Michael Brecker
Michael Leonard Brecker (March 29, 1949 – January 13, 2007) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. He was awarded 15 Grammy Awards as both performer and composer, received an Honorary Doctorate from Berklee College of Music in 2004, and was inducted into the DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame in 2007.
Saxophonist Michael Brecker (1949-2007) on left and trumpet player Randy Brecker of The Brecker Brothers perform live on stage together in the United States circa 1995. (Photo by Michael Putland/Getty Images)
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This August 2006 photo provided by Darryl Pitt, shows, from left, Jack DeJohnette, Michael Brecker, Gil Goldstein and Herbie Hancock watching a little movie during a break at the sessions in New York for recording Brecker's "Pilgrimage." (AP Photo/Darryl Pitt)
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concert live au Palais des sports, paris, france,
5 juillet 1992,
©Sophie LE ROUX
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