# CD review: Randy Brecker – Rocks 2019: Video, CD cover

- Link: https://jazzblues.eu/2019/02/25/cd-review-randy-brecker-rocks-2019-video-cd-cover/
- Published: 2019-02-25T20:27:59+01:00
- Author: https://JazzBlues.EU

**This CD came to fruition after two successful tours featuring Randy Brecker fronting
the NDR Bigband – The Hamburg Radio Jazz Orchestra. Arranger/Conductor Jörg Achim
Keller handled works Randy composed from different periods of his career. **

The tours were so well received that the “higher-ups” in the NDR organization gave
the green light to record everything in a studio situation. Jörg’s idea was to have
the original three-horn front line of the Brecker Brothers Band augmented by the
NDR Bigband, with an extended woodwind section featuring double reeds such as oboe
and bassoon, and extensive woodwind doubling like bass clarinets and flutes, etc.
for coloring.

Original Brecker Brothers Band member alto saxophonist **David Sanborn** was brought
in, along with **Ada Rovatti** on tenor and soprano saxophones, and world famous
drummer **Wolfgang Haffner**. Ada Rovatti (Randy’s wife) has been a member of the
Brecker Brothers Band Reunion since its inception, has had a successful recording
career of her own, and has continued the tradition of ‘saxophonistic excellence’
in the Brecker family.

The end results are organic big band arrangements, which augment the concepts behind
Brecker’s original compositions. Along with the other soloists – all regular members
of the NDR Bigband – this CD is a spirited romp, one that will stand the test of
time. Have fun listening, there is never a dull moment!

 1.  First tune of the set
 2.  Adina
 3.  Squids
 4.  Pastoral
 5.  The dipshit
 6.  Above and below
 7.  Sozinho
 8.  Rocks
 9.  Threesome

**Personnel:** Randy Brecker: trumpet, flugelhorn; Dave Sanborn: alto saxophone;
Ada Rovatti: tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone; Wolfgang Haffner: drums. NDR Bigband:
Jörg Achim Keller:conductor; Thorsten Benkenstein, Ingolf Burkhardt, Claus Stötter,
Reiner Winterschladen: trumpet; Fiete Felsch, Peter Bolte: alto saxophone, reeds;
Frank Delle, Björn Berger: tenor saxophone, reeds; Edgar Herzog: baritone saxophone,
reeds; Dan Gottshall, Sebastian Stanko, Klaus Heidenreich: trombones; Stefan Lottermann,
Ingo Lahme: bass trombone, tuba; Christian Diener: electric bass, acoustic bass;
Vladyslav Sendecki: keyboards; Bruno Müller: guitar; Marcio Doctor: percussion.

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