0 albums as leader and 8 as sideman (1981–2007), each listed chronologically.
1981 · Morning Sun
Freddie Hubbard's 1970 CTI track 'Red Clay' was written to order after a producer told him to 'write a hit.' Hubbard recalled that his fellow jazz musicians sneered at him for writing something so corny — yet the commissioned tune became the record he's best remembered for.
— Statement stmt-freddie-hubbard-on-freddie-hubbard
1982 · Distant Lover
Pilgrimage (2007) was the last album Brecker recorded, in the year he died, with Herbie Hancock on piano. Of a record made at the edge of death, Hancock said: 'That record is alive—one hundred percent, more than alive, Michael Brecker.' The final document was the most alive.
— Statement stmt-herbie-hancock-on-michael-brecker
1995 · Bang! Zoom
The chart-topping single 'Don't Worry, Be Happy' from Simple Pleasures (1988) hit No. 1 with zero instruments on it. Every bass note and percussion hit is Bobby McFerrin's own voice, multi-tracked — there was never a band.
Freddie Hubbard
Michael Brecker
Herbie Hancock
Bobby McFerrin