AMG Review of Escape from Television

Backroads Music/Heartbeats
All Music Guide

When first seen on TV, Miami Vice was known as much for the music as the stylish action-packed plots. The man behind the music was Jan Hammer, a well-established rock and jazz-fusion player with experience that includes Jeff Beck, John McLaughlin and Jerry Goodman as bandmates and collaboraters. On Escape a very strong style of current instrumental music can be found, with the edge of rock music and the smooth, spacey appeal of some of the more progressive New Age musicians.