 | Blood, Sweat & Tears 4 by Blood Sweat & Tears
Buy used from: $29.97 An underrated and overlooked album that still has "it." This band could handle its own tunes and do Herbie Hancock with style.
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 | Chicago Transit Authority by Chicago
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $3.50 This band and this album wrote the book on what having a brass section can do. James Pankow, the trombone player deserves the credit here as both brass arranger and musician
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 | Shadows and Light by Joni Mitchell
Buy used from: $7.96 Who can ever forget the Michael Brecker sax solo on Dry Cleaner from Des Moines. You had Pat Metheny, Lyle Mayes, Don Alias, Jaco Pastorius, and Michael Brecker together, all on the same stage....Amazing.
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 | Aja by Steely Dan
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $4.98 Were they a rock band who flirted with jazz or just the opposite. You decide, but if you have ever seen them live with the brass talent they have, then you know what I mean.
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 | Time & Charges /Portraits by The Buckinghams
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $11.49 James William Guercio produced this band out of Chicago and then went to produce another band with brass, yes, Chicago.
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 | Urban Renewal by Tower of Power
Buy new: $8.96 / Used from: $2.68 This band from Oakland whose brass section was so good they became guests on many other artist albums. Tight, funky, and talented, Castillo, Kupka, and Gillette, are a brass section of note.
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 | 'Round Midnight by Linda Ronstadt
Buy new: $26.99 / Used from: $10.95 Many rock star have tried to do the classic hits of the 30' 40's and 50's but this is the cream of the crop. Yes it is an orchestra with brass, but it's a new standard with Nelson Riddle as conducter.
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 | Chicago II (Repackaged) by Chicago
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $3.30 The follow up to CTA, and who would have guessed that this was as good if not better than the first album. No sophomore jinx here.
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 | Child Is Father to the Man by Sweat & Tears Blood
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $4.94 This is a classic album and Randy Brecker, brother of Michael leads the brass here. A classic piece of rock history.
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 | The Grass Roots - All Time Greatest Hits by The Grass Roots
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $4.28 Without a studio brass section behind them the music might have been considered "ordinary", but with a brass section their songs came alive. Some may consider this the "runt" of my brass list, but give it another listen before your final judgement.
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