Every Spring Jazz Studies majors are required to attend the Jazz Lecture Series course. Pretty sure nobody skipped class on this day. Brecker appeared on March 3, 1984 and performed with an outstanding student rhythm section of musicians from the 1:00 Lab Band:
John Ballantyne - piano
Gerald Stockton - bass
Kendall Kay - drums

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If you have not done so yet, read the fantastic Michael Brecker biography written by Bill Milkowski (Oct 2021), "Ode To A Tenor Titan." It is a fantastically detailed chronological accounting of Mike's life with myriad anecdotes from those that knew and played with him during his unparalleled career. Available in paperback and Kindle format here: [ Ссылка ]

For additional context, this was the entire Spring Lecture Series lineup that year:
Nat Hentoff (Critic)
Natt Adderley (Trumpet)
Michael Brecker (Tenor)
Marvin Stamm (Trumpet) alum
Mark Murphy(Vocal)
David Liebman (Saxophone)
Free Flight (Jazz Quartet)
Ron Carter (Bass)
Elvin Jones (Drums)
Tal Farlow (Guitar)

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