Loft Scenes and Big Apple Dreams


Veteran jazz journalist and longtime JAZZIZ contributor Bill Milkowski takes a deep dive into the life and times of a beloved and influential saxophonist with the newly published Ode to a Tenor Titan: The Life and Times and Music of Michael Brecker (Backbeat Books). The following is an excerpt, edited for space, from the book’s

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