Michael brecker band live biography

A major figure in contemporary instrumental music, tenor saxophonist and composer Michael Brecker is an eight-time Grammy-winner, and the first to win both the "Best Jazz Instrumental Performance" and "Best Jazz Instrumental Solo" two years in a row. As a result of his stylistic and harmonic innovations, Brecker is among the most studied instrumentalists in music schools throughout the world today.

The album is produced by Pat Metheny, with legendary singer-songwriter James Taylor adding his voice to the peerless musical alchemy on two tracks. While Randy took up trumpet, Michael launched his studies on clarinet and alto sax; moved by the genius of Coltrane, Brecker switched to tenor in high school. After studying, as did his brother, at the University of Indiana, he made the mandatory move to New York City, landing work with several bands before co-founding the pioneering jazz-rock group Dreams in The following year, the siblings branched off to form the Brecker Brothers, one of the most innovative and successful jazz-funk fusion bands of the decade.

With Peter Erskine later replacing Gadd, the all-star quartet recorded seven albums and ascended to worldwide fame during the s. But this was the first time they all played together as a unit for an entire album.

Michael brecker album

Nearness of You was produced by Metheny, marking the first time the guitarist has stepped into that role for any major jazz artist other than himself and his own group. Directions co-leaders Brecker, Herbie Hancock and Roy Hargrove have recently performed for hundreds of thousands of concertgoers making Directions among the highest profile events in jazz in the last two years.

Brecker's accomplishments assure that his time will forever be intertwined with the history of music.