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Randy Brecker

Born: November 27, 1945

Jazz trumpeter and composer Randy Brecker has helped shape the sound of jazz, R&B and rock for more than four decades. His trumpet and flugelhorn performances have graced hundreds of albums by a wide range of artists from James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen and Parliament/Funkadelic to Frank Sinatra, Steely Dan, Jaco Pastorius and Frank Zappa.

Born in 1945 in Philadelphia to a musical family, Randy’s musical talent was nurtured from an early age. He attended Indiana University from 1963-66 studying with Bill Adam, David Baker and Jerry Coker and later moved to New York where he landed gigs with such prominent bands as Clark Terry’s Big Bad Band, the Duke Pearson Big Band and the Thad Jones Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra.

Madame Toulouse

January 9, 2027

Album: Celebrating Michael Brecker: Live at the Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society
By Charged Particles
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2026
Duration: 07:25

Next In Line

By Bob Holz

Label: MVD Audio
Released: 2026
Track listing: 1.Jammin Man-5:04 2.Shooting Range-4:24 3.World Turned Upside Down-6:07 4.Eleven High-3:21 5.Larry’s Blues-6:33 6.Flat Out-6:31 7.Better Try-3:55 8.The Tunnel-5:02 9.Silverthorne-6:22 10.Moving Eyes-4:19

Jazz Dreams

By Kathy Ingraham

Label: Peirdon Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Dream On: House Of The Rising Sun: Little Things Redux: Melusina: Ruby Tuesday: Eli's Comin: Stairway To Heaven.

Jason Miles 100 Miles for Miles Davis

By Jason Miles

Label: Lightyear Entertainment
Released: 2026
Track listing: 100 Miles, The Girl With The Purple Hair, Controlled Chaos, Malibu Midnight Blue, Samba Para Miles, Jeanne Moreau, Miles to Miles (solo piano) Miles to Miles 1994 Remastered

A Trio Affair

By Mike Catalano

Label: Catman Records Inc.
Released: 2026
Track listing: Night Side Up; Bluesy; Remember When/Marcio's Theme ; Bossa Avenue; Moon Over Manhattan; Just a Little Samba; Dois Corregos (Two Streams); Take Me Back to Rio; Lembra De Mim (Remember me); Mission From Gadd; Christmas Time Is Here

Celebrating Michael Brecker: Live at the Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society

By Charged Particles

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Madame Toulouse; El Niño; When Can I Kiss You Again?; Triple Play; Midnight Voyage; Loose Threads; Pilgrimage.

Themes For Good Friends

By George Garzone

Label: Jojo Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Theme For Ernie; U-Jaama; It Will Happen To You; Ripty Boom; Giant Steps; Just Ring The Bell; The Mingus That I Knew; To Michael Brecker.

Enrico Rava: The Secret Corners of a Master

by Marco Iacoboni
October 29, 2026

Meeting Enrico Rava means stepping into a world of stories, musicians and memories spanning decades of jazz history. We met on the occasion of the release of Corners, the ECM album he recorded with his band, Fearless Five, and a very special guest, Joe Lovano. With so many anecdotes, encounters and digressions to draw ...

Fred Lipsius: The Blood, Sweat & Tears Sax Voice Still Resounds

by R.J. DeLuke
October 28, 2026

There's an alto saxophone sound that a huge percentage of the Baby Boom generation heard and enjoyed in the 1960s and into the 1970s, even though many may not have been jazz fans. And younger folks who appreciate great music and understand the value of sounds generated in that era have also heard the clean, quicksilver ...