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Michael Leonard Brecker (March 29, 1949 – January 13, 2007), nicknamed Dr. Sax, was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. He was awarded 15 Grammy Awards as a performer and composer, received an honorary doctorate from Berklee College of Music in 2004, and was inducted into the DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame in 2007.
Jan 14, 2007 · Michael Brecker, a saxophonist who won 11 Grammy Awards and was among the most influential musicians in jazz since the 1960s, died yesterday at a hospital in New York City. He was 57 and lived in...
Mar 25, 2024 · Saxophonist Michael Brecker was perhaps the most influential jazz musicianto appear on the scene after 1960s greats like John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter and Joe Henderson. In this article we take a trip through the making of the musician and his career highlights along the way.
Jan 6, 2022 · Michael Brecker was born on March 29, 1949, and died on January 13, 2007, from complications related to leukemia. Seeing him silenced at the height of his powers—he was only 57 when he passed—was a huge blow to the jazz community.
Jan 15, 2007 · Michael Brecker, a versatile and influential tenor saxophonist who won 11 Grammys over a career that spanned more than three decades, died Saturday. He was 57. Brecker died in a hospital in New...
Feb 19, 2023 · Michael Brecker was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and exposed to jazz at an early age by his father, an amateur jazz pianist. Among the generation of jazz musicians that saw rock music not as the enemy but as a viable musical option, Brecker began studying clarinet, then moved to alto saxophone in school, eventually settling on the tenor ...
Jan 13, 2007 · Famed jazz-fusion saxophonist, saught-after session musician, and member of the Brecker Brothers with his sibling Randy. Read Full Biography.
Official site of the late performer. Includes news.
May 2, 2024 · Brecker, Michael Leonard (born March 29, 1949, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.—died Jan. 13, 2007, New York, N.Y.) was an American tenor saxophonist, whose stark, jagged, yet driving jazz style influenced many tenor saxophonists in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
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.
