Initially, he was introduced to jazz by his father, a lawyer and semiprofessional jazz pianist, who took randy and michael to several formative concerts, including shows by miles davis, duke ellington, and thelonious monk. Randy brecker booking jazz music artists corporate event. He was awarded an honorary doctorate from berklee college of music in 2004, and was inducted into the down beat jazz hall of fame in 20. Night in calisia is a jazz album recorded by randy brecker, the wlodek pawlik trio, the kalisz philharmonic orchestra and adam klocek. Solo transcriptions and performing master class cd. Now randy brecker and former members of the brothers studio and touring band have reconvened to make new music.
He was awarded 15 grammy awards as both performer and composer. The followup, 1994s out of the loop, was a doublegrammy winner. Multigrammy award winner and jazz legend randy is back and sounding sweeter than ever with a hearttouching musical celebration, written and brought to life for randy by the multitalented polish composer and trio leader, wlodek pawlik. Mike stern quartet with randy brecker at yoshis san francisco december 20. The brecker brothers band led by randy brecker on trumpet and michael brecker on tenor saxophone was the latter. Randy brecker plays wlodek pawliks night in calisia youtube. Though michael brecker died in 2007, the sound they created spawned generations of imitators. A brecker brothers band reunion tour of european festivals in the summer of 20 in support of randys newest project, randy breckers brecker brothers band reunion, reintroduced the familiar faces of brecker brothers band members from the past and their special brand of music to sellout crowds. Night in calisia was recorded with randy brecker and kalisz philharmonic. These range from the early60s funk of no scratch and the tricky hit or miss to the ballad youre in my. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon.
Randy brecker biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. On june 7, jazz in the park continues with david benoit. Randy brecker listen and stream free music, albums, new. His trumpet and flugelhorn performances have graced hundreds of albums by a wide range of artists from james taylor, bruce springsteen and parliamentfunkadelic to frank sinatra, steely dan, jaco pastorius and frank zappa. This release by randy brecker, which is pleasant but lacks any surprises, feels exactly like going to your neighborhood haunt. Randy brecker quintet live album recorded in 1988 now back in print. The music was recorded live on november 11, 2003 at the leverkusener jazztage at the forum and it features, in addition to the leader, michael brecker, a.
Blessed with a bold tone and hard bopinformed improvisational chops, trumpeter randy brecker is both a jazz titan and a journeyman with a decadeslong career marked by having led one of the most successful crossover fusion outfits, the brecker brothers, alongside his brother, saxophonist michael brecker. Create an account help customer service mobile version affiliate program. American jazz trumpeter born on november 27th, 1945, in cheltenham, pennsylvania. He is a highly sought after performer in the genres of jazz, rock and fusion and has performed or recorded with bruce springsteen, charles mingus, blood, sweat and tears, horace silver, frank zappa, parliament, and many others. Karol szymanowski polish state philharmonic orchestra katowice, polish state philharmonic chorus katowice, karol stryja symphony no. Effects that have xlr in often cant handle trumpet volume. The phillyborn brecker brothers set the tone for a generation of aspiring musicians who followed. Jubileuszowa gala fryderyk 2014 w sali kongresowej 24. After emerging in the late 60s as a member of both horace silver and art blakeys groups. In the annals of jazz history, the brecker brothers wrote a chapter all their own. Score 1969 dreams 1970 score is the debut album by american jazz trumpeter randy brecker recorded in 1969 and originally released on the solid state label. Randroid, randy s naughty twin, tells it like it is and hes worth befriending.
Cheltenham, pennsylvania, november 27, 1945 is an american trumpeter and flugelhornist. Listen sign in to view listen count fionas comments. Brecker, randy brecker brothers band reunion music. Plays wlodek pawliks night in calisia by randy brecker. Michael leonard brecker march 29, 1949 january, 2007 was an american jazz saxophonist and composer. Yamaha 6335h formerly bach stradivariusstill uses it to practice sometimes formerly a marcenkewicz ml trumpet also yamaha 635 flugelhorn.
Now with a never before released dvd and bonus cd of a special night in new york city. Night in calisia by randy brecker, released in 20 on summit records. Randy brecker, wlodek pawlik trio, kalisz philharmonic. Randy brecker 34th n lex is an album by randy brecker, released through esc records on april 22, 2003. In 2004, the album won brecker the grammy award for best contemporary jazz album. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming.
In the mid70s, randy and michael formed their own fusion project, the brecker brothers, balancing a mix of pop and jazz forms with sophisticated improvisation and a genrebending love of funk, postbop, and rock. This recording is the result of a musical contribution to the celebration of the 1850th. The song, i talk to the trees, is another randy brecker masterpiece. Randy brecker turns 70 years old in november, a good reason to celebrate the soundtrack of his and our life. Randy brecker is the older brother of the jazz saxophonist. His trumpet and flugelhorn performances have graced. Hi there, thank you for all the support of this channel ive been repeatedly asked for copies of my transcriptions, so i decided to bring up the mrtranscriber website where you can download all the transcriptions from the channel for the fair price of 1. Brilliant trumpeter randy brecker, a grammy awardwinning composer, arranger, and leader of his own jazz groups, has shaped the sound of jazz for more than three decades. Randy scores big here with a jazz album thats filled with fun and interesting playing. Title track from the wlodek pawliks and randy breckers grammy nominated cd album night in calisia, featuring randy brecker on the. This is the world premiere of truly special project celebrating the citys anniversary, performing new remarkable compositions by pawlik, joined by the worldfamous, legendary randy brecker and wlodeks. Wlodek pawlik, randy brecker, wlodek pawlik trio, kalisz philharmonic, adam klocek night in calisia flac download. Randy brecker s profile including the latest music, albums, songs, music videos and more updates.
Composed to celebrate the 1850th anniversary of kalisz, the sixpart jazz suite was recorded in march 2011, and released in poland on november, 2012, and in the united states on august, 20 through summit records. Randy brecker quintet live at sweet basil 1988 mvdvisual 2018 culled from directtotwotrack digital recordings made on three of randy brecker s potent six night 1988 run at new york citys sweet basil, and featuring a particularly topdrawer quintet of musical friends old and new, the original 1989 lpcd release of live at sweet basil gnp crescendo in north america, sonet elsewhere has. More a contemporary jazz date than a samba one, it. Night in calisia randy brecker and the wlodek pawlik trio. Over the next six years, the band deftly balanced commercial and artistic appeal. This denon cd has one of trumpeter randy brecker s infrequent straightahead dates and is one of his strongest recordings. Teamed up with tenor saxophonist joe henderson, pianist david kikoski, bassist ron carter and drummer al foster, brecker performs eight of his own compositions. Randy brecker was born on november 27, 1945 in philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa. Recorded and mixed at secret sound studios, february 1985 a1,a2,b1,b3, sound ideas studios, may 1985 a3,b2. Get all the lyrics to songs by randy brecker and join the genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics.
This company has been providing excellence in entertainment and customer service since 1970. This record is dedicated to our daughter amanda elias brecker. In 1992 randy and michael reunited for a world tour and the triplegrammy nominated grp recording the return of the brecker brothers. Fryderyki 2014 night in calisia wlodzimierz pawlik. Discover top playlists and videos from your favorite artists on shazam. Randy brecker plays wlodek pawliks night in calisia promotional clip by pawlikrelations. Also that year, the breckers joined the wdr big band for some skunk funk, which took home the grammy for best large jazz ensemble after its release. Check out night in calisia by randy brecker on amazon music. Otrzymal ja za album night in calisia, ktory wlodek pawlik trio. In 1995 he was featured on turtles, an album by polish composer wlodek pawlik in 1997, into the sun concord, a recording featuring brecker s impressions of brazil, garnered brecker his first. The song the weasel goes out to lunch is an arrangement of the.
Those are not the way to go if you want to sound good. Randy brecker read more about this and other grammys news at. He was married to eliane elias, with whom he has a daughter, named amanda elias brecker. The album came out in the us in august 20, and won the 2014 grammy award for best large jazz ensemble album, brecker s sixth grammy award.
Born in 1945 in philadelphia, pennsylvania, brecker grew up in a musical family alongside his younger brother, saxophonist michael. Randy brecker plays wlodek pawliks night in calisia. Randy brecker s debut album features the trumpeter leading two distinct allstar small groups, each with younger brother michael who was only 19 when this was recorded on tenor sax, larry coryell on guitar, and hal galper on piano. The tunes alternate between jazzrock a style the brecker brothers were later to successfully exploit and modern mainstream jazz. Provided to youtube by the orchard enterprises night in calisia wlodek pawlik trio kalisz philharmonic orchestra randy brecker night in calisia. Join facebook to connect with randy brecker and others you may know. In november of that year the album night in calisia, a collaboration between brecker, the wlodek pawlik trio, the kalisz philharmonic orchestra and adam klocek was released in poland. Listen to the glider from randy brecker s toe to toe for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. New york, august 28, 2015 randy brecker turns 70 years old in november, a good reason to celebrate the soundtrack of his and our life. Defrancesco friday night at the cadillac club 2000 duration. We can assist you regarding any of the following booking entertainment, such as major name entertainers or celebrities, booking randy brecker, booking information on randy brecker, or hiring randy brecker for your special event, or to book or hire randy brecker, or if you are seeking the randy. Brecker, randy brecker brothers band reunion amazon. Recorded over a week in 2006, trumpeter randy breckers randy in brasil was produced by ruria duprat, and features contributions from robertinho silva, paulo calazans, andre mehmari, teco cardoso, gilson penranzzetta, sizao machado, ricardo silveira, joao parahyba, rogerio duprats father, the famous classical musician, and edu ribeiro.
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