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Michael Leonard Brecker (March 29, 1949 - January 13, 2007) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Acknowledged as "a quiet, gentle musician widely regarded as the most influential tenor saxophonist since John Coltrane," he has been awarded 15 Grammy Awards as both performer and composer and was inducted into Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame in 2007. Biography Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and raised in Cheltenham Township, a local suburb, Michael Brecker was exposed to jazz at an early age by his father, an amateur jazz pianist. He grew up a part of the generation of jazz musicians who 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 saxophone as his primary instrument. He graduated from Cheltenham High School in 1967 and after only a year at Indiana University, Michael Brecker moved to New York City in 1969 where he carved out a niche for himself as a...

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Discography

Don't Try This at Home, 1995
Some Skunk Funk, 2006
Pilgrimage, 2007
Cityscape, 1995
Tales From the Hudson, 1996
American Dreams, 2002
Two Blocks From The Edge, 1998
Time Is of the Essence, 1999
Two Blocks From the Edge, 1998
Now You See It... (Now You Don't), 1990
Michael Brecker, 1987
Twin Tenors, 1994
Nearness of You: The Ballad Book, 2001
Directions in Music: Live at Massey Hall, 2002

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Song	Slings And Arrows
Artist	Michael Brecker
Album	Tales From The Hudson
Label	Impulse!
Year	1996

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Song	Misstery
Artist	Michael Brecker
Album	Directions In Music
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