MICHAEL BRECKER

Post Bop / Fusion / Big Band • United States
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American saxophone player, born 29 March 1949 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, died 13 January 2007 in New York City, New York, USA (aged 57)

Brother of Randy Brecker. He died of leukemia complications.

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Michael Brecker was exposed to jazz at an early age by his father, an amateur jazz pianist. Among the generation of jazz musicians that saw rock music not as the enemy but as a viable musical option, Brecker began studying clarinet, then moved to alto saxophone in school, eventually settling on the tenor saxophone as his primary instrument. After only a year at Indiana University, Michael Brecker moved to New York City in 1970 where he carved out a niche for himself as a dynamic and exciting jazz soloist, and quickly became the preeminent pop/R&B/funk saxophone soloist of his generation. He first made his mark at age 21 as a member of the jazz/rock band Dreams -- a read more...
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MICHAEL BRECKER Michael Brecker album cover 4.17 | 3 ratings
 Michael Brecker
Post Bop 1987
MICHAEL BRECKER Michael Brecker with the Harris Simon Group featuring Dave Valentin : Swish album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Michael Brecker with the Harris Simon Group featuring Dave Valentin : Swish
Fusion 1987
MICHAEL BRECKER Don't Try This at Home album cover 4.17 | 3 ratings
 Don't Try This at Home
Post Bop 1988
MICHAEL BRECKER Now You See It... (Now You Don't) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Now You See It... (Now You Don't)
Post Bop 1990
MICHAEL BRECKER Tales From the Hudson album cover 4.30 | 5 ratings
 Tales From the Hudson
Post Bop 1996
MICHAEL BRECKER Two Blocks From the Edge album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
 Two Blocks From the Edge
Post Bop 1998
MICHAEL BRECKER Time Is of the Essence album cover 4.50 | 2 ratings
 Time Is of the Essence
Post Bop 1999
MICHAEL BRECKER Nearness of You: The Ballad Book album cover 3.83 | 3 ratings
 Nearness of You: The Ballad Book
Post Bop 2001
MICHAEL BRECKER Wide Angles album cover 5.00 | 1 ratings
 Wide Angles
Post Bop 2003
MICHAEL BRECKER Jazz Academy (Pure Essentials For Jazzaholics) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Jazz Academy (Pure Essentials For Jazzaholics)
Fusion 2006
MICHAEL BRECKER Pilgrimage album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
 Pilgrimage
Post Bop 2007

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MICHAEL BRECKER Michael Brecker, Stanley Turrentine, Bill Evans, Ernie Watts : Select Live Saxophone Workshop 1989 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Michael Brecker, Stanley Turrentine, Bill Evans, Ernie Watts : Select Live Saxophone Workshop 1989
Fusion 1989
MICHAEL BRECKER Live In Helsinki 1995 (with UMO Jazz Orchestra) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Live In Helsinki 1995 (with UMO Jazz Orchestra)
Big Band 2015
MICHAEL BRECKER Michael Brecker Band & Randy Brecker Band : Live At Fabrik Hamburg 1987 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Michael Brecker Band & Randy Brecker Band : Live At Fabrik Hamburg 1987
Fusion 2022
MICHAEL BRECKER Michael Brecker, Steve Gadd, Eddie Gomez, Mike Mainieri, Kazumi Watanabe : Live Under The Sky... '80 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Michael Brecker, Steve Gadd, Eddie Gomez, Mike Mainieri, Kazumi Watanabe : Live Under The Sky... '80
Fusion 2022

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 Angel Of Repose (Live In Japan)
Post Bop 2004

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