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Brecker Brothers Band Reunion with Randy Brecker, Mike Stern & Dave Weckl at San Francisco Jazz Festival at Herbst Theatre
Courtesy of Marshall Lamm | Posted on September 11, 2012
Where
Herbst Theatre
San Francisco Jazz Festival
401 Van Ness Ave,
San Francisco, CA
Map
(415) 392-4400
When
Fri, September 28, 2012
8:00pm
Save the date
Musicians
About
The loss of 57-year-old tenor saxophone titan Michael Brecker from leukemia in 2007 left a gaping hole that can’t be filled. His longest running collaboration was with his older brother, trumpet great Randy Brecker. They were already well-traveled jazz improvisers when first joining forces as the Brecker Brothers in the mid-70s, infusing the era’s predominant jazz/rock fusion with a heaping helping of funk. Their 1975 debut was followed by five more sessions for Arista through the early ‘80s, even scoring a Top 40 UK single with “East River” (from Heavy Metal Be-Bop). The brothers reunited in 1992, recording two superb albums for GRP that picked up where they left off, combining sensational chops with infectious electronic grooves...