy Premier of South Australia between 22 October 2001 and 5 March 2002 to Rob Kerin.-Political career:...

     – guitar
  • Dennis Brown – acoustic guitar
  • Joseph Doughney – post production
  • Eliane Elias – arranger, keyboards, vocals, producer
  • James Farber – engineer, mixing
  • James Genus – bass
  • Dave Grusin – producer, executive producer
  • Rodney Holmes – drums
  • Scott Hull – mastering
  • Hiro Ishihara – assistant engineer

  • Steve Jordan – drums
  • Maz Kessler – composer, arranger, keyboards, producer, mixing, rhythm programming
  • Kilgore & Maz – Producer
  • Robbie Kilgore – guitar, arranger, keyboards, producer, Mixing, rhythm programming
  • Michael Landy – post production
  • Mark Ledford – backing vocal
  • Shawn Pelton – drums
  • Rory Romano – mixing assistant
  • Larry Rosen – producer, executive producer
  • Armand Sabal-Lecco – bass, vocals
  • Larry Saltzman – acoustic guitar, guitar
  • Andy Snitzer – bass, arranger, drums, producer, keyboard programming
  • Steve Thornton – percussion
  • George Whitty – bass, arranger, keyboards, producer, percussion programming
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