Michael Brecker

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bandleader composer human jazz musician saxophonist session musician

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

Statements (66)

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