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Fabulous Brecker Boys Are Together Again : Reunion: Brothers team up for album and appearances, including June 13 at Coach House, after 11-year hiatus.

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The Brecker Brothers are back.

Saxophonist Michael Brecker and his trumpet-playing brother, Randy, who from 1975 to 1982 led one of the finest jazz/funk/rock ensembles, are teaming up again. Next week, they go into a recording studio in New York to make their first Brecker Brothers album in 11 years, for GRP Records. The pair’s last recording was “Straphangin’,” made for Arista.

And June 13, they’ll play the Coach House in San Juan Capistrano. The next day they’ll be part of the Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl.

The Breckers hadn’t planned on a decade-plus hiatus, said Randy Brecker, but things just kept coming up. “After our last album, Michael began to perform with the jazz/rock Steps Ahead, and I was playing with bassist Jaco Pastorius. Later, we both began leading our own bands, and touring,” said the trumpeter, whose most recent solo album is “Toe to Toe” on MCA Records.

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In 1990, the brothers decided it was time to record, but then Michael was hired by Paul Simon to play a world tour, which lasted 18 months.

Randy Brecker said the new album will be recorded in part live in the studio, and will also include some multitracked selections. The material, written by each of the leaders, will be very contemporary. “The music is involved,” said the trumpeter. “It’s like the old stuff, with a mixture of be-bop and funk, but with all the stuff we’ve been listening to in the past few years. For instance, there’s one tune by Michael that has an African flavor.”

The album, which doesn’t yet have a working title, will feature guitarist Mike Stern, keyboardist George Whittey, bassist James Genus and drummer Dennis Chambers. Past band members, such as saxophonist David Sanborn, may take part. The album is due out in June, when the band’s U.S. tour begins.

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