Results for "Michael Brecker"

Michael Brecker: Pilgrimage

by John Kelman
May 16, 2007

Michael Brecker's tragic death in January 2007, at the age of fifty-seven, robbed the world of perhaps the most influential saxophonist to emerge since the equally untimely passing of John Coltrane. It's easy to forget that he was one of the pop/rock world's most called-upon studio players, recording on hundreds of albums with artists including James ...

Scott Colley: Music Architect

by R.J. DeLuke
March 26, 2007

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 ...

Michael Brecker: Celebration of a Healer

by Bill Siegel
March 1, 2007

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 ...

Memories of Michael Brecker: Town Hall Tribute

by Ralph A. Miriello
March 1, 2007

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 ...

Michael Brecker Tribute

Featuring the music of Michael Brecker
Duration: 16:13
February 10, 2007

Essential Michael Brecker

by Jason West
January 18, 2007

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 ...

James

Featuring the music of Michael Brecker
Duration: 9:59
January 14, 2007

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

Madame Toulouse

Featuring the music of Michael Brecker
Duration: 9:54
October 28, 2006

Charlie Haden: An Analog Guy in a Digital World

by Clifford Allen
March 1, 2004

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 ...

The Lay of the Land

By Mike Pope

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.