In the dead heat of the mid-1970s, the future of jazz seemed split between a fairly obscure avant-garde scene and a burst of funky “fusion jazz” that wanted to be popular something bad. The Brecker ...

Ever since his early years with the Brecker Brothers and Blood, Sweat & Tears, Randy Brecker has pioneered the fusion of jazz and rock. He has a contemporary sound that's broad and powerful enough to ...

The funk sprint start certainly gets an audience going, with thumping drums and excessive backbeat, and bass guitar firing the pulse of a panic attack. Ask anybody who’s seen Randy Brecker and his ...

Since hitting New York City in the late 1960s he’s been in the thick of the action, playing hard bop with Horace Silver, jazz/rock fusion with Dreams, and jazz/funk with the Brecker Brothers, the ...

The backstory is that Randy Brecker was putting together a band for an engagement at the Blue Note when he realized that all of the musicians he was recruiting were alumni of different iterations of ...

The Brecker Brothers join forces for a set of mostly highpowered originals at a concert in 2003 Their postbop music is generally funky although Freefall is an uptempo cooker and sometimes a bit ...

Randy Brecker has recorded and/or performed with a who’s who of famous musicians spanning all genres since he started playing out in Philadelphia as a 15-year-old in 1960. Here are a few of his ...

Not long after trumpeter Randy Brecker joined Blood, Sweat & Tears in 1967 and played on the jazz-rock group’s debut, Child Is Father to the Man, he left to join renowned jazz pianist Horace Silver’s ...

Randy Brecker may not be the best or most recorded trumpeter in any style of music, but he may well be the best and most recorded trumpeter in almost every style of music. He’s the only trumpeter I ...

With a title inspired by trumpeter Randy Brecker’s Manhattan neighborhood, 34th N Lex (ESC) captures the spirit and energy of the city that never sleeps. An all-star horn section that includes Brecker ...

The 2003 performance documented on Some Skunk Funk may be credited to trumpeter Randy Brecker, but his brother, saxophonist Michael, joins in for a Brecker Brothers reunion with the added oomph of ...