Died On This Date (January 13, 2007) Michael Brecker / Jazz Sax Great
themusicsover Michael Brecker
March 29, 1949 – January 13, 2007
Michael Brecker was a highly regarded and influential jazz saxophonist who many considered the greatest since John Coltrane. Over a career that spanned nearly four decades, Brecker won 15 Grammys and collaborated with a list of greats that includes pop stars like Bruce Springsteen, Frank Sinatra, Paul Simon, John Lennon and James Taylor; and jazz icons like Horace Silver, Charles Mingus, McCoy Tyner and Herbie Hancock. He also played in the Saturday Night Live house band during the ’80s. Michael Brecker was 57 when he died from complications of leukemia.
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