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Michael Brecker

American jazz saxophonist, multi‐instrumentalist and composer

Since 1949 · Ended in 2007

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Michael Leonard Brecker (March 29, 1949 – January 13, 2007) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Over a four‑decade career, he recorded widely in jazz and popular music and appeared on more than 900 albums as a leader and sideman. He received 15 Grammy Awards from the Recording Academy, was inducted into the DownBeat Hall of Fame in 2007, and received an honorary doctor of music degree from Berklee College of Music in 2004. He died in New York City in 2007 from complications of leukemia following a 2005 diagnosis of myelodysplastic syndrome.

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Michael Brecker, né le 29 mars 1949 à Philadelphie (Pennsylvanie) et décédé le 13 janvier 2007 à New York (État de New York), est un saxophoniste ténor américain. Figure importante du jazz fusion, il a gagné quinze Grammy Awards en tant qu'interprète et compositeur, évoluant la majorité du temps avec son frère trompettiste Randy Brecker, notamment au sein de leur groupe The Brecker Brothers. Il a reçu un doctorat honorifique du Berklee College of Music en 2004, et a été intronisé au Jazz Hall of Fame du magazine DownBeat en 2007.

Soliste et accompagnateur, sa carrière prolifique compte au total plus de sept cents participations avec divers artistes allant du jazz au pop rock.

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