Michael Brecker

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Michael Brecker was an influential American jazz saxophonist and composer renowned for his virtuosic technique, innovative improvisation, and extensive work as both a bandleader and session musician.

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Label Occurrences
Michael Brecker canonical 10
Michael Leonard Brecker 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bandleader
composer
human
jazz musician
saxophonist
session musician
associatedAct Billy Cobham
Brecker Brothers
Chick Corea
Herbie Hancock
Horace Silver
Jaco Pastorius
James Taylor
Pat Metheny
Paul Simon
Randy Brecker
Steps Ahead
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Improvised Jazz Solo
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Jazz Performance
surface form: Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
causeOfDeath leukemia
myelodysplastic syndrome
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1949-03-29
dateOfDeath 2007-01-13
debutAlbum Cityscape
ethnicity Jewish American
familyName Randy Brecker
surface form: Brecker
fullName Michael Brecker self-linksurface differs
surface form: Michael Leonard Brecker
gender male
genre contemporary jazz
jazz
jazz fusion
post-bop
givenName Michael
influenced contemporary jazz saxophonists
instrument EWI
soprano saxophone
tenor saxophone
memberOf Brecker Brothers
Dreams
Steps Ahead
notableFeature innovative improvisation
virtuosic saxophone technique
notableWork Don’t Try This at Home
Michael Brecker (1987 album)
Nearness of You: The Ballad Book
Now You See It... (Now You Don’t)
Pilgrimage
Tales from the Hudson
Time Is of the Essence
Two Blocks from the Edge
Wide Angles
numberOfGrammyAwards 15
occupation composer
musician
record producer
placeOfBirth Philadelphia
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
placeOfDeath New York City
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
recordLabel GRP Records
Heads Up International
Impulse! Records
Verve Records
residence New York City
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
sibling Randy Brecker
yearsActive 1960s–2007

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Shadows and Light featuresMusician Michael Brecker
Shadows and Light performer Michael Brecker
Pat Metheny collaboratedWith Michael Brecker
John Coltrane influenced Michael Brecker
Impulse! Records notableArtist Michael Brecker
Peter Erskine hasWorkedWith Michael Brecker
concert film "Shadows and Light" performer Michael Brecker
subject surface form: Shadows and Light
Michael Brecker fullName Michael Brecker self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Michael Leonard Brecker
That's Why I'm Here hasGuestMusician Michael Brecker
Hourglass contributor Michael Brecker
Three Quartets (1981) performer Michael Brecker
subject surface form: Three Quartets