Saturday, January 13, 2007

Just in - Michael Brecker has died

Ronnie Foster just called me with the sad news that the legendary jazz sax player Michael Brecker (11 Grammys) has succumbed to his long battle with cancer.

We have lost a great, great musical artist. My heart goes out to his family. More on Michael here.
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UPDATE, from Tim Scott:

The only Los Angeles appearance of Steve Ferrone's "Farm Fur, "In Memory of Michael Brecker.

Honoring Steve's longtime friendship and working relationship with Michael and Randy Brecker, this show and Friday's show at Winter NAMM will be dedicated to the life and music of Micheal Brecker.

Tuesday, January 16th
9:00 PM
The Mint
6010 Pico Blvd. (Pico & Crescent Heights)
Los Angeles, CA
$10 advance / $12 at the door
Tickets @ www.groovetickets.com

Legendary drummer Steve Ferrone (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, David Bowie, Eric Clapton, Average White Band and others) brings his all-star band to The Mint for one night of incredible music performed by world-class musicians.

Farm Fur is:
  • Steve Ferrone - Drums
  • Bernard Fowler - Vocals (The Rolling Stones, Herbie Hancock, Mick Jaggar, Duran Duran)
  • Alex Ligertwood - Vocals & Guitar (Santana, Brian Auger, Spyro Gyra)
  • Miles Joseph - Guitar (Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, Joe Sample, Steve Gadd, Billy Preston)
  • Tim Scott - Bass & Vocals (Tower Of Power, Eric Clapton, Stevie Wonder, Etta James, Jack Mack & The Heart Attack)
  • Dean Gant - Keyboards (Outkast, Anita Baker, EWF, Madonna, Curtis Mayfield, Teddy Pendergrass)
  • Tom Saviano - Sax (Earth Wind & Fire, Stone Temple Pilots, Ray Charles, Tim McGraw)
  • Jason Weber - Sax (Brian Auger, Steve Ferrone)
plus, special guest appearances. We look forward to seeing you there. Cheers!

Brent Harvey
818-786-5994
KBH Entertainment Group
www.kbhentertainment.com

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

It was early in 1986, I had just moved to Burlington VT from Seattle, had been there about 2 weeks and was feeling really sorry for myself - thought I had moved to the middle of nowhere and totally away from any modern culture, especially music. WRONG - saw a poster for a Friday night gig at a local club, went solo, and the band was Michael on his tenor and EWI, Mike Stern, Kenny Kirkland (also no longer with us), Adam Nussbaum, and a killer bass player whose name eludes me at this point. Those boys blew me out the door, I'll never forget that night.

We'll miss you Michael -

Joe T.