Michael Brecker, a versatile and influential tenor saxophonist who won 11 Grammys over a career that spanned more than three decades, died Saturday. He was 57. By The Associated Press NEW YORK — ...

Michael Brecker, a versatile and highly influential tenor saxophonist who won 11 Grammys over a career that spanned more than three decades, has died. He was 57. By Empty, The Associated Press Michael ...

You could argue that every post-Coltrane recording of serious saxophone music has been informed by the legacy and spirit of the man himself. Yet it takes a musician (or musicians) of a particular ...

One of the most widely imitated saxophonists of the past four decades, Michael Brecker won 13 Grammys and widespread praise for his awe-inspiring technique and smooth tone. Perhaps most remarkably, he ...

In 2004 Michael Brecker, Joe Lovano, and Dave Liebman joined forces as the long-lived Saxophone Summit and entered the studio with the expressed intent of considering the most difficult of the John ...

Tenor saxophonist Michael Brecker died Saturday at the age of 57. The artist was one of the jazz world's most prolific studio musicians. He toured or performed with Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, and ...

Jazz saxophonist Michael Brecker died Jan. 13 in New York of leukemia after a public battle with with the pre-leukemic disease MDS. He was 57. He was diagnosed in 2005 and in May, he underwent an ...

Renowned jazz critic Bill Milkowski introduces the event with a short talk and preview of his forthcoming book Ode to a Tenor Titan: The Life and Times and Music of Michael Brecker, the first-ever ...

Michael Brecker, 57, a bold-toned, versatile tenor saxophonist who won 11 Grammy Awards and whose work as a studio and backup musician and leader appears on thousands of recordings, died Jan. 13 at a ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Brecker felt a sharp pain in his back while performing at last August's Mount Fuji Jazz Festival in Japan, but initially thought it was just another of those ailments ...

Jazz saxophonist Michael Brecker died Jan. 13 in New York of leukemia after a public battle with with the pre-leukemic disease MDS. He was 57. He was diagnosed in 2005 and in May, he underwent an ...