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Michael Brecker

1949 - 2007

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Michael Leonard Brecker (March 29, 1949 – January 13, 2007) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. He was awarded 15 Grammy Awards as a performer and composer, received an honorary doctorate from Berklee College of Music in 2004, and was inducted into the DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame in 2007. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Brecker is the 1,009th most popular musician (down from 854th in 2019), the 5,246th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,221st in 2019) and the 336th most popular American Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Michael Brecker ranks 1,009 out of 3,175. Before him are Candy Dulfer, Denny Laine, Johnny Clegg, Roy Haynes, Vlado Perlemuter, and Ralph Kirkpatrick. After him are Andrew Latimer, Tom Scott, Rob Zombie, John Scofield, Gustavo Cerati, and Carmine Appice.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Michael Brecker ranks 313. Before him are Flora Brovina, Gérard Larcher, Jack Bender, Ricardo Zunino, Kalkot Mataskelekele, and Antonello Venditti. After him are Andrew Latimer, Jim Varney, Manolo el del bombo, Rakesh Sharma, Noli de Castro, and Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara. Among people deceased in 2007, Michael Brecker ranks 203. Before him are Jim Gray, Angelo Felici, Mariano Gonzalvo, Pief Panofsky, Stephen Fumio Hamao, and Toše Proeski. After him are Luis Herrera Campins, Alice Coltrane, Kirill Lavrov, Robert Anton Wilson, Fons Rademakers, and Milan Jelić.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael Brecker ranks 5,246 out of 20,380. Before him are Tony Randall (1920), Ralph Kirkpatrick (1911), Rusty Schweickart (1935), Sylvia Miles (1924), Vincent Curatola (1953), and Andy Griffith (1926). After him are Anna Thomson (1953), Barry Sonnenfeld (1953), William Christian Bullitt Jr. (1891), Brian Austin Green (1973), David O. Russell (1958), and Tom Scott (1948).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Michael Brecker ranks 336. Before him are Jordan Rudess (1956), Kerry King (1964), Wayne Kramer (1948), Benny Carter (1907), Roy Haynes (1925), and Ralph Kirkpatrick (1911). After him are Tom Scott (1948), Rob Zombie (1965), John Scofield (1951), Carmine Appice (1946), Joe Hahn (1977), and Alice Coltrane (1937).

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