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Michael Brecker follows Pat Metheny with five choruses of tenor saxophone on "Nothing Personal" at approximately 242 BPM, building from exploratory beginnings to a climactic conclusion over the 24-bar minor blues in G. His massive tenor sound and relentless rhythmic drive create an overwhelming sense of forward momentum, the five-chorus arc demonstrating his ability to sustain invention and intensity across an extended improvisation. Following Metheny's three-chorus guitar feature, Brecker's expanded solo brings the performance to its peak, his deep roots in the blues tradition evident even as his vocabulary pushes into contemporary harmonic and rhythmic territory.
Michael Brecker was 37 to 38 years old at the time.
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