Artist:Michael Brecker
Song:Nothing Personal
Album:Michael Brecker
It was a very sad day for jazz fans when sax player Michael Brecker died last week of leukemia at age 57. Mike was one of those musicians that even if you've never heard of him, he played on over 900 records so you've heard him. He always added a lot of energy and musicianship to any seesion he played. He was in the music business for almost 20 years before he finally released his first solo album Michael Brecker in 1987. He spent the first part of his career playing with his trumpet playing brother Randy in The Brecker Bros. Band. He became very popular as a sideman in the 70s and played sax on plenty of pop records. He was also part of the very popular early 80s band Steps Ahead. Mike's old pal Don Grolnick produced this first album and wrote Nothing Personal. Musicians are Pat Metheny on guitar, Kenny Kirkland on piano, Charlie Haden on bass and Jack DeJohnette on drums. Michael Brecker's legacy is that he added so much to jazz that all the great jazz musicians wanted him on their records. He was planning a Steps Ahead reunion in 2005 when he got sick and had an unsuccessful bone marrow transplant. And he finished his final solo record two weeks before his death. Here's Michael Brecker tearing it up like always performing Nothing Personal in Italy with trumpeter Franco Ambrosetti. RIP Michael Brecker. You will be missed.
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