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...Here they sensitively interpret new arrangements and gain heft from such heavyweight guests as warmhearted and on-form vocalist Kurt Elling, trumpeter Randy Brecker gently reading John Coltrane’s “Dear Lord...
...He co-founded the band Dreams with Mike and Randy Brecker and was invited to tour, as well as to record, with Miles Davis. But, by the 1980s, music in America was getting tighter....
...Ornette Coleman introduced free jazz, John Coltrane modes and Michael Brecker and Kenny Garrett modern fusion....
...Pianist Keith Jarrett was a sideman; saxophonist Michael Brecker would follow....
...Mehldau’s career takes in the top range of jazz – unlike many successful band leaders, he doesn’t shirk sideman duties and can list Wayne Shorter, Michael Brecker and John Scofield as credits....
...With the Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner’s year-long crusade around Europe with the Bach cantatas at the start of the millennium continues to deliver rewards....
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