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01-13-2007, 03:12 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Northeast, US | | | Wow. Sad.
My prayers for his family.
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01-13-2007, 03:15 PM
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Endorsing Artist: see profile | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: toms_river.nj.us | | OMG!!!  |
01-13-2007, 03:16 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Crook Custom Guitars | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Wheeling WV | | | Sad to hear. He was easily one of my favorite sax players, and the Brecker Brothers albums always had the best musicians!
RIP Michael Brecker. |
01-13-2007, 03:54 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Virginia | | | Wow! I remember attending a masterclass he gave at my college and I didn't even know the first thing about saxaphone.
Scott
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01-13-2007, 04:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Metro Atlanta, GA | | | I'm shocked, very saddened and very glad I got to see him play live once. |
01-13-2007, 04:08 PM
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This sucks man, it is a sad day for jazz and music in general, the guy was and is a legend.  |
01-13-2007, 04:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: USA | | my guess is that he and Jaco are jammin' right about now...
peace brothers... 
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01-13-2007, 05:03 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Nordy Basses, Schroeder Cabs, Gallien Krueger Amps | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: las vegas. nevada | | I just heard about this and I am grief stricken. Michael was one of my favorite musicinas ever, period. A true giant. This hurts more than I could have imagined.
I HATE cancer. HATE IT!
Play beautiful for the Lord, Michael, as you always did here on Earth.
Damn ... |
01-13-2007, 05:42 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2000 Location: Berkeley, CA | | | RIP, Michael! Never had a chance to check him out live but his energy and creativity came through so well on recordings. |
01-13-2007, 05:42 PM
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Sad.
Great player.
Seen him with Jaco, Brecker Bro. |
01-13-2007, 06:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Long Island, NY | | | Yeah this sucks. The only times I've ever heard him play was with Jaco, but even from that relatively small exposure I could tell he was an extremely talented musician. Sad news indeed.
I think I'll watch the Shadows & Light DVD tonight.
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01-13-2007, 06:39 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sierra Vista, AZ | | | Oh man. My heart goes out to his family. Michael Brecker was truly one of the greatest tenor saxaphone players of any time. That's a great loss. |
01-13-2007, 06:46 PM
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Originally Posted by mimaz  RIP Michael Brecker. | Who...?? Any albums...??? - sorry, but he could have been the guy runover in town last week for all that name means to me...he did stuff with Jaco...? Played sax...? 
education needed people...
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01-13-2007, 06:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: 97465 | | | peace. A very creative gentleman and a musician extraordinaire. Super session player who played with everybody - rock, jazz, pop.
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01-13-2007, 07:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Boston, MA | | | God bless his family.
We all die, it's what we do with our time here that matters. Michael made his mark for sure.
Strength to anyone else who is living with cancer. |
01-13-2007, 10:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Bellingham, WA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Joshua He's a giant in the world of music imo... |
No kidding. When I was in high school, I swear he played sax on every third album a bought.
When I saw Directions in Music (roy hargrove, herbie hancock, michael brecker, terri lyne carrington, scott colley), his unaccompanied solo was the highlight of the night.
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01-13-2007, 10:22 PM
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01-13-2007, 11:22 PM
|  | C'mon man! | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Hawaii | | | Over the years, I saw him play a lot and met him a few times, a true gentleman! He also was is up there with the best jazz musicians the ever graced our planet. One of the best improvisers in jazz, he also was able to play whatever fit the song in a pop context. His solos could conjure up every emotion, anger, sense of humor etc, and always, always beauty! Absolutely one of the greats in music, EVER!
Fly on Michael.......................
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01-13-2007, 11:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Bay Area, California, USA | | Aw man. I feel so sorry, he was definitely one of my favorite sax players ever.
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