# CD review: Randy Brecker and Eric Marienthal – Double Dealin’ 2020: Sound, CD cover, Photos

- Link: https://jazzblues.eu/2020/07/23/cdreviewrandy-brecker-and-eric-marienthal-you-ga-ta-give-it-2020-sound-cd-cover-photos/
- Published: 2020-07-23T00:06:07+01:00
- Author: https://JazzBlues.EU

**What do you get when you pair two visionaries who happen to be kindred spirits?
You get an ace in the hole! **

Multi Grammy award-winners trumpeter/flugelhornist Randy Brecker and saxophonist
Eric Marienthal and deliver ten thrilling originals on their anticipated Shanachie
Entertainment debut _**Double Dealin’**_ out September 11, 2020. It’s all aboveboard
on _**Double Dealin’**_ as Brecker and Marienthal opt not to follow suit but rather
let the spirit of the moment be their guide as they draw some wild cards and the
blur boundaries between traditional and contemporary jazz. Randy Brecker, who was
a key player in numerous ground-breaking fusion bands like Blood, Sweat and Tears
and Larry Coryell’s The Eleventh House, states “Duke Ellington said ‘There are only
two kinds of music, good and bad’ and we both love the latter!” _**Double Dealin’**_
marks Brecker and Marienthal’s first co-led recording and joins the duo with George
Whitty, Dave Weckl and John Patitucci. Brecker shares, “_**Double Dealin’**_ is 
uplifting and filled with great vibes and fun beats. I hope it takes everyone’s 
mind off our current problems and I hope people just groove with it and forget about
everything else for a while!” Eric Marienthal adds, “This record has a particularly
uplifting feel which is a good thing for the times we’re in right now. I know I 
feel better when I listen to it!”

Brecker and Marienthal have built careers being musician’s musicians. Randy Brecker
has remained at the forefront of creative music for over six decades collaborating
with everyone from Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, Horace Silver, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis
Orchestra, The Brecker Brothers (with his late tenor titan brother, Michael Brecker),
Bruce Springsteen, Parliament/Funkadelic and Steely Dan. Saxophonist Eric Marienthal’s
equally impressive career has allowed him to captivate audiences alongside everyone
from Chick Corea’s Elektric Band, Patti Austin, Lee Ritenour, Elton John, Billy 
Joel and Stevie Wonder, among others. Longtime comrades on and off the stage, Marienthal
and Brecker credit one thing for bringing them together. “Pizza” exclaims Brecker
who won a Grammy this year for his album with the NDR Big Band. Laughing he adds,“
We dig each other’s playing and personalities. We also like each other’s families.
Eric and I have played together many times throughout the years with different ensembles
including Jeff Lorber, The GRP Big Band and always ‘clicked’ as a section, so we
were long overdue in doing a project together.” Marienthel adds, “Yes, definitely
pizza! Besides being one of the world’s great musicians and trumpet players, Randy
is a very open and cool guy. Getting to play with Randy is like getting to make 
a pizza with Mario Batali! You just know that no matter what you do it’s going to
end up being great.”

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