Randy Brecker

Randy Brecker

Randal Edward Brecker

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In the collection

17 records
Child Is Father To The Man Blood, Sweat And Tears, 1968 Harlem River Drive Harlem River Drive, 1971 Something / Anything? Todd Rundgren, 1972 Giant Box Don Sebesky, 1973 Born To Run Bruce Springsteen, 1975 Crack The Sky Crack The Sky, 1975 Feels So Good Grover Washington, Jr., 1975 Mothership Connection Parliament, 1975 Jaco Pastorius Jaco Pastorius, 1976 Greatest Hits, Etc. Paul Simon, 1977 Music Inspired By Star Wars And Other Galactic Funk Meco, 1977 Rhythm Machine Fania All Stars, 1977 Zappa In New York Frank Zappa, 1977 Carnaval Spyro Gyra, 1980 The Nightfly Donald Fagen, 1982 Läther Frank Zappa, 1996 Truth, Liberty & Soul - Live In NYC The Complete 1982 NPR Jazz Alive! Recordings Jaco Pastorius, 2017

Played with

Michael Brecker 10 records together Wayne Andre 5 records together David Sanborn 4 records together Charles McCracken 4 records together Harry Lookofsky 4 records together Paul Gershman 4 records together Alfred Brown 4 records together Ronnie Cuber 4 records together David Taylor 4 records together Alan Rubin 4 records together Jon Faddis 4 records together John Tropea 4 records together

About

Grammy Award winning American jazz trumpet and flugelhorn player, composer and producer, based in New York City, USA

Born 27 November 1945 in Cheltenham, Pennsylvania, USA

Previously married to jazz/classical pianist Eliane Elias in the 1980s, with whom they have a daughter Amanda Elias Brecker (a jazz vocalist herself); they divorced in 1990. In 2010 he married saxophonist Ada Rovatti/Ada Brecker. He collaborated musically with both of his wives. His brother, the late Michael Brecker, was also a jazz saxophonist.

Co-founder (with his brother Michael) of the jazz club Seventh Avenue South, New York City, and the production company Brecker Productions.