Brecker Brothers

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American musical group jazz fusion duo sibling musical duo

The Brecker Brothers were an influential American jazz fusion duo led by siblings Michael and Randy Brecker, known for their virtuosic horn work and innovative blend of jazz, rock, and funk in the 1970s and 1980s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American musical group ⓘ
jazz fusion duo ⓘ
sibling musical duo ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1982 ⓘ
1994 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1974 ⓘ
1992 ⓘ
associatedAct Billy Cobham NERFINISHED ⓘ
Blood, Sweat & Tears NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dreams NERFINISHED ⓘ
Frank Zappa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Horace Silver NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jaco Pastorius NERFINISHED ⓘ
Parliament-Funkadelic NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saturday Night Live Band NERFINISHED ⓘ
Steely Dan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Steps Ahead NERFINISHED ⓘ
award Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Performance NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
debutAlbum The Brecker Bros. NERFINISHED ⓘ
debutAlbumReleaseYear 1975 ⓘ
genre funk ⓘ
jazz fusion ⓘ
jazz rock ⓘ
jazz-funk ⓘ
post-bop ⓘ
hasMember Michael Brecker NERFINISHED ⓘ
Randy Brecker NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced later jazz fusion horn sections ⓘ
influencedGenre contemporary jazz ⓘ
smooth jazz ⓘ
instrument EWI NERFINISHED ⓘ
flugelhorn ⓘ
soprano saxophone ⓘ
tenor saxophone ⓘ
trumpet ⓘ
leader Michael Brecker NERFINISHED ⓘ
Randy Brecker NERFINISHED ⓘ
liveAlbum Heavy Metal Be-Bop NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableSong East River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Some Skunk Funk NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sponge NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork Back to Back NERFINISHED ⓘ
Detente NERFINISHED ⓘ
Heavy Metal Be-Bop NERFINISHED ⓘ
Out of the Loop NERFINISHED ⓘ
Return of the Brecker Brothers NERFINISHED ⓘ
Straphangin' NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Brecker Bros. NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordLabel Arista Records ⓘ
GRP Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
GRP/Arista Records NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Michael Brecker → memberOf → Brecker Brothers ⓘ
Michael Brecker → associatedAct → Brecker Brothers ⓘ
Sammy Figueroa → associatedAct → Brecker Brothers ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Brecker Brothers