Charlie Haden

Wish

Joshua Redman · 1993

Michael Brecker

Michael Brecker · 1987

80/81

Pat Metheny · 1980

Don't Try This At Home

Michael Brecker · 1988

Michael Brecker spent more than a decade as one of the most in-demand session saxophonists in pop and jazz alike, yet didn't release an album under his own name until 1987, just before turning 40. The bassist he brought in for that belated debut was Charlie Haden.

Michael Brecker

Michael Brecker · 1987

80/81

Pat Metheny · 1980

Michael BreckerMichael Breckerマイケル・ブレッカー appeared on approximately 900 recordings — not just jazz, but pop and rock sessions where someone needed saxophone done right. He appeared on Pat MethenyPat Methenyパット・メセニー's 80/8180/81Pat Metheny · 1980 (1980) and released his own debut in 1987. He died of leukemia in 2007 at 57, having won 15 Grammy Awards.

— Michael Brecker, Wikipedia, 2024