Reception
At AllMusic, Jim Newsom gave the album four stars and wrote, "The album is surprisingly strong, and any fears of a paint-by-numbers attempt to cash in on past glories are quickly dispelled with the opening 'Slang', which is reminiscent of Amandla-era Miles. Here, as throughout the disc, Michael's sax solo burns with abandon, while brother Randy's trumpet glides across a tastefully smooth and melodic terrain".[1]
Track listing
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1. | "Slang" | Michael Brecker | 6:11 |
2. | "Evocations" | Chris Botti, Michael Brecker | 5:16 |
3. | "Scrunch" | Randy Brecker, Michael Brecker, Maz Kessler, Robbie Kilgore | 4:28 |
4. | "Secret Heart" | Randy Brecker, Eliane Elias | 5:03 |
5. | "African Skies" | Michael Brecker | 7:46 |
6. | "When It Was" | Brecker, Brecker, Kessler, Kilgore | 4:29 |
7. | "Harpoon" | Randy Brecker | 7:43 |
8. | "The Nightwalker" | Michael Brecker | 8:44 |
9. | "And Then She Wept" | Randy Brecker | 4:53 |
Personnel
- Michael Brecker – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, EWIs, arranger
- Randy Brecker – trumpet, flugelhorn, arranger
- Chris Botti – trumpet
- Maz Kessler – keyboards, rhythm programming, arranger, producer, mixing
- Robbie Kilgore – guitar, keyboards, rhythm programming, arranger, producer, mixing
- Andy Snitzer – bass, drums, keyboard programming, arranger, producer
- George Whitty – bass, keyboards, percussion programming, arranger, producer
- Eliane Elias – keyboards, vocals, arranger, producer
- Dean Brown – guitar
- Dennis Brown – acoustic guitar
- Larry Saltzman – acoustic guitar
- James Genus – bass
- Armand Sabal-Lecco – bass, vocals
- Mark Ledford – backing vocals
- Rodney Holmes – drums
- Steve Jordan – drums
- Shawn Pelton – drums
- Dave Weckl – drums
- Steve Thornton – percussion
Production
- Dave Grusin – executive producer
- Larry Rosen – executive producer
- Maz Kessler – producer
- Robbie Kilgore – producer
- George Whitty – producer
- Chris Albert – mixing assistant
- Scott Austin – mixing assistant
- Rory Romano – mixing assistant
- James Farber – engineer, mixing
- Ron Bach – editing engineer
- Hiro Ishihara – assistant engineer
- Scott Hull – mastering