MICHAEL BRECKER BAND - THE COST OF LIVING

• Michael Brecker Band: The Cost Of Living
      (1994, cd, Germany, jazz door)

Michael Brecker's "The Cost Of Living" features Joey Calderazzo on piano, Adam Nussbaum on drums, and none other than Jay Anderson on electric bass.

As you probably know, Jay Anderson provided bass on Frank Zappa's "Thing-Fish", but he also did the (at the time much debated) overdubs on the "Cruising With Ruben & The Jets".

Here's the quartet, recorded live:

THE BRECKER BROTHERS - HEAVY METAL BE-BOP

 After having recorded 6 albums for the Arista record label between 1975 and 1981, The Brecker Brothers released "Return Of The Brecker Brothers" in 1992 on the GRP record label.

Their best-known album on the Arista label most probably was "Heavy Metal Be-Bop". With Terry Bozzio on drums !
From 1978. And released on CD in 1990.

• The Brecker Brothers: Heavy Metal Be-Bop
      (1978, lp, USA, arista)
      (1990, cd, Japan, novus)

Here's a live version with the WDR Big Band.

BILLY COBHAM

Billy Cobham's "Funky Thide Of Things" is getting a re-issue
Originally released in 1975 the album features Michael and Randy Brecker (Zappa In New York), Glenn Ferris (Zappa's Grand and Petit Wazoo bands) and John Scofield next to Billy Cobham, Alex Blake and Milcho Leviev.