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	BBC - Radio 3 Jazz Profiles - Michael Brecker
		Brecker is the most influential saxophonist in the post Coltrane tradition, and his rapid execution, constant flow of ideas and rhythmic momentum have been widely admired and imitated.
		He is also one of the most prolifically recorded saxophonists in jazz, as he has worked in a vast range of studio settings as well as with his own groups and the fusion band led with his trumpeter brother Randy (born 1945).
		Michael also worked in the late 1970s band Steps (which later became Steps Ahead), but in due course he began to focus more of fronting his own groups, and mainly a quartet with piano, bass and drums that allowed his torrent of ideas free rein.
	www.bbc.co.uk /radio3/jazz/profiles/michael_brecker.shtml (271 words)

	Michael Brecker: biography (page 4 of 7)
		Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker and Barry Rogers were known at that time as powerful horn section and got hired by many producers as recording musicians.
		Michael Brecker and Randy Brecker formed The Brecker Brothers in 1975.
		Brecker brothers also opened Seventh Avenue South, a jazz-club that for eight years was one of best clubs on Manhattan.
	members.tripod.com /mariomendes/michael_4.html (316 words)

	Michael Brecker Interview
		Michael Brecxker is very ill at the moment and having met him on several occasions and witnessed just what and incredible saxophone player he is at several memorable gigs, if you know of anyway you or someone you know might be able to help him - please visit his website here.
		The news that Michael Brecker has made a stunning ballad record is not necessarily the event that might make you wake the kids and phone the neighbours - and yet it should.
		Brecker's powerhouse, pile-driving style of tenor playing has imprinted itself indelibly on jazz's psyche since he first burst out of the '70's session scene and into the jazz-rock limelight with his brother Randy, in the guise of those funky siblings The Brecker Brothers.
	www.munkio.com /words/michael_brecker.html (1887 words)

	M-AUDIO - Michael Brecker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Tenor saxophonist and composer Michael Brecker is an eleven-time Grammy-winner, and the first to win both the "Best Jazz Instrumental Performance" and "Best Jazz Instrumental Solo" two years in a row.
		Michael has recorded and performed with a virtual Who’s Who of jazz and pop giants in the 70s and 80s, including McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Chet Baker, George Benson, Quincy Jones, Charles Mingus, Joni Mitchell, Jaco Pastorius, Paul Simon, Frank Sinatra, Bruce Springsteen, Steely Dan, Pat Metheny and Frank Zappa.
		Brecker’s accomplishments assure that his career will forever be intertwined with the history of music.
	www.m-audio.com /artists/en_us/MichaelBrecker.html (683 words)

	Michael Brecker: Staying Focused
		Michael Brecker comes from one of the first families of modern jazz.
		Michael followed his brother to the City after briefly attending Indiana University, and rapidly established himself in the 1970s as one of the most in-demand saxophonists of the era.
		But Michael Brecker was relatively late in establishing himself as a recording artist under his own name, not cutting his first disc as a leader until 1986, at the age of 37.
	www.jimnewsom.com /PFW-MichaelBrecker.html (1172 words)

	Amazon.com: Time Is Of The Essence: Music: Michael Brecker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Purists might have considered Brecker's reputation sullied by his association with fusion--especially as performed in the 1970s by the Brecker Brothers, which featured him alongside his brother Randy on trumpet, and later by Steps Ahead--but since the mid-1980s, the tenorist has been on a post-bop roll.
		Brecker is a very powerful tenor player here as always; like Coltrane and Dexter Gordon one has the feeling he could just go on soloing forever.
		Mr Brecker has been, and will continue to be, a productive and influential artist in the field of jazz so I suppose we ought to allow him the odd lack lustre performace but this by no means dampens the disappointment.
	www.amazon.com /Time-Essence-Michael-Brecker/dp/B0000296PM (1528 words)

	Guitar Player - Help Save Michael Brecker's Life
		Michael Brecker, renowned jazz musician, has been diagnosed with MDS (myelodysplastic syndrome), and it is critical that he undergoes a stem cell transplant.
		Michael Brecker is 56 and an internationally renowned jazz musician.
		Michael has played on hundreds of albums with artists ranging from Herbie Hancock to James Taylor, from Paul Simon to Frank Zappa to Quincy Jones, Chet Baker and Bruce Springsteen---and on and on.
	www.guitarplayer.com /story.asp?storycode=10640 (663 words)

	www.myspace.com/mbrecker
		Michael Brecker took a long time before getting around to recording his first solo album.
		Brecker originally started on clarinet and alto before switching to tenor in high school.
		Brecker was with Horace Silver during 1973-1974, gigged with Billy Cobham, and then co-led the Brecker Brothers (a commercially successful funk group) with his brother, trumpeter Randy Brecker, for most of the 1970s.
	www.myspace.com /mbrecker (1057 words)

	Michael Brecker
		Michael Brecker wurde 1949 in Philadelphia, PA, geboren.
		Brecker studierte ab 1966 an der Universität von Indiana, wo bereits sein Bruder Randy (Trompeter und Flügelhornspieler) war, u.a.
		Brecker ging es darum, die Melodie sprechen zu lassen, die Stücke nicht unnötig auszuschmücken, es mit weniger Noten zu sagen.
	www.cosmopolis.ch /cosmo32/michael_brecker.htm (1413 words)

	Michael Brecker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Michael Brecker was exposed to jazz at an early age by his father, an amateur jazz pianist.
		After only a year at Indiana University, Michael Brecker moved to New York City in 1970 where he carved out a niche for himself as a dynamic and exciting jazz soloist, and quickly became the preeminent pop/RandB/funk saxophone soloist of his generation.
		By the early 1970s it was apparent that Michael Brecker was a soloist to be reckoned with.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Michael_Brecker (906 words)

	Jazz Artist Interview - Michael Brecker@ jazzreview.com
		Brecker from gearing up for a dream team national tour beginning September 19, 2001 with Herbie Hancock, Roy Hargrove, John Pattitucci and Brian Blade.
		Michael recently returned from an outstanding performance at this year's North Sea Jazz Festival in The Hague, Netherlands (July 2001), where he and his brother, Randy-trumpet, Dave Kikoski-piano, Peter Washington-bass and Carl Allen-drums, reinvented their acoustic Brecker Brothers repertoire to the delight of thousands of cheering fans.
		One thing is certain, Michael Brecker is one of the highest requested performers for venues throughout the world.
	www.jazzreview.com /articledetails.cfm?ID=64 (889 words)

	Michael Brecker - IMN World
		The solo debut, Michael Brecker, was voted "Jazz Album of the Year" in both Down Beat and Jazziz magazines.
		The Breckers' Out of the Loop (1994) and Michael's Tales From the Hudson (1997) put additional Grammys on the saxo-phonist's shelf, leading to Michael being named "Best Soloist of the Year" by JazzLife and "Jazz Man of the Year" by Swing Journal.
		In 1998 Brecker ventured Two Blocks From the Edge and 1999 marked the arrival of Brecker's Time Is of the Essence (featuring Metheny, organist Larry Goldings, and drummers Elvin Jones, Jeff "Tain" Watts and Bill Stewart).
	www.imnworld.com /IMN/artist_view/27 (755 words)

	Michael Brecker : Smooth Jazz Now
		July 29, 2005 - Michael Brecker, who is currently undergoing cancer treatment for a rare form of blood cancer, is in need of a stem cell donor (or bone marrow transplant).
		Michael and many like him, depend on those who have been tested and belong to registry in order to find a match.
		Michael's most likely match will be someone from the Ashkenazi bloodline.
	www.smoothjazznow.com /artist_michael_brecker.htm (321 words)

	Michael Brecker Live Recordings (via CobWeb/3.1 vn1.cs.wustl.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		My name is Louis Gerrits, saxophonist and collector of Michael Brecker related live audio and video recordings.
		November 2 - Center for Jazz Composition Announces First International Jazz Arranging Competition with focus on compositions of Michael Brecker.
		If someone has a magazine, paper, anything with a Mike Brecker interview (any language), I would be very interested in those.
	www.michaelbreckerliverecordings.com.cob-web.org:8888 (220 words)

	Michael Brecker - Verve Records
		What won critical acclaim and gives their Live at Massey Hall recording such emotional vibrancy is that the musicians trusted their talents to re-imagine some of the best-known works of these late legends in the spirit of adventure and exploration that characterized their art.
		For Hancock, some of the inspiration for this album came from personal experience, as he was, of course, the key man on keyboards for Davis, for five crucial years in the development of jazz, in a band that included Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter and Tony Williams.
		Among the originals written for the tour was Michael Brecker's dedication to Coltrane, "D Trane." "I thought it was a composition that echoes Coltrane and Miles, while also being a fun vehicle to blow on," Brecker says.
	www.vervemusicgroup.com /artist.aspx?aid=2703 (1300 words)

	Michael Brecker needs our help
		My husband, Michael Brecker, has been diagnosed with MDS (myelodysplastic syndrome), and its critical that he undergoes a stem cell transplant.
		Michael's doctors have told us that we need to immediately explore ALL possible options.
		Ultimately, you would be doing something not just for Michael, but for so many more who are in a similar situation as my husband.
	www.michaelfranks.com /michael_brecker.html (547 words)

	Michael Brecker - AOL Music
		Michael Brecker has been diagnosed with the blood disorder...
		Michael Brecker, one of jazz's most influential tenor saxophonists over the past quarter-century, has been forced to stop performing by blood and bone...
		Download, listen and watch Michael Brecker music, mp3's, song lyrics, music videos, Internet radio, live performances, concerts, and more on AOL Music.
	music.aol.com /artist/michael-brecker/6170/main (125 words)

	Jazz News: Michael Brecker Update (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		My beloved brother, 11-time Grammy Award winning jazz saxophonist MICHAEL BRECKER, has recently been diagnosed with Myelo-Dysplastic Syndrome (MDS), a pre-leukemic bone marrow disorder.
		Michaelâs doctors have told us that the best way of finding a match for him is to increase the donor registry numbers with people of similar genetic backgrounds â“ in this case, people of Eastern European Jewish descent.
		By being tested, you will be eligible to help Michael and others in his situation.
	www.allaboutjazz.com /php/news.php?id=7286 (556 words)

	Blog AES MixOnline » Michael Brecker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Influential saxaphonist Micheal Brecker is seriously ill and in need of a marrow or blood cell transplant - but first he needs a matching donor.
		For information on where to get tested and to learn more about being a donor, go to www.michaelbrecker.com or www.m-audio.com/brecker.
		Michael Brecker wants to help save many lives.
	blog.mixonline.com /aes/2005/10/10/michael-brecker (129 words)

	M-AUDIO - Get Tested to Save a Life! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		11-time Grammy winning saxophonist Michael Brecker has been diagnosed with MDS (myelodysplastic syndrome) and it's critical that he has a bone marrow or blood stem cell transplant.
		The initial search for a donor, including Michael’s siblings and children, has not resulted in a suitable match.
		Should you be selected as a potential donor for Michael or any other patient, please understand that there have been tremendous advances in "bone marrow transplants" and the term itself can be misleading.
	www.m-audio.com /news/en_us-520.html (540 words)

	Help Michael Brecker
		My husband, Michael Brecker, has been diagnosed with MDS
		A match for Michael would be most likely to come from those of Eastern
		Michael has played on hundreds of albums with artists ranging
	www.dornpub.com /michaelbrecker.html (507 words)

	Tower Records - Michael Brecker - Michael Brecker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Although Michael Brecker entered the music business in the early '70s and spent that decade as one of the busiest session musicians around, it wasn't until 1986's MICHAEL BRECKER, one of the first releases on the revived Impulse!
		Brecker plays tenor sax on about half of this record, his phrasing resembling a slightly less abstract Lee Konitz in some spots, the lyricism of early Grover Washington Jr.
		On the rest of the album, Brecker plays something called the EWI, or Electronic Wind Instrument, a MIDI synthesizer triggered by blowing into it.
	www.towerrecords.com /product.aspx?pfid=1001446 (250 words)

	MichaelKI.org - Welcome
		Jazz saxophone great, Michael Brecker, husband, father of 2 children ages 12 and 16, has Myelodysplastic Syndrome.
		Michael’s best chance of finding a donor lies with persons of Eastern European Jewish ancestry.
		If you are 18 to 60 years-old, you may be able to save a life.
	www.michaelki.org (367 words)

	YouTube - Michael Brecker - Madame Toulouse (via CobWeb/3.1 vn1.cs.wustl.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Well, sure Mr Brecker is a God, but I actually get here searching for Makoto Ozone, one of the most impressive and amazing jazz pianist ever.
		No wonder Paquito D'rivera, Gary Burton, Michael Brecker among others, had him as a sideman.
		He looks like Brecker and Liebman together, but he is more melodic...
	www.youtube.com.cob-web.org:8888 /watch?v=GRFMG5C2PPA&mode=related&search= (476 words)

	Official Ticketmaster site. Michael Brecker tickets, dates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		A remarkable technician and a highly influential tenor saxophonist (the biggest influence on other tenors since Wayne Shorter), Michael Brecker took a long time before getting around to recording his first solo album.
		He spent much of his career as a top-notch studio player who often appeared...
		We currently do not have any tickets on sale for Michael Brecker.
	www.ticketmaster.com /artist/736728?brand=none (652 words)

	Michael Brecker on Rhapsody
		Michael Brecker is one of the premier tenor saxophone players of our day, and his credits list like a who's who of modern jazz and Fusion.
		Jazz > Pop-Jazz > Crossover Jazz > Michael Brecker
		Hear Michael Brecker and similar artists on this channel.
	www.rhapsody.com /michaelbrecker (107 words)

	E.J.N. - MICHAEL BRECKER
		Jam sessions with keyboardist/vibes player Mike Maineiri, bassist Eddie Gomez, and drummer Steve Gadd led to the formation of Steps Ahead.
		The Directions project recently performed for hundreds of thousands of concertgoers, making it among one of the highest profile jazz events in recent years.
		Brecker began 2003 creating his first large ensemble record.
	www.ejn.it /mus/m_brecker.htm (687 words)

	michael brecker Sheet Music 5! (via CobWeb/3.1 vn1.cs.wustl.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Jazz, Standards - Paper, scores, tabs for michael brecker!!
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		MICHAEL BRECKER sheets, chords, Lyrics, notes, tabs, scores
	jazz-sheet-music-scores.com.cob-web.org:8888 /Sheet-Music-Tabs/michael%20brecker.html (414 words)

	VH1.com : Michael Brecker : Artist Main
		Add a link to your "Michael Brecker" fan site on VH1.com!
		Check out Michael Brecker's movie page to watch trailers, see photos, find out about upcoming film projects and more!
		Enter the jazz world of dark smokey clubs and hip cats blowing beautiful ballads and banging bebop off the walls.
	www.vh1.com /artists/az/brecker_michael/artist.jhtml (159 words)

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