Michael Leonard Brecker (March 29, 1949 – January 13, 2007) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. He was awarded 15 Grammy Awards as a performer...
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Michael Brecker is the debut album by American saxophonist Michael Brecker. It was released on the Impulse! record label in 1987. It features guitarist...
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Randy and his younger brother Michael Brecker to see Davis, Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington, and many other jazz icons. Brecker attended Cheltenham High School...
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The Brecker Brothers were a jazz fusion music duo consisting of siblings Michael and Randy. Michael played saxophone, flute, and EWI, and Randy played...
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Pilgrimage is the final studio album by saxophonist Michael Brecker. It was recorded in 2006, released the following year, and won Grammys for Best Jazz...
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Some Skunk Funk is an live album by Randy Brecker with Michael Brecker. It was recorded on November 11, 2003, at the Forum in Leverkusen, Germany and was...
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Discography of Michael Brecker. Cityscape with Claus Ogerman (Warner Bros., 1982) Michael Brecker (Impulse!, 1987) Don't Try This at Home (Impulse!, 1988)...
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(Randy Brecker on "Above & Below"). "Song for Barry" (Michael Brecker) — 5:07 "King of the Lobby" (Michael Brecker) — 5:20 "Big Idea" (Michael Brecker, Randy...
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member of the groups Steps Ahead and Dreams, both with Michael Brecker, and played often with the Brecker Brothers. As a session musician, he recorded with...
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Funky Dew"). "Finger Lickin' Good" (Randy Brecker, Ticky Brecker) - 3:58 "Funky Sea, Funky Dew" (Michael Brecker) - 6:13 "As Long as I’ve Got Your Love"...
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Stern and his wife were in rehabilitation; they were also helped by Michael Brecker and others. Stern's solo debut, Upside Downside, with Jaco Pastorius...
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With You" (Michael Brecker, Allee Willis, Charlotte Crossley) – 6:31 The Brecker Brothers Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone, flute Randy Brecker – trumpet...
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Brecker is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Randy Brecker (b. 1945), American musician, brother of Michael Michael Brecker (1949–2007)...
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Pastorius, drummer Don Alias, keyboardist Lyle Mays, and saxophonist Michael Brecker. Additionally, vocal group the Persuasions appear on the title track...
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Wide Angles (category Michael Brecker albums)
saxophonist Michael Brecker that won the Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album in 2004. All tracks are written by Michael Brecker except where...
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Weingart Joe Zawinul (1932–2007) Minoru Mukaiya Gato Barbieri (1932–2016) Michael Brecker (1949–2007) Elton Dean (1945–2006) Joe Farrell (1937–1986) Kenny Garrett...
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Try This at Home is the second album by American jazz saxophonist Michael Brecker, that was released on Impulse! records in 1988. In 1989, the album...
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jazz club in New York City owned by saxophonist Michael Brecker and trumpeter brother Randy Brecker. The first three albums were released under the name...
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arranging music for musicians such as John Scofield, Joni Mitchell, Michael Brecker and Björk. Over the course of his career, he has won seven Grammy Awards...
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songs. The saxophone piece was played by the American jazz saxophonist Michael Brecker. The song is popular among fans of English football, in particular...
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included Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Peter Erskine, Jack DeJohnette, Michael Brecker, Don Alias, and Toots Thielemans, who is featured on harmonica on many...
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Jazz Workshop. Appearing at Paul's Mall led to meetings with Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker, and organist Johnny Hammond Smith, who invited him to go on...
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jazz blended rock and jazz, with saxophonists like Wayne Shorter and Michael Brecker at the front of that movement. In the 1980s, smooth jazz saxophonists...
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Impulse! Records discography (section Michael Brecker)
Jack DeJohnette, John Purcell, Alvin Batiste, Bob Stewart) 1987: Michael Brecker 1988: Don't Try This at Home 1996: Tales from the Hudson 1998: Two...
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of musician Gene Calderazzo. He played extensively in bands led by Michael Brecker and Branford Marsalis, and has also led his own bands. Calderazzo was...
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4:31 "Oh My Stars" - 3:13 "D.B.B." - 4:46 The Brecker Brothers Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone Randy Brecker – trumpet, flugelhorn, vocals (8) Other Musicians...
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Records. On the album, Cobham is joined by saxophonist Michael Brecker, trumpeter Randy Brecker, trombonist Glenn Ferris, guitarist John Abercrombie, keyboardist...
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with Billie Holiday, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Frank Sinatra, Bill Evans, Michael Brecker, and Diana Krall. Born in Ratibor (Racibórz), Upper Silesia, Germany...
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featuring Will Lee, Randy and Michael Brecker, was awarded ‘’Best album by a large jazz ensemble’’. In parallel, Michael Brecker posthumously received the...
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Metheny album with Dick Odgren, Rufus Reid, and Tommy Ruskin Michael Brecker 1987 Michael Brecker album with Kenny Kirkland, Charlie Haden, and Jack DeJohnette...
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