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Appearances Albums Awards Various Refers
BRECKER Randy
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Personal Data:

Born: 27.11.1944 (Philadelphia, USA)

Appearances:

1967-? The McCoys
12/67-6/68 Blood, Sweat And Tears
cca 1970 Dreams
? Eleventh House
cca 7/74 Billy Cobham
cca 1976-cca 1977 Bootsy's Rubber Band

Albums Discography:

#TitleRelease DateLabelTypeUKUSA
1.Score1983
2.Amanda1985
3.Toe To Toe1990
4.JazzTimes Superband
& Joey DeFrancesco & Dennis Chambers & Bob Berg		16.05.2000Concord Jazz
5.Hangin' In The City4/2001 ESC
6.34th N Lex22.04.2003ESC
7.Live
credited to: The Bill Evans / Randy Brecker Soulbops
(2CD)		1/2005 BHM
8.Both / And
& Marc Copland		25.04.2006Nagel-Heyer
9.Some Skunk Funk2006 Telarc Jazz
10.Randy in Brasil09.09.2008Mama
11.Nostalgic Journey: Tykocin Jazz Suite25.08.2009Summit
12.Continental Talk
& Steve Gadd & Stanislav Mitrovic & John Patitucci & Ratko Zjaca		08.06.2010In + Out
13.The Jazz Ballad Song Book19.07.2011Halfnote
14.Some Skunk Funk (Live At Leverkusener Jazztage 2003)
& Michael Brecker		19.06.2012BHM Productions
15.The Brecker Brothers Band Reunion26.03.2013Half Note
16.Plays Wlodek Pawlik's Night in Calisia
& Wlodek Pawlik		13.08.2013Summit
17.One Way Road to My Heart
& AMC Trio		27.05.2014
18.Trumpet Story
& Bill Warfield Big Band		28.10.2014Planet Arts
19.Dearborn Station
& The Depaul University Jazz Ensemble		10.02.2015Jazzed Media
20.Trumpet Summit Prague: The Mendoza Arrangements
& Bobby Shew		12.05.2015Summit
21.Randypop!18.09.2015Piloo
22.Double Dealin'
& Eric Marienthal		2021

Awards:

1997 Grammy Awards - Best Contemporary Jazz Performance ("Into The Sun")
2003 Grammy Awards - Best Contemporary Jazz Album ("34th N Lex")
2006 Grammy Awards - Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album ("Some Skunk Funk")
2008 Grammy Awards - Best Contemporary Jazz Album ("Randy In Brasil")
2013 Grammy Awards - Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album ("Night In Calisia")
2019 Grammy Awards - Best Improvised Jazz Solo ("Sozinho")

Various:

appeared on the LP:

Billy Cobham: Crosswinds (4/74, Atlantic)
Esther Phillips: Performance (2/75, Kudu)
Laura Nyro: Smile (12.3.76, Columbia)
Blue Öyster Cult: Agents Of Fortune (19.6.76, CBS)
Ringo Starr: Ringo's Rotogravure (8.10.76, Polydor)
Elton John: Blue Moves (22.10.76, Rocket)
Andy Pratt: Shiver In The Night (12.8.77, Nemperor)
Frank Zappa: Zappa Live In New York (4.11.77, Discreet)
Ralph McDonald: The Path (17.2.78, Marlin)
Garland Jeffreys: One-Eyed Jack (7.4.78, A&M)
John Mayall: Bottom Line (18.5.79, DJM)
The Jim Carroll Band: Dry Dreams (5/82, CBS)
Donald Fagen: The Nightfly (10/82, Warner Bros)
Ralph McDonald: Universal Rhythm (10/84, London)
Dire Straits: Brothers In Arms (5/85, Vertigo)
Billy Cobham: Picture This (9/87, G.N.P.)
George Benson featuring The Count Basie Orchestra: Big Boss Band (10/90, Warner Bros)
Donald Fagen: Kamakiriad (31.5.93, Reprise)
Eileen Ivers: Crossing The Bridge (9.2.99, Sony)

Press References:

Melody Maker
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
19755120.12.197516American Music Sceneinterview
Rock & Pop
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
200012 117Recenze - Jazz Caféalbum review
20016 116Recenze - Jazz Cafealbum review
20053 87Jazz Caféalbum review