The first time I played with Dewey Redman, Jack DeJohnette and Charlie Haden [on Pat Metheny's 80/81] something just clicked, something changed, something shifted, I was never the same after that.

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 8, "Going Solo, The Pittbull and The EWI" from Bill Milkowski's Ode to a Tenor Titan: The Life and Times and Music of Michael Brecker (Backbeat Books, 2022).

Jez Nelson presents a concert by US saxophone star Michael Brecker. Generally agreed to be the most imitated saxophonist since John Coltrane, he features in this concert both as soloist and composer ...

Randy and Michael Brecker’s first jam session was in the bathroom they shared between their bedrooms. The boys loved the way the bathroom made their sound bounce around the walls. That may, in fact, ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. There are times when you think you're pretty okay at music, and then you go and watch something like this video of saxophonist Michael Brecker playing ...