Heavy Metal Be-Bop [IMPORT] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] [LIVE]

Brecker Brothers

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 16, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 1978
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered, Live
• Label: Sony/Bmg Int'l
• ASIN: B000QCQ7AY
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #95,394 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Out of print in the U.S.! German pressing of this 1978 live release from the horn-blowin' brothers of Jazz and fusion, Michael and Randy Brecker. Arista.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WOW!!!, July 8, 2002

By	Furcifer (Guam) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Heavy Metal Be-Bop (Audio CD)

This is just an absolute JEWEL. Zappa fans will recognize Terry Bozzio in addition to the Brecker brothers themselves, and MAN, what a combo! Michael Brecker just shreds on every solo, and Randy finds nuances with the "electric trumpet" that have never been heard before or since. Some will want this for the novelty of the electric tenor sax and trumpet, but there are FINE examples of modern BeBop solos here, over a high-powered rhythm section that kicks and jumps all over everything the soloists lay down. This is the kind of rhythm section that can make ANYBODY sound good, but the Brecker brothers talent is unmatched; a combination that presents an order of magnitude. Bass players NEED to hear Neil Jason, and guitar players NEED to hear Barry Finnerty on this. Blistering tight unison lines will prove once again why Zappa saved his most intricate horn passages for these guys, and why you won't hear them at tempo with anybody else. I sincerely hope for more of this largely unexplored flavor of jazz. I haven't found anything else that quite measures up to this.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow, July 28, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Heavy Metal Be-Bop (Audio CD)

Who said white boys can't play funk. This album just blows your mind with an explosion of Brecker Brother magic!A must for any fan of this studio duo.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars UNBELIEVABLE!!!, September 11, 2006

By	M. Detko "detkoralph" (Scarborough, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Heavy Metal Be-Bop (Audio CD)

This is the most incredible music ever, no BB album has surpassed this. A live album with Terry Bozzio having just joined the band after leaving Frank Zappa. The version of Some Skunk Funk is worth the whole price. Phenomenal! Will leave you out of breath and panting for more. One studio track kind of ok, an attempt at top 40, but the rest is - wow! Line up is guitar, bass, drums and Breckers. Randy plays some organ and uses a harmonizer to add 5ths and 4ths to his trumpet, so it sounds like more than just 2 horn players. Just hard to imagine what this would have been like to see live. Too bad it wasn't a double album when it was released in the late 70's. I want more of this!