Don't Try This at Home (Michael Brecker album)

Allmusic awarded the album with 4.5 stars and its review by Scott Yanow states: "Brecker (on tenor and the EWI) is in superb form, really ripping into the eight pieces (mostly group originals). Recommended."[3]

1. "Itsbynne Reel" (Michael Brecker, Don Grolnick) – 7:41
2. "Chime This" (Grolnick) – 7:50
3. "Scriabin" (Vince Mendoza) – 7:47
4. "Suspone" (Mike Stern) – 4:59
5. "Don't Try This at Home" (Brecker, Grolnick) – 9:30
6. "Everything Happens When You're Gone" (Brecker) – 7:11
7. "Talking to Myself" (Grolnick) – 5:10
8. "The Gentleman & Hizcaine" (Jim Beard) – 5:19

• Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone, EWI (on tracks 1, 4, 5)
• Mike Stern – guitar (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8)
• Don Grolnick – piano (1, 2, 7)
• Herbie Hancock – piano (3, 5)
• Joey Calderazzo – piano (4, 6)
• Jim Beard – synthesizer (7, 8), piano (8)
• Mark O'Connor – violin (1)
• Charlie Haden – bass (1-3, 5, 6)
• Jeff Andrews – fretless electric bass (1, 4, 7, 8)
• Jack DeJohnette – drums (1, 3, 5, 8)
• Adam Nussbaum – drums (2, 4, 6)
• Peter Erskine – drums (7)
• Judd Miller – synthesizer programming (5)

Production

• Don Grolnick – producer
• James Farber – recording and mix
• Gary Solomon, Karen Robben – assistant recording engineers
• Rhonda Schoen – editing
• Ricky Schultz – executive producer
• Kathleen Covert – art direction, design
• Mark Seliger – photography
• George Varga – liner notes