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Randy Brecker

real name Randal Edward Brecker

Cheltenham, United States

Randy Brecker is credited on 4,742 releases across 1,032 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1966–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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4,742

Credits

1,032

Albums

7

Decades active

1,941

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Grammy Award winning American jazz trumpet and flugelhorn player, composer and producer, based in New York City, USA
Born 27 November 1945 in Cheltenham, Pennsylvania, USA
Previously married to jazz/classical pianist Eliane Elias in the 1980s, with whom they have a daughter Amanda Elias Brecker (a jazz vocalist herself); they divorced in 1990. In 2010 he married saxophonist Ada Rovatti/Ada Brecker. He collaborated musically with both of his wives. His brother, the late Michael Brecker, was also a jazz saxophonist.
Co-founder (with his brother Michael) of the jazz club Seventh Avenue South, New York City, and the production company Brecker Productions.

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Credited work

4,742 releases · 1,032 albums · active 1966–2026

  • Performance · 7,698
  • Other credits · 394
  • Production · 144
  • Mastering · 1

Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Mediasound · Atlantic Studios · Record Plant, N.Y.C.

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