Talk:Michael Brecker

message: I believe the discography needs some work, it is rather confusing. In my humble opinion: 1.) All solo albums should be listed in their own category. 2.) The albums of bands Michael co-led should be listed in their separate category, i.e. The Brecker Brother and Steps/Steps Ahead. 3.) The Sideman listing should link to a separate page, i.e. The "Complete Discography already linked. 4. one could include a very selective sideman discography with two categories: 1.) pop albums including MB solos (no point listing records where he just plays in the horn section), i.e. things like Paul Simon's "Still Crazy", Donald Fagens "Maxine", james Taylors "Don't let me be lonely" etc. also, some of the later Cameo records (Word Up and Machismo that both feature extensive MB solos). 2.) Notable jazz recordings, like Chick Coreas 2 quartets of Pat Methenys 80/81, where MB played a major role.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.11.100.32 (talk) 05:54, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  The discography, again 

message: While I appreciate the immense effort that obviously went into the sideman listing, I think it's insanely large and unwieldy for any encyclopedia article. Wikipedia isn't about discographies, and if we insist on listing every recorded performance by each musician then we're quickly going to quadruple the size of many musician-related articles. I think the sideman listing should be removed from this article. What do other editors think? Cribcage 05:26, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sideman Listing 

message: Several editors disagree about whether Michael Brecker should include a complete list of all 700+ albums that Brecker has played on as a sideman. The point at issue is whether we should republish the complete list from a fan site, or whether we should just provide an external link to that list. See comparison. 18:29, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: More information is good.  If it ends up overbalancing this article, then just separate it into its own and softlink. ¦ Reisio 07:42, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Request for Comment

message: The sideman discography was not created by me, but I did add a lot of recordings to it when it was on wikipedia.
I used the last update to put on my website and keep it up to date where possible. I still agree this is a good way to have an additional overview of the work of Michael Brecker.
Louis Gerrits--nightwings 13:56, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Brecker sideman listing 

message: I'm afraid to tell you that Michael Brecker has died. Much love to his family.
That's so incredibly sad.  Music has truly lost an exceptional contributor today. --DonES 07:31, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hate to be the bearer of bad news 

message: I believe that the filmography really is one. I'm tired of reverting well-meaning changes to 'discography': would someone who knows more about Brecker investigate, & if it is indeed the case leave a hidden note, please. Rothorpe (talk) 19:28, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: You're right; that is a filmography and not a discography (and as one of the well-meaning editors who made such a change, I apologize). However, wouldn't it make more sense to include the discography, as Brecker was more a musician than an actor? While the Selected filmography has highlights of concerts, I think that a Selected discography would be more useful, as the article lacks a list of albums he made. The filmography should be either secondary on this article, or removed and added to his discography article. Lәo(βǃʘʘɱ) 00:18, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Discography & filmography

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message: In 1976 Brecker is credited with being the sax player on the album by Pavlovs Dog, at the sound of the Bell. 194.207.89.140 (talk) 17:43, 19 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Michael Brecker sideman