Michael Brecker

• 2-cd set

‘Live at Fabrik Hamburg 1987’ features two top-class ensembles: Michael Brecker, Mike Stern, Jeff Andrews, Adam Nussbaum & Joey Calderazzo on CD ONE. Randy Brecker, Bob Berg, David Kikoski, Joey Baron and for the first time at the beginning of his career Dieter Ilg  on CD TWO. Quite simply historic concerts at a historic venue.

Randy Brecker writes about it: “These concerts were many years ago, and we both were on long Euro tours of one nighters, so I think we both tried to put on the best show we could, to outdo the other (in a good way!) Amazing to me how at that point in time we were on different paths, I’d had that band with Berg, Kikoski, Ilg and Joey Baron, for a while, acoustic, more “straight ahead” as we say, while Mike was on uncharted territory with a new band…this might have been their first Euro tour so the competition was on, at one of our favourite places to play: ‘Fabrik’ in Hamburg! … So let the games begin!”

PERSONNEL & TRACKS:

• CD ONE
• Michael Brecker - (sax)
• Mike Stern - (guitar)
• Jeff Andrews - (bass)
• Adam Nussbaum - (drums)
• Joey Calderazzo - (keyboards)

• 01. Nothing Personal
• 02. Choices
• 03. Upside Downside
• 04. My One and Only Love
• 05. Original Rays

• CD TWO
• Randy Brecker (trumpet)
• Bob Berg - (tenor sax)
• Dieter Ilg - (bass)
• David
• Joey Baron - (drums)

• 01. No Scratch
• 02. Search
• 03. There's Mingus a Monk Us
• 04. On Green Dolphy Street
• 05. Forever Young
• 06. Snakes

Recorded October 18,1987, Hamburg, Germany