Repertorio: Funk – Fusion – Blues – R&B

Brecker Brothers – Michael & Randy – Born into a musical household in 1949, Michael Brecker’s father–a lawyer and jazz pianist–played jazz on the record player for his young sons and took Michael and older brother Randy to see Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk and Duke Ellington perform live. While Randy took up trumpet, Michael launched his studies on clarinet and then alto sax. Moved by the genius of John Coltrane, Brecker switched to tenor sax in high school. After studying at the University of Indiana, as did his brother, Brecker moved to New York City, landing work with several bands before co-founding the pioneering jazz-rock group Dreams in 1970. Three years later, Brecker joined his brother in the frontline of pianist/composer Horace Silver’s quintet. The following year, the siblings branched off to form the Brecker Brothers–one of the most innovative and successful jazz-funk fusion bands of the decade.