Jazz for aficionados

Personally, I wouldn’t call the first ten years of M Brecker’s output “crappy”. It’s a matter of the style of the music which we may or may not like. The playing however was always on a high level. It is true that most of his output during the 70’s was in a rock/funk vein and some of it I don’t like, but some of it I do like.

One of the brothers’ earliest higher profile projects was as members of the band “Dreams”. A very influential band that predated “Blood Sweat and Tears” as one of the very first Rock bands to use a horn section and to incorporate elements of Jazz. The horn section, unlike the more popular band “Chicago” was comprised of players that could really play and improvise well.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreams_(band)

1972 (classic, for Breckerfiles):

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lt_4E4HyOCJF73AOuJ_rGREDww_W3tWjo&si=orKNqtsuKk5VgJgS

What’s not to like 😊?:

https://youtu.be/jhDl4IDfYOg?si=zq3UzkjCVxshLwAC

pjw, I went to Seventh Ave. South many times and heard the Breckers and others there. Great place!

A 23 year old Michael Brecker with Horace Silver live in concert.  Astounding solo on the first tune Liberated Brother.  I like the youthful rawness of his sound.  In some ways even more obvious than in later years that he was right out of the Coltrane school.

https://youtu.be/6vGugGIhSg8?si=zKjQjZGb-AX30Dni

I had a feeling you hung out there. Besides the Breckers who else did you see there?

I will check out the Dreams band. I like Blood Sweat and Tears and really like Chicago. Terry Kath was such a gifted musician. Not going to post any of their songs on a jazz thread though...

I listened to these 3 Michael Brecker albums in their entirety while on the road last night. All 3 albums are really good. Brecker's improvisations on the tenor are superlative.

Michael Brecker - Itsbynne Reel - Don't Try This At Home (1988) - YouTube

Brecker plays the EWI on tracks 1, 4 and 5, Don't Try This at Home

Two Blocks from the Edge

別冊MMJazz ＃217 Two Blocks from the Edge(Michael Brecker) 都会の香りのカッコよさ！！映画のシーンの様 - YouTube

Tales from the Hudson

Slings And Arrows - YouTube

Listening to that Horace Silver bootleg now. Yes you can hear Coltrane's influence on Brecker's playing. Thanks for posting that!

@frogman 
You wouldn’t happen to know if there is a CD set of the Brecker brothers and Horace Silver bootleg?  Maybe I looked in the wrong place, but I didn’t find it on Amazon or Qobuz.

Thanks.