Randal Edward Brecker (born November 27, 1945) is an American trumpeter,

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ist, and composer. His versatility has made him a popular studio musician who has recorded with acts in

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, and R&B.

Early life

Brecker was born on November 27, 1945, in the

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suburb of

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to a musical family. His father Bob (Bobby) was a lawyer who played jazz piano and his mother Sylvia was a portrait artist. Randy described his father as "a semipro jazz pianist and trumpet fanatic. In school when I was eight, they only offered trumpet or clarinet. I chose trumpet from hearing Diz, Miles, Clifford, and Chet Baker at home. My brother (

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. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Berklee College of M ...

) didn't want to play the same instrument as I did, so three years later he chose the clarinet!" Randy's father, Bob, was also a songwriter and singer who loved to listen to recordings of the great jazz trumpet players such as

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and

Clifford Brown Clifford Benjamin Brown (October 30, 1930 – June 26, 1956) was an American jazz trumpeter and composer. He died at the age of 25 in a car accident, leaving behind four years' worth of recordings. His compositions "Sandu", "Joy Spring", an ...

. He took Randy and his younger brother

to see Davis,

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, and many other jazz icons. Brecker attended

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from 1959 to 1963 and then

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from 1963 to 1966 studying with

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, David Baker and

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and later moved to New York and performed with

Clark Terry Clark Virgil Terry Jr. (December 14, 1920 – February 21, 2015) was an American swing and bebop trumpeter, a pioneer of the flugelhorn in jazz, and a composer and educator. He played with Charlie Barnet (1947), Count Basie (1948–51), Duke ...

's Big Bad Band, the

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and

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Career

In 1967, Brecker ventured into jazz-rock with the band

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, on their first album ''

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'', but left to join the Horace Silver Quintet. Brecker recorded his first solo album, ''Score'', in 1968, featuring his brother

. After Horace Silver, Randy Brecker joined

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's Jazz Messengers before teaming up with brother Michael,

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, and John Abercrombie to form the fusion group

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. The group recorded two albums: ''Dreams'' and ''Imagine My Surprise'' for

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before they disbanded in 1971. In the early 1970s, Brecker performed live with many artists including

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and

. He also recorded several albums with his brother under pianist/composer

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. By 1975, Randy and Michael formed the

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band. They released six albums on Arista and garnered seven Grammy nominations between 1975 and 1981. Their first record, '' The Brecker Bros.'', featured Randy's composition "Some Skunk Funk", and he composed several pieces on this and subsequent albums. After the Brecker Brothers disbanded in 1982, Randy recorded and toured as a member of

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' Word of Mouth big band. It was soon thereafter that he met and later married Brazilian jazz pianist

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. Eliane and Randy formed their own band, touring the world several times and recording one album named after their daughter together, ''Amanda,'' on

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. In 1977 he founded the jazz club '' Seventh Avenue South'' with his brother Michael Brecker. In 1992 Randy and Michael reunited for a world tour and the triple-Grammy nominated GRP recording ''The Return of the Brecker Brothers''. The follow-up, 1994's '' Out of the Loop'', was a double-Grammy winner. In 1995 he was featured on ''Turtles'', an album by Polish composer Włodek Pawlik. In 1997, '' Into the Sun'' (Concord), a recording featuring Brecker's impressions of Brazil, garnered Brecker his first Grammy as a solo artist. In 2001, Brecker released ''Hangin' in the City'' (ESC), a solo project that introduced his alter-ego Randroid with lyrics and vocals by Randroid himself. This CD was released in Europe, where Brecker toured extensively with his own line-up. Brecker's next CD for ESC Records, '' 34th N Lex'', won him his third Grammy for Best Contemporary Jazz Album in 2003. That summer he went back to Europe with the

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Soulbop Band. In the summer of 2003 the Brecker Brothers appeared in

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at the

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. 2004 saw Brecker touring Europe as co-leader (with Bill Evans) of the band Soulbop. The

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also invited Brecker to perform at the azz Fest The date was of significance to Randy as it was the last time he played with his brother, who took ill shortly thereafter with a rare form of leukemia known as MDS. In 2005, Brecker's wife Ada (married 2001) sat in for the first time. Brecker's schedule continued with the Randy Brecker Band performing throughout Eastern Europe. In 2007, Brecker was awarded his fourth Grammy for ''Randy Brecker Live with the WDR Big Band'' (Telarc/BHM), the live recording (also available in DVD format) of his performance with Michael at the Leverkusen Jazz Fest in 2004. Michael died that same year on January 13. 2007 also saw the release of a two-CD set of live recordings of the band Soulbop (BHM) featuring

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, Victor Bailey,

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, Rodney Holmes and

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. Brecker returned to Brazilian music in 2008 for the album ''Randy in Brazil'', which was recorded in

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with Brazilian musicians and released on Summit Records. Chosen as one of the top 10 CDs of 2008 by

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, the CD won the Grammy for "Best Contemporary Jazz Album", bringing his Grammy total to five. A ''Tribute to the Brecker Brothers'' featuring Randy and recorded live at the Hamamatsu Jazz Festival in Japan with Yoichi Murata's Solid Brass & Big Band was released by

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in Japan in late 2008. In 2009, Brecker released ''Jazz Suite Tykocin'', a project initiated and conceived by Włodek Pawlik, featuring Randy as a soloist with members of the Bialystok Philharmonic.

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is the area in Poland where Brecker's ancestors (mother's maiden name: Tecosky) hail from, a fact that Pawlik discovered. 2011 saw the release of ''The Jazz Ballad Song Book: Randy Brecker with the Danish Radio Big Band and The Danish National Chamber Orchestra'', which garnered four Grammy nominations and critical acclaim. In 2012, Legacy Recordings released the boxed set ''The Brecker Brothers – The Complete Arista Albums Collection''. In November of that year the album ''

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'', a collaboration between Brecker, the Wlodek Pawlik Trio, the Kalisz Philharmonic Orchestra and Adam Klocek was released in Poland. The album came out in the US in August 2013, and won the 2014

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, Brecker's sixth Grammy Award. A Brecker Brothers Band Reunion tour of European festivals in the summer of 2013 supported Brecker's ''Brecker Brothers Band Reunion'', a dual-disk project which was released on September 25, 2013, on Piloo Records. It features a live DVD recorded at the Blue Note in New York City with a new 11-song studio recording featuring members of the Brecker Brothers bands from throughout the years including

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, and

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produced the album, and Brecker's wife Ada Rovatti also played saxophone. The recording was released in North America by Magenta/E-One, in Europe by Moosicus Records in November and in Japan by Victor. It is dedicated to his brother, Michael, and other departed Brecker Brothers Band members.

Discography

As leader

* '' Score'' ( Solid State, 1969) * '' Amanda'' (

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, 1985) – with

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* ''In the Idiom'' ( Denon, 1987) * ''Live at Sweet Basil'' (

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, 1988) * ''Toe to Toe'' ( MCA, 1990) * '' Into the Sun'' (Concord, 1997) * ''Hangin' in the City'' (ESC, 2001) * '' 34th N Lex'' (ESC, 2003) – recorded in 2002 * ''Soul Bop Band Live'' (BHM Productions, 2004) – with

* '' Some Skunk Funk'' (

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, 2005) – with

and others * '' Randy in Brasil'' (

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, 2008) – recorded in 2006 * ''Nostalgic Journey'' (Summit, 2009) * ''The Jazz Ballad Song Book'' (Half Note/Red Dot, 2011) – with the Danish Radio Big Band * ''

'' (Summit, 2013) – featuring Włodek Pawlik Trio, Kalisz Philharmonic Orchestra & Adam * ''The Brecker Brothers Band Reunion'' (Piloo, 2013) * ''Dearborn Station'' (Jazzed Media, 2015) – with the

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Jazz Ensemble * ''Trumpet Summit Prague'' (Summit, 2015) – with

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, Jan Hasenohrl * ''Randypop!'' (Piloo, 2015) * ''Together'' (MAMA, 2018) – with Mats Holmquist As the

* '' The Brecker Bros.'' ( Arista, 1975) * '' Back to Back'' (Arista, 1976) * '' Don't Stop the Music'' (Arista, 1977) * '' Heavy Metal Be-Bop'' (Arista, 1978) * '' Detente'' (Arista, 1980) * '' Straphangin''' (Arista, 1981) * '' Return of the Brecker Brothers'' ( GRP, 1992) * '' Out of the Loop'' (GRP, 1994) With the

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* ''

'' (GRP, 1992) * ''

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'' (GRP, 1993) * '' All Blues'' (GRP, 1995)

As sideman

With

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* ''

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'' (CTI, 1975) * ''

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'' (CTI, 1983) * ''

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'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1983) * ''

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'' (Warner Bros., 1990) With Walter Bishop Jr. * ''

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'' (Muse, 1978) With

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* ''Pins 'n' Needles'' ( Lakeside, 1997) * ''Live at the Green Mill'' ( Delmark, 2000) With

* ''Dreams'' ( Columbia, 1970) * ''Imagine My Surprise'' (Columbia, 1971) With

* '' The Guerilla Band'' (Mainstream, 1971) * ''

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* ''

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'' (Vanguard, 1979) With Bob James * '' Lucky Seven'' (Tappan Zee, 1979) * '' H'' (Tappan Zee, 1980) With

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* ''

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'' (Groove Merchant, 1976) * '' Tailgunner'' (LRC, 1977) With

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* '' Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 1'' (

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, 1989) – recorded 1988 * '' Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 2'' (Soul Note, 1993) – recorded 1988 With Idris Muhammad * '' Power of Soul'' (

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, 1974) * ''Could Heaven Ever Be Like This'' (Kudu, 1977) * ''Camby Bolongo'' (Kudu, 1977) With

* ''

'' (1976) * '' Invitation'' (Warner Bros, 1983) With

* '' Introducing Duke Pearson's Big Band'' (

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, 1967) * '' Now Hear This'' (Blue Note, 1968) With

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* ''

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'' ( Bearsville, 1972) * ''

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'' (Bearsville, 1973) * ''

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'' (Bearsville, 1973) With

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* ''

Giant Box ''Giant Box'' is a double album by American arranger/conductor and composer Don Sebesky recorded in 1973 and released on the CTI label.The Rape of El Morro'' (CTI, 1975) With

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* '' You Gotta Take a Little Love'' (Blue Note, 1969) * '' In Pursuit of the 27th Man'' (Blue Note, 1972) * '' A Prescription for the Blues'' (Impulse!, 1997) With

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* ''

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'' ( MCA, 1979) * '' Catching the Sun'' (MCA, 1980) With

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* ''Merge'' (

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, 1978) * ''Reunion'' (Chiaroscuro, 2001) With

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* ''Live in Montreux'' (

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, 1978) With others * ''

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( Columbia, 1968) * '' 3 Shades of Blue'',

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(1972) * ''

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(Blue Note, 1973) * ''

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(1977) * ''

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(1978) * '' In a Temple Garden'',

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(1983) * '' New Sensations'',

(1984) * '' Civilized Man'',

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(Blue Note, 1989) * ''Moonstone'',

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( ECM, 1995) * '' Abandoned Garden'', Michael Franks (1995) * '' Gently'',

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Yoko Ono Yoko Ono ( ; ja, 小野洋子, Ono Yōko, usually spelled in katakana ; born February 18, 1933) is a Japanese multimedia artist, singer, songwriter, and peace activist. Her work also encompasses performance art and filmmaking. Ono grew up i ...

(1997) * ''A New Kind of Blue'', g.org (2004) * ''

Barefoot on the Beach ''Barefoot on the Beach'' is a smooth jazz album by American singer-songwriter Michael Franks, released in 1999 by Windham Hill Records. Background Franks' relationship with Warner Bros. Records (and its subsidiary Reprise Records) which began ...

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(1999) * '' Kissed by Nature'',

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(2002) * ''Nature Boy: The Standards Album'',

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(VMM, 2009) * ''

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Ronnie Cuber Ronald Edward Cuber (December 25, 1941 – October 7, 2022) was an American jazz saxophonist. He also played in Latin, pop, rock, and blues sessions. In addition to his primary instrument, baritone sax, he played tenor sax, soprano sax, clarinet ...

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I Thought About You "I Thought About You" is a 1939 popular song composed by Jimmy Van Heusen with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. Background It was one of three collaborations Van Heusen and Mercer wrote for the Mercer-Morris publishing company started by Mercer and f ...

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(Concord, 2017) * ''Iremia'', Dan Costa (2022)

References

External links

Official WebsiteRandy Brecker interview
with Mike Brannon at allaboutjazz.com
Interview with Randy Brecker (audio)Randy Brecker's recording of 'Ballad of John Henry'
for Pioneers for a Cure
Randy Brecker interview
on Yuzu Melodies {{DEFAULTSORT:Brecker, Randy Jazz fusion trumpeters Crossover jazz trumpeters Hard bop trumpeters 1945 births Living people American jazz trumpeters American male trumpeters Bebop trumpeters Musicians from Philadelphia Jazz musicians from Pennsylvania American male jazz musicians P-Funk members Blood, Sweat & Tears members Grammy Award winners Blue Note Records artists Arista Records artists MCA Records artists Telarc Records artists People from Cheltenham, Pennsylvania Dreams (band) members White Elephant Orchestra members GRP All-Star Big Band members Mingus Big Band members Mingus Dynasty (band) members The Eleventh House members

Early life

Career

Discography

As leader

As sideman

References

Further reading

External links