Michael Brecker, a versatile and highly influential tenor saxophonist who won 11 Grammys over a career that spanned more than three decades, has died. He was 57.

Paul Simon and James Taylor were among the star-studded lineup for a special concert in NYC earlier this week.. The Nearness of You concert honored 15-time Grammy winner Michael Brecker, who died ...

Michael Brecker: Celebration of a Healer article by Bill Siegel, published on ... Pat Metheny, Dave Liebman, and others (including a video sent in by James Taylor, testifying to how Brecker helped ...

Michael Brecker, 57, a bold-toned ... Yoko Ono, James Brown, Eric Clapton, Billy Joel and Joni Mitchell. He provided memorable saxophone licks to James Taylor's "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight ...

Throughout his career, Brecker recorded and performed with numerous jazz and pop music leaders, including Herbie Hancock, James Taylor, Paul Simon and Joni Mitchell, according to his Web site.

On Michael Brecker's musical farewell, one can hear all these things. What you can't hear is a sense of goodbye — Pilgrimage stands as one of the most energetic and welcoming albums of his career.

Michael Brecker became a saxophone star in the musically-wide-open 1970s, ... as well as hardbop icon Horace Silver, but with numerous pop-rock artists such as James Taylor, Paul Simon, ...

After gigging with Billy Cobham, Michael shared his musical stage with brother Randy Brecker (on trumpet) in the 1970s. Michael would later surface in the works of James Taylor, Yoko Ono and Paul ...

The singer, James Taylor, sent a recorded message of thanks, crediting Michael's intercession in his own addictions with saving his life. Dave Liebman, a saxophonist contemporary, shared his personal ...