Don't Try This at Home is the second album by American jazz saxophonist Michael Brecker, that was released on Impulse! records in 1988. In 1989, the album won a Grammy Award for Best Improvised Jazz Solo.

Don't Try This at Home
Studio album by Michael Brecker
Released	September 5, 1988
Genre	Jazz
Length	52:39
Label	Impulse!
Producer	Don Grolnick
Michael Brecker chronology
Michael Brecker (1987) Don't Try This at Home (1988) Now You See It...Now You Don't (1990)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[2]

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album with 4.5 stars and its review by Scott Yanow states: "Brecker (on tenor and the EWI) is in superb form, really ripping into the eight pieces (mostly group originals). Recommended."[3]

Track listing

1. "Itsbynne Reel" (Michael Brecker, Don Grolnick) – 7:41
2. "Chime This" (Grolnick) – 7:50
3. "Scriabin" (Vince Mendoza) – 7:47
4. "Suspone" (Mike Stern) – 4:59
5. "Don't Try This at Home" (Brecker, Grolnick) – 9:30
6. "Everything Happens When You're Gone" (Brecker) – 7:11
7. "Talking to Myself" (Grolnick) – 5:10
8. "The Gentleman & Hizcaine" (Jim Beard) – 5:19

Personnel

• Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone, EWI (on tracks 1, 4, 5)
• Mike Stern – guitar (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8)
• Don Grolnick – piano (1, 2, 7)
• Herbie Hancock – piano (3, 5)
• Joey Calderazzo – piano (4, 6)
• Jim Beard – synthesizer (7, 8), piano (8)
• Mark O'Connor – violin (1)
• Charlie Haden – bass (1-3, 5, 6)
• Jeff Andrews – fretless electric bass (1, 4, 7, 8)
• Jack DeJohnette – drums (1, 3, 5, 8)
• Adam Nussbaum – drums (2, 4, 6)
• Peter Erskine – drums (7)
• Judd Miller – synthesizer programming (5)

Production

• Don Grolnick – producer
• James Farber – recording and mix
• Gary Solomon, Karen Robben – assistant recording engineers
• Rhonda Schoen – editing
• Ricky Schultz – executive producer
• Kathleen Covert – art direction, design
• Mark Seliger – photography
• George Varga – liner notes

References