Out of the Loop (Brecker Brothers album)

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

"Slang" (Brecker) – 6:11
"Evocations" (Botti, Brecker) – 5:16
"Scrunch" (Brecker, Brecker, Kessler, Kilgore) – 4:28
"Secret Heart" (Brecker, Elias) – 5:03
"African Skies" (Brecker) – 7:46
"When It Was" (Brecker, Brecker, Kessler, Kilgore) – 4:29
"Harpoon" (Brecker) – 7:43
"The Nightwalker" (Brecker) – 8:44
"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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