RIP Michael Brecker

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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/18/arts/music/18brec.html?pagewanted=print

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Friday, 19 August 2005 15:29 (twenty years ago)

get better, sax dude.

― s/c (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 19 August 2005 15:38 (twenty years ago)

Aw, man.

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 19 August 2005 15:40 (twenty years ago)

one year passes...

bad news:

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--obit-brecker0113jan13,0,95642.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork

r.i.p.

― max (maxreax), Sunday, 14 January 2007 02:23 (nineteen years ago)

RIP

― Sundar (sundar), Sunday, 14 January 2007 05:01 (nineteen years ago)

sad ;_;

― chaki (chaki), Sunday, 14 January 2007 05:09 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.morethings.com/fan/eddie_murphy/james_brown

According to Wikipedia, that's Brecker in the shades on the right, playing the sax.

― max (maxreax), Sunday, 14 January 2007 05:21 (nineteen years ago)

aw, that sucks. he rocked. i will dig out some brecker bros to play tomorrow. such a great part of so many great albums.

― scott seward (scott seward), Sunday, 14 January 2007 05:23 (nineteen years ago)

parliament, average white band, disco star wars by meco, etc etc etc. so many classic tracks!!

― chaki (chaki), Sunday, 14 January 2007 05:24 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.michaelbrecker.com/oldWebsite/gallery/gallery-sax-close-up.jpg

― scott seward (scott seward), Sunday, 14 January 2007 05:28 (nineteen years ago)

session work from a-z (though i'll bet they are missing stuff):

http://www.michaelbrecker.com/oldWebsite/discography-2.htm

― scott seward (scott seward), Sunday, 14 January 2007 05:29 (nineteen years ago)

RIP

― 808 the Bassking (Andrew Thames), Sunday, 14 January 2007 06:47 (nineteen years ago)

Dammit, never listened to his solo work a or the Brecker Bros, but he plays on so many of my favourite albums. RIP.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Sunday, 14 January 2007 10:08 (nineteen years ago)

bummer :-(

― Ward Fowler (Ward Fowler), Sunday, 14 January 2007 10:32 (nineteen years ago)

it is a bummer...from Laura Nyro to Blue Oyster Cult, nothing sweetened a track like a Brecker sax solo...RIP

― hank (hank s), Sunday, 14 January 2007 10:45 (nineteen years ago)

wow RIP. "Some Skunk Funk" and "Sponge" were big players when I was a jazz band kid

― Dominique (dleone), Sunday, 14 January 2007 17:22 (nineteen years ago)

wouldn't hurt if this thread's name got changed...

― hank (hank s), Sunday, 14 January 2007 18:29 (nineteen years ago)

yeah, i agree.

― scott seward (scott seward), Sunday, 14 January 2007 18:47 (nineteen years ago)

dank yoo.

― scott seward (scott seward), Sunday, 14 January 2007 18:53 (nineteen years ago)

np.

― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 14 January 2007 18:59 (nineteen years ago)

Anyone have a link to Brecker's highly amusing tour rider (or maybe it was just a great rant about the absurd things he encountered while touring over the years) (or maybe both)?

― drench (drench), Sunday, 14 January 2007 19:54 (nineteen years ago)

got to see Brecker play a set by himself 6 or so years ago. remember "Naima" being the highlight, & it was pretty insane. rip.

― eggzakly huhh? (zachary v.), Monday, 15 January 2007 06:41 (nineteen years ago)

Damn. RIP, dude. Must d/l "East River" and some Steps Ahead tonight.

― zebedee (zebedee), Monday, 15 January 2007 11:24 (nineteen years ago)

It's his brother Randy's rider, but yeah, it's pretty profound:
http://www.langston.com/Fun_People/1999/1999ARC.html

― A Radio Picture (Rrrickey), Monday, 15 January 2007 15:18 (nineteen years ago)

f. Please try and avoid having the whole audience come backstage for
autographs after the concert, especially when they haven't applauded during
the concert.

g. No, I do not have a pen!

h. Yes, my brother is fine!

― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 15 January 2007 15:20 (nineteen years ago)

RIP.

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 15 January 2007 15:31 (nineteen years ago)

Damn - second session giant/unlikely Zappa guest-soloist to die within less than a week. He definitely got around - according to the discog, I apparently listened to him on two different LPs, unawares, during the weekend. RIP

― M. Agony Von Bontee (M. Agony Von Bontee), Monday, 15 January 2007 16:23 (nineteen years ago)

who's the other zappa soloist to pass away? michael played on some great records. RIP.

― edd s hurt (ddduncan), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 16:28 (nineteen years ago)

Sad, and way too early.

I first and foremost remember him as an excellent session player. His solo on "Still Crazy After All These Years" is one of the classic sax solos.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 23:10 (nineteen years ago)

I feel like I should say something about his non-Skunk Funk/session side, since he did some pretty serious straight-ahead stuff. I know a few musicians who were way into that album he did with Jeff "Tain" Watts and Joey Calderazzo, and the Herbie Hancock/Brian Blade/John Pattitucci/Roy Hargrove band was nothing to sneeze at either.

I hear he was a pretty good drummer too!

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 23:28 (nineteen years ago)

That was "Sneaky" Pete Kleinow, Edd. (Played on Waka Jawaka from '72.)

― Monty Von Byonga (Monty Von Byonga), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 00:18 (nineteen years ago)

I've always enjoyed the image, from Dave Marsh's first Springsteen book, of Steve Van Zandt *singing* the horn parts for "Tenth Avenue Freeze Out" to the session guys, who included Michael and Randy.

― A Radio Picture (Rrrickey), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 06:57 (nineteen years ago)

six years pass...

"Beirut" on the second Steps Ahead record, Magnetic, is pretty amazing. Definitely the best synth wind controller stuff I ever heard.

― Naive Teen Idol, Saturday, 8 June 2013 01:50 (twelve years ago)

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