From 1975 to 1981, the Brecker Brothers ruled jazz-funk with their splicings of virtuosic hard-bop and dancefloor grooves. Following saxophonist Mike Brecker's death in 2007, trumpeter Randy left their repertoire alone, until producer Jeff Levenson persuaded him to turn a band of old Brecker hands into a reunion outfit, represented here as a studio CD and a live DVD from New York's Blue Note. It's a classic Brecker Brothers menu – Latin shuffles with fast jazz melodies, staccato brassy struts, raunchy R&B, flat-out tempos shared by drummers Dave Weckl and Rodney Holmes, and plenty of sleek, imaginative and mostly cliche-free improvising. Randy Brecker's wife, Italian saxist Ada Rovatti, impressively takes over the late Mike's role, alto-sax star David Sanborn makes some interventions of typically trenchant soulfulness, and if Randy's rap persona as his alter-ego Randroid veers toward caricature, Oli Rockberger's two vocal contributions are potent, and the rhythm section is fearsome. Brecker Brothers fans will love it.

• This article was amended on 3 January 2014. Jeff Levenson, not Steve Backer, was the producer responsible for the Brecker Brothers Band Reunion.