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Scott Colley: Music Architect

Read "Scott Colley: Music Architect" reviewed by R.J. DeLuke


Scott Colley can be found adding his big-toned, always appropriate contra bass to a number of settings. He's been a staple on the New York music scene for some time now, with older established musicians like Pat Metheny, Andrew Hill, John Scofield, Joe Lovano, Michael Brecker, Clifford Jordan, Herbie Hancock and many, many more. But also ...

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Michael Brecker: Celebration of a Healer

Read "Michael Brecker: Celebration of a Healer" reviewed by Bill Siegel


Michael Brecker Memorial Town Hall New York, NY February 20, 2007Town Hall was the scene for a spirited memorial service for Michael Brecker, universally acclaimed as one of the most influential jazz sax players since John Coltrane—and certainly among the most productive and ubiquitous: think of a name ...

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Memories of Michael Brecker: Town Hall Tribute

Read "Memories of Michael Brecker: Town Hall Tribute" reviewed by Ralph A. Miriello


Michael Brecker Memorial Town Hall, Manhattan February 20, 2007Last night, my companion Stefania and I took a train ride from Connecticut into Manhattan to pay homage to a fallen musician. Michael Brecker, the prolific and well respected saxophonist, had passed away five weeks prior at a hospital in New York ...

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Michael Brecker Tribute

Featuring the music of Michael Brecker
Duration: 16:13

Bret Primack's Video Blog, Bird Lives, returns with a Tribute to a remarkable musician, and man, Michael Brecker.
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Essential Michael Brecker

Read "Essential Michael Brecker" reviewed by Jason West


This article was originally published at All About Jazz in November 1999. Michael Brecker's contributions to music are generous and, like the pregnant ideas that flow from his tenor horn, they continue to grow. At 50, the saxophonist has found acceptance in a wide variety of musical settings, having performed with pop stars like ...

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James

Featuring the music of Michael Brecker
Duration: 9:59

Rest in Peace Michael Brecker, a true legend and innovator on the Tenor Saxophone. His memory will be cherished by all those who love his music.

Michael appears here with his friend Pat Metheny on guitar with Methey's trio.

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Madame Toulouse

Featuring the music of Michael Brecker
Duration: 9:54

Michael Brecker (tenor) Makoto Ozone (piano) James Genus (bass) Clarence Penn (drums). Filmed in early October, 2001.
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Charlie Haden: An Analog Guy in a Digital World

Read "Charlie Haden: An Analog Guy in a Digital World" reviewed by Clifford Allen


Born August 6, 1937 in Shenandoah, Iowa, Charlie Haden came up in a musical family. After moving around the Midwest, he eventually settled in Los Angeles playing bass with Hampton Hawes, Elmo Hope, and Paul Bley. A fateful meeting in 1958 with Ornette Coleman netted Haden one of his most infamous gigs, which continued with brief ...

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The Lay of the Land

Label: Whaling City Sound
Released: 2003
Track listing: The First Order of Business; Essence; At Home Again; The Lay of the Land; Cherokee; Climate; The Avid Listener; The Way You Look Tonight; The Star Spangled Banner.

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Wide Angles

Label: Verve Music Group
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. Broadband 6:46 2. Cool Day in Hell 7:51 3. Angle of Repose 6:42 4. Timbuktu 8:00 5. Night Jessamine 5:21 6. Scylla 10:40 7. Brexterity 6:40 8. Evening Faces 7:14 9. Modus Operandy 5:27 10. Never Alone 5:39


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