Michael Brecker
American jazz saxophonist, multi‐instrumentalist and composer
United States • 1949-03-29 – 2007-01-13
Biography
Michael Leonard Brecker (March 29, 1949 – January 13, 2007) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Over a four‑decade career, he recorded widely in jazz and popular music and appeared on more than 900 albums as a leader and sideman. He received 15 Grammy Awards from the Recording Academy, was inducted into the DownBeat Hall of Fame in 2007, and received an honorary doctor of music degree from Berklee College of Music in 2004. He died in New York City in 2007 from complications of leukemia following a 2005 diagnosis of myelodysplastic syndrome.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Brothers In Arms
1985
Born To Run
1975
52nd Street
1978
Gaucho
1980
An Innocent Man
1983
Greatest Hits
1976
The Nightfly
1982
Still Crazy After All These Years
1975
Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II
1985
Agents Of Fortune
1976
Footloose (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1984
Aerosmith's Greatest Hits
1980
Mothership Connection
1975
Something / Anything?
1972
The Best Of Carly Simon
1975
Get Your Wings
1974
The Rhythm Of The Saints
1990
Mind Games
1973
Greatest Hits, Etc.
1977
Berlin
1973
The Bridge
1986
Jaco Pastorius
1976
AWB
1974
Valotte
1984
Credited work
10,980 releases · 919 albums · active 1969–2026
- Performance · 16,461
- Other credits · 2,811
- Production · 166
- Mastering · 1
- Engineering · 1
Studios: Power Station · Record Plant, N.Y.C. · A&R Studios · Atlantic Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- The Brecker Brothers
- Carly Simon
- James Taylor (2)
- Paul Simon
- Billy Cobham
- Michael Franks
- Bob James