Randy Brecker News

B.D. Lenz began his musical journey at 14, when he was first inspired to learn to play the guitar.

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The Trumpet's call "One of the next voices in the new generation of jazz improvisers," says legendary trumpeter Randy Brecker.

Heather Small brings her vocal talents to De Montfort Hall on Monday night, writes Chris Beggs .

An evening of jazz music will feature the works of Sammy Nestico, Alfred James Ellis, Thad Jones, Randy Brecker, Tito Puente and others when the Alma College Jazz Ensemble performs its annual fall concert.

Randy Brecker served musical stints with everyone from Clark Terry and Charles Mingus to Blood, Sweat & Tears.

Westchester, NY - Fresh from their sold-out September concert featuring guitarist John Scofield, the Westchester Jazz Orchestra will perform 'Sax Masters: The Music of Coltrane, Cannonball, Bird and More" at 8 PM on Sat., Dec.

Larry retired from teachng college journalism after over 20 years, coming to teaching from 15 years in the newspaper business working for Ridder-Johns Newspapers.

Elena Gillespie is a graduate student in psychology and author with a research interest in the nature of communication in music, particularly improvisational jazz, and the phenomenology of music within human perception.

On The Comet's Tail , Chuck Owen 's superb Florida-based Jazz Surge performs the compositions-yes, compositions-of the late great tenor saxophonist Michael Brecker .

The Indy Jazz Festival, presented by Marsh, in Indianapolis announces that current Cole Porter Fellow, Dan Tepfer, has been added to the lineup of this prestigious festival presented yearly.

In searching for a stem cell donor when doctors diagnosed saxophonist Michael Brecker with myelodysplastic syndrome in 2005, the Brecker family found its maternal roots in Tykocin, Poland.

Trumpeter Randy Brecker's jazz credentials are of the highest order. The Brecker Brothers, the group he co-led with younger brother/saxophonist Michael , was one of the most successful jazz/funk/fusion groups of the 1970s and '80s. But jazz snobbery/elitism never ran in the family.

Riverspace Arts in Nyack has fired its two full-time staffers and has suspended booking any fall programs as it struggles to keep the theater open amid declining donations.

Jeff Lorber performs at Zofin Garden with an all-star jazz combo that includes Randy Brecker and Jimmy Haslip.

Musicians from Spyro Gyra, West Coast/East Coast Dream Band, Randy Brecker/Bill Evans Soulbop Band and the John Tropea Band performed together onstage Friday night at the 2009 Syracuse Jazz Fest.

This year's jazz Fest image is by Syracuse artist and designer Tamaralee Shutt, who is also a vocalist on the scene.

Jay Ashby is one of the city's best musical resources. The trombonist and percussionist is busy and creative in many ways.

Guest artists on new recording include Steve Vai, Eric Johnson, Esperanza Spalding Richard Bona, Randy Brecker, Medeski Martin & Wood, Cindy Blackman and others Mike Stern Five-time GRAMMY nominated guitarist Mike Stern 's music has always come from a colorful and diverse part of town - a place where numerous artistic styles converge to create a ...