Don't Try This at Home (Michael Brecker album)

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.

Don't Try This at Home
Studio album by Michael Brecker
Released	1988
Genre	Jazz
Length	52:39
Label	Impulse!
Producer	Don Grolnick
Michael Brecker chronology
Michael Brecker (1987) Don't Try This at Home (1988) Now You See It...Now You Don't (1990)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[2]

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."[3]

Track listing

1. "Itsbynne Reel" (Michael Brecker, Don Grolnick) – 7:41
2. "Chime This" (Grolnick) – 7:50
3. "Scriabin" (Vince Mendoza) – 7:47
4. "Suspone" (Mike Stern) – 4:59
5. "Don't Try This at Home" (Brecker, Grolnick) – 9:30
6. "Everything Happens When You're Gone" (Brecker) – 7:11
7. "Talking to Myself" (Grolnick) – 5:10
8. "The Gentleman & Hizcaine" (Jim Beard) – 5:19

Personnel

• Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone, EWI
• Herbie Hancock – piano
• Joey Calderazzo – piano
• Don Grolnick – piano
• Jim Beard – synthesizer, piano
• Judd Miller – synthesizer
• Mike Stern – guitar
• Mark O'Connor – violin
• Charlie Haden – bass
• Jeff Andrews – bass
• Jack DeJohnette – drums
• Peter Erskine – drums
• Adam Nussbaum – drums

References

1. Yanow, Scott (2011). "Don't Try This at Home – Michael Brecker | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
2. Richard Cook and Brian Morton, The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP & Cassette (Penguin, 1992: ISBN 978-0-14-015364-4).
3. Yanow, S.Allmusic Review: Don't Try This at Home accessed 07 June 2010