Blessed with a bold tone and hard bop-informed improvisational chops, Randy Brecker is both a jazz titan & a journeyman with a decades-long career.

Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, trumpeter Randy Brecker and his younger, sax-playing brother Michael Brecker charted a new course in modern music by blending sophisticated jazz harmonies and searing solos with slamming funk grooves and a visceral energy that grabbed rock ears. The funk-fusion juggernaut known as The Brecker Brothers helped define a sub-genre within jazz and set the tone for a generation of aspiring musicians who followed.

The CD and the vinyl double LP contain dynamic studio versions of some of the live tunes, performed by a host of special guests. Guitarist Dean Brown, a member of the ’90s edition, appears on ‘First Tune of the Set,’ ‘Merry Go Town,’ ‘Really In For It’ and ‘Adina.’ Guitarist Adam Rogers plays on the beautiful ‘Stellina’ and the funky boogaloo nu