Michael Brecker On Fragile
June 5, 2011 in Videos
Haven’t had a Michael Brecker video up in a while. Here is one. Miss you Michael, you were one of the greats if not the greatest!
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Interview With Louis Gerrits
January 18, 2011 in Articles
If you ever have visited Michael Brecker Live Recordings.com then you know Louis Gerrits.
The Best Saxophone Website Ever has a GREAT interview with Louis Gerrits up. Check it out. Amazing guy, and his site is a great resource on the web. And I agree, Michael Brecker was the best Tenor Player….
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More To Live For
July 2, 2010 in Articles, Videos
More To Live For is a promo (I think) site for a film that will, it seems, feature some documentary footage of Michael Brecker’s struggles with Cancer. Check it out.
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Michael Brecker at North Texas State 1984
May 25, 2009 in Videos
The now dead iBrecker had the audio files for this clinic/jam session given by Michael Brecker in 1984. But Youtube has the VIDEO of them. Enjoy!
And check out the rest on Protocol66′s youtube page.
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Michael Brecker – Delta City Blues Live
February 12, 2009 in Videos
He never gets old or goes out of style.
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iBrecker.com……..Gone?
February 12, 2009 in Articles
It seems that iBrecker.com has been down for a while now. Anyone know it’s status? It is sad, as it had a lot of interesting clips on the site, as well as some great transcribed solos. However, the forums seemed dead…….for a long time. That is a shame.
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Hancock/Brecker Win At Grammy Awards
February 10, 2008 in News
I’m a little confused as to what the difference is between Album of the Year and Record of the Year. But, anyhow from CNN:
Amy Winehouse had a great night at the Grammys, winning five awards, but in a shocking finish, the big award — album of the year — went to Herbie Hancock for “River: The Joni Letters.”
Some other winners are:
Traditional Pop Vocal Album: “Call Me Irresponsible,” Michael Buble
Contemporary Jazz Album: “River: The Joni Letters,” Herbie Hancock.
Jazz Vocal Album: “Avant Gershwin,” Patti Austin.
Jazz Instrumental Solo: “Anagram,” Michael Brecker, soloist.
Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group: “Pilgrimage,” Michael Brecker.
Latin Jazz Album: “Funk Tango,” Paquito D’Rivera Quintet.
Instrumental Composition: “Cerulean Skies,” Maria Schneider, composer (Maria Schneider Orchestra).
Great to see Michael Brecker getting some awards. Finally.
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Michael Brecker On Practicing
February 4, 2008 in Videos
This is an older video, from 1996, and is still worth looking at.
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Favorite Brecker EWI Video
October 25, 2007 in Articles, Videos
Pretty much anything Michael Brecker did was awe inspiring. I remember back in the day seeing the Michael Brecker band when I was in High School. I had no clue who he was. I was a newbie, or noob at the whole saxophone thing. I basically went to the concert to see Spyro Gyra. Anyhow, Michael Brecker blew me away when he played saxophone, then he did something like this:
Years of the therapy has not helped so far…..and it still is amazing what he could do.
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Michael Brecker Article in Mix Magazine
August 5, 2007 in Articles
In the July 2007 issue of Mix Magazine, there was a little article about the recording session for Michael’s last album. Some more insight into this album, Michael, and how they recorded it. Two microphones on Michael (U67 (vintage mic) and a Coles 4038 (ribbon mic))
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Three Michael Brecker Things
June 7, 2007 in News
In a previous story, I noted that Virtual Instruments Magazine was coming out with an article about Michael Brecker’s EWI/Logic environment. That article is now out in the June/July 07 issue. It is very insightful in how Michael Brecker approached technology and how he was able to take two 4 foot racks of gear and put it all on a Apple Powerbook. I almost want to get Apple’s Logic program and try it. Wonder if you can do that with Digital Performer…
iBrecker has a link to a video of interviews with the players from Michael Brecker’s last album (Herbie Hancock, etc). Sadly, no interviews with him, but you get to hear him playing, see studio shots, and even a little bit of him tinkering with his tenor between takes (looks like he had a full on repair case with him).
Update: 06/09 02:01 GMT by E :A intrepid reader, Dave Kiffer, from Alaska, informed me that Downbeat has an electronic readers poll. Go vote for Michael now! (Also updated the title of this article to reflect the three items)
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Michael Brecker’s Logic Environment
April 21, 2007 in Articles
iBrecker has a new article up about Michael Brecker’s last EWI/Computer setup. Basically, the advance of software allowed Michael to replace 2, five foot racks of tone modules with a Logic and Reason. Amazing stuff. Michael’s EWI/Computer setup is going to be profiled in an upcoming issue of Virtual Instruments magazine. Look for it.
Update: 04/23 00:06 GMT by E :Oops, forgot to put the link to the iBrecker article. Fixed.
Virtual Instruments Magazine has a link to the diagram of the Logic Environment.
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New Michael Brecker Album
April 9, 2007 in News
iBrecker.com has a link to a video teaser of an upcoming new album from Michael Brecker. Pilgrimage can also be pre-ordered via Amazon.com as well. Herbie Hancock, Brad Mehldau, Pat Metheny, Jack DeJohnette, and John Patitucci. 30 second clips of all the tracks are available on the Amazon link.
Album is scheduled to be released on May 22nd. For all you Brecker fans, this is a must have.
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Michael Brecker Memorial
February 23, 2007 in News
From a NYTimes article
"The memorial program for the saxophonist Michael Brecker that filled Town Hall on Tuesday night kept landing on the theme of generosity. Mr. Brecker died of leukemia on Jan. 13 at 57. During his illness he enlisted family members and friends in sending out a call for bone-marrow donors — not just for himself — that resulted in tens of thousands of donor registrations. His friends in jazz and pop music all implied that this wasn’t just an isolated case of conscientiousness."
Some interesting things mentioned are that Michael did drugs in the 70s (probably with 90% of the population as well), as well as some of the stories such as:
"Randy Brecker told a similar story, about one of the hundreds of recording sessions at which he had been hired to work alongside his brother. Michael, he said, came to work straight from the airport after a long flight, not having had time to read the music. He was asked by the producer to build a solo through a long two-chord vamp. One could see where this was going: Michael’s solo was of disturbingly high quality, and Randy was asked to take it from there."
For more Brecker stuff, check out Michael Brecker.com and a new fan site (which was supposed to be a Michael Brecker interactively supported site), iBrecker. iBrecker also has some more info about the Memorial Service.
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