Gulf Jazz Festival2013 in Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar
April
24th-27th
2013
RANDY BRECKER
American
trumpeter and flugelhornist. He is versatility
in musical tastes have made him a sought-after
player session musician, equally accomplished in
playing jazz, rock, and R&B. He has also worked
as a studio player for many famous musicians.
He has performed or recorded with Stanley
Turrentine, Billy Cobham, Bruce Springsteen,
Lou Reed, Sandip Burman, Charles Mingus, Blood,
Sweat & Tears, Horace Silver, Frank Zappa,
Parliament-Funkadelic, Chris Parker, Jaco
Pastorius, Dire Straits, Todd Rundgren, Blue
Öyster Cult, Richard Barone, Spyro Gyra, Barbara
Dennerlein and many others. In his formative
years, Brecker studied trumpet with Bill Adam at
Indiana University. He is the older brother of
the late jazz saxophonist Michael Brecker (1949 -
2007). Together they led Dreams and the Brecker
Brothers, a popular funk and fusion band which
recorded several albums from the 1970s through the
1990s. After the Brecker Brothers disbanded in
1982, Randy recorded and toured as a member of
Jaco Pastorius Word of Mouth big band. It was soon
thereafter that he met and later married
Brazilian jazz pianist Eliane Elias. Eliane and
Randy formed their own band, touring the world
several times and recording one album together,
Amanda on Passport Records. In the summer of
2001, Randy reunited with his brother Michael for
a Europe tour with an acoustic version of the
Brecker Brothers, also promoting songs from
Hangin In The City. His most recent CD for ESC,
34th N Lex released in April 2003, features eleven
new Randy Brecker compositions and arrangements
and the dream horn sections of David Sanborn,
Michael Brecker, Fred Wesley and Ronnie Cuber,
along with Randy's regular working band and his
current wife, the Italian tenor saxophonist Ada
Rovatti, whose playing style bears a striking
resemblance to Michael Brecker's, as she plays
many of his signature licks. He is part of
the GRP All-Star Big Band.
American
trumpeter and flugelhornist.