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Heavy Metal Be-Bop is a live album by the American jazz fusion group, the Brecker Brothers that was released by Arista Records in 1978. The album also includes the studio track "East River", which reached No. 34 in the UK singles chart in November 1978.

Heavy Metal Be-Bop
Live album by Brecker Brothers
Released	September 1978
Venue	My Father's Place, Roslyn, New York
Genre	Jazz fusion, jazz funk
Label	Arista, BMG
Producer	Randy Brecker, Michael Brecker, Neil Jason, Kash Monet
Brecker Brothers chronology
Don't Stop the Music (1977) Heavy Metal Be-Bop (1978) Detente (1980)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[2]

Reception

AllMusic awarded the album with 3 stars and its review by Paul Kohler states: "Recorded live in New York, this explosive set of jazz, funk, and rock material was without question ahead of its time. Michael and Randy's use of electronically altered saxophone and trumpet sounds is amazing".[1]

Track listing

All compositions by Randy Brecker except where noted.

1. "East River" (Neil Jason, Bret Mazur, Kash Monet) — 3:35
2. "Inside Out"  — 9:31
3. "Some Skunk Funk"  — 6:59
4. "Sponge"  — 6:23
5. "Funky Sea, Funky Dew" (Michael Brecker) — 8:02
6. "Squids"  — 7:56

Charts

Year	Single	Chart positions[3]
		UK Singles Chart
1978	"East River"	34

Personnel

• Randy Brecker – Trumpet and Keyboards
• Michael Brecker – Tenor Saxophone
• Barry Finnerty – guitars, guitorganiser, background vocals
• Terry Bozzio – drums, background vocals
• Neil Jason – bass, lead vocals
• Sammy Figueroa – percussion
• Rafael Cruz – percussion
• Additional musicians on "East River"
  • Kash Monet – handclaps, percussion, backing vocals
  • Paul Shaffer – Fender Rhodes
  • Victoria – tambourine
  • Jeff Schoen – backing vocals
  • Roy Herring – backing vocals
  • Allan Schwartzberg – drums
  • Bob Clearmountain – handclaps

NOTE: On this specific recording Randy and Michael run their instruments through guitar amplifiers and play with various effects.

References

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