Ode to a Tenor Titan: The Life and Times and Music of Michael Brecker

by Bill Milkowski

After John Coltrane, there was no more revered and profoundly influential saxophonist on the planet than Michael Brecker. For those coming of age in the 1970s, during that transitional decade when the boundaries between rock and jazz had begun to blur, Brecker stood as a transcendent figure. He was their Trane.

Ode to a Tenor Titan follows Michael's story from growing up in Philadelphia, finding his tenor sax voice during his brief...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1493053760
• ISBN13: 9781493053766
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Backbeat Books
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"