Cityscape

Cityscape

Featuring Steve Gadd, Eddie Gomez, Marcus Miller, etc. <br>Composer/Arranger Claus Ogerman has contributed arrangements to classic recordings by a diverse list of artists, from Barbra Streisand to Stan Getz to Frank Sinatra to Bill Evans to George Benson. His modern classical approach often added an eerie Eastern-European vibe to these projects, and his orchestral works have been recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra and others. <br><br>Although tenor sax giant Michael Brecker had contributed to literally hundreds of important recordings by other artists and had recorded several albums as a member of the Brecker Brothers and Steps Ahead, he didn't make his first recording as a leader until 1986, at age 37. However, in 1982 he teamed up with Ogerman to make Cityscape, a landmark recording that stands as an absolute highlight of his career. <br><br>A virtual Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra with jazz rhythm section, Cityscape features some of the most astounding and sensitive playing of Brecker's storied career. Sadly, Michael succumbed to Leukemia in January of 2008, and the music world lost one of the most influential musicians of his generation. It is a great pleasure for Mosaic Contemporary to make this masterpiece available once again.