Michael Brecker

Synopsis

Alyn Shipton looks back at the recorded catalogue of the late Michael Brecker, a musician widely regarded as the most influential saxophonist since John Coltrane, playing discs singled out by the man himself in an archive Radio 3 interview.

Including:

Jazz Library Michael Brecker Jan 3rd 09

DISC 1
Title Anagram
Artist Michael Brecker
Composer Brecker
Album Pilgrimage
Label WA Number 0602517263512
Track 3
Personnel: M Brecker, ts; Pat Metheny, g; Brad Mehldau, p; John Patitucci, b; Jack DeJohnette, d. August 2006

DISC 2
Title Crunchy Granola
Artist Dreams
Composer Lurbahn
Album Dreams
Label CBS Number 64203
s.2 t.1
Personnel: inc. Michael Brecker, ts; Randy Brecker, t; Billy Cobham, d. 1972

DISC 3
Title Scrunch
Artist Brecker Brothers
Composer R Brecker / M Brecker/ Kessler / Kilgore
Album Out of the Loop
Label GRP Number 97842
Track 3
Personnel: Michael Brecker, ts; Randy Brecker, t; Dean Brown, g; James Genus, b; kb/rhythm programming Robbie Kilgore, Maz Kessler.

DISC 4
Title African Skies
Artist Brecker Brothers
Composer M Brecker
Album Out of the Loop
Label GRP Number 97842
Track 5
Personnel: Michael Brecker, ts; Randy Brecker, t; George Whitty, kb; Dean Brown, g; Armand Sabal-Lecco, b; Rodney Holmes, d, Steve Thornton, perc.

DISC 5
Title African Skies
Artist Michael Brecker
Composer Brecker
Album Tales from the Hudson
Label Impulse Number 11912
Track 5
Personnel: M Brecker, ts; Pat Metheny, g; McCoy Tyner, p; Dave Holland, b; Jack DeJohnette, d. 1996

DISC 6
Title Gossip
Artist Michael Brecker
Composer Brecker
Album Michael Brecker Band Live
Label Jazz Door Number 1230
Track 1
Personnel: M Brecker, ts; Mike Stern, g; Joey Calderazzo, p, Jeff Andrews, b; Adam Nussbaum, d. 1989

DISC 7
Title Ode to the Doo Dah Day
Artist Michael Brecker
Composer Beard
Album Now you see it, now you don’t
Label GRP Number GRD 9622
Track 3
Personnel Michael Brecker, ts/EWI; Jim Beard, synth; Jon Herington, g; Don Alias, perc. 1990

DISC 8
Title The Impaler
Artist Michael Brecker
Composer Watts
Album Two Blocks from the Edge
Label Impulse Number 12612
Track 6
Personnel: Michael Brecker, ts; Joey Calderazzo, p; James Genus, b; Jeff “Tain” Watts, d; Don Alias perc. 1998

DISC 9
Title My Ship
Artist Michael Brecker
Composer Weill / Gershwin
Album The Ballad Book - Nearness of You
Label Verve Number 01103-2
Track 8
Personnel: Michael Brecker, ts; Herbie Hancock, p; Pat Metheny, g; Charlie Haden, b; Jack DeJohnette, d. 2001.

DISC 10
Title Always
Artist Michael Brecker
Composer Berlin
Album The Ballad Book - Nearness of You
Label Verve Number 01103-2
Track 9
Personnel: Michael Brecker, ts; Herbie Hancock, p; Pat Metheny, g; Charlie Haden, b; Jack DeJohnette, d. 2001.

DISC 11
Title Timbuktu
Artist Michael Brecker Quindectet
Composer Brecker arr Goldstein
Album Wide Angles
Label Verve Number 28502
Track 7

DISC 12
Title Pilgrimage
Artist Michael Brecker
Composer Brecker
Album Pilgrimage
Label WA Number 0602517263512
Track 3
Personnel: M Brecker, ts; Pat Metheny, g; Herbie Hancock, p; John Patitucci, b; Jack DeJohnette, d. August 2006

Broadcast

1. Sat 3 Jan 2009
   16:00
   BBC Radio 3