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Appearances Albums Awards Various Refers
BRECKER Michael
(sax,tr)

Personal Data:

Born: 29.03.1949 (Philadelphia, USA)
Died: 13.01.2007 (leukemia)
BRECKER Michael (photo)

Appearances:

cca 1970 Dreams
cca 7/74 Billy Cobham
cca 1976-cca 1977 Bootsy's Rubber Band
cca 6/96 McCoy Tyner
cca 7/04 Directions In Music

Albums Discography:

#TitleRelease DateLabelTypeUKUSA
1.Cityscape
& Claus Ogerman
1982
2.Michael Brecker1987
3.Don't Try This At Home1988 MCA
4.Now You See It, Now You Don't1990
5.Claus Ogerman Featuring Michael Brecker
& Claus Ogerman
1991
6.Tales from the Hudson
& Jack DeJohnette & Pat Metheny
1996
7.Two Blocks From The Edge4/1998 Impulse!/BMG
8.Time Is Of The Essence02.11.1999Verve
9.Nearness of You: The Ballad Book19.06.2001Verve
10.Directions in Music: Live at Massey Hall
& Roy Hargrove & Herbie Hancock
11.06.2002Verve
11.American Dreams
& Charlie Haden
01.10.2002Universal
12.Wide Angles
credited to: Michael Brecker Quindectet
09.09.2003Verve
13.Jazz Academy
& Mike Stern & Peter Erskine & Carpenter, Dave & Botti
25.04.2006C&B Productions
14.Some Skunk Funk (Live At Leverkusener Jazztage 2003)
& Randy Brecker
19.06.2012BHM Productions
15.Live in Helsinki, 1995
& Umo Jazz Orchestra
04.09.2015Random Act

Awards:

1988 Grammy Awards - Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist (On A Jazz Recording) (LP "Don't Try This At Home")
1994 Grammy Awards - Best Instrumental Composition (track "African Skies")
1995 Grammy Awards

- Best Jazz Instrumental Solo (track "Impressions")
- Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group ("Infinity", & McCoy Tyner Trio)
1996 Grammy Awards
- Best Jazz Instrumental Solo (track "Cabin Fever")
- Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group ("Tales From The Hudson", & McCoy Tyner Trio)
2001 Grammy Awards - Best Jazz Instrumental Solo (track "Chan's Song")
2002 Grammy Awards - Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group ("Directions In Music", & Herbie Hancock & Roy Hargrove)
2003 Grammy Awards
- Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album ("Wide Angles")
- Best Instrumental Arrangement (track "Timbuktu", & Gil Goldstein)
2006 Grammy Awards - Best Jazz Instrumental Solo (track "Some Skunk Funk")
2007 Grammy Awards
- Best Jazz Instrumental Solo (track "Anagram")
- Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group ("Pilgrimage")

Various:

appeared on the LP:

Billy Cobham: Crosswinds (4/74, Atlantic)
Esther Phillips: Performance (2/75, Kudu)
Paul Simon: Still Crazy After All These Years (10.10.75, Columbia)
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)
Joe Beck: Watch The Time (7/77, Polydor)
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)
Joni Mitchell: Shadows And Light (26.9.80, Asylum)
Pat Metheny: 80/81 (10/80, ECM)
Chick Corea: The Three Quartets (7/81, Warner Bros)
Jaco Pastorius: Word Of Mouth (10/81, Warner Bros)
Alphonse Mouzon: Morning Sun (11/81, London)
Donald Fagen: The Nightfly (10/82, Warner Bros)
Carly Simon: Coming Around Again (4/87, Arista)
Jan Hammer: Drive (1994, Miramar)
Mike Stern: Give And Take (1997, Atlantic)
Cyrus Chestnut: A Charlie Brown Christmas (12.9.00, Atlantic)
James Taylor: October Road (13.8.02, Columbia)
Aaron Neville: Nature Boy: The Standards Album (26.8.03, Verve)

Press References:

&musiQ
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
200212 86Jazz Caféalbum review
Gramorevue
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
19901 9gig review
Melodie
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
19881 12Bratislavské jazzovégig review
19901 8
Melody Maker
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
19755120.12.197516American Music Sceneinterview
Rock & Pop
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
19986 115Recenze - Jazz Caféalbum review
199912 114Recenze - Jazz Caféalbum review
20008 21Bezprostředně
20008 96Livegig review