birth_place label background instrument birth_date genre article_title name
oklahoma strata-east , silkheart non_vocal_instrumentalist saxophone 13 march 1940 jazz charles brackeen
 charles brackeen
charles brackeen

charles brackeen -lrb- born march 13 , 1940 in oklahoma -rrb- is a jazz saxophonist who primarily plays tenor saxophone , but also plays soprano saxophone .
he was married to pianist joanne brackeen ; they have since divorced , and they have four children .
brackeen originally studied violin and piano before switching to saxophone .
he played in a recording with members of the ornette coleman quartet in 1968 and on jazz composer 's orchestra recordings by don cherry -lrb- 1973 -rrb- , leroy jenkins -lrb- 1975 -rrb- , and paul motian for ecm -lrb- 1978 & 1979 -rrb- .
he recorded again as a leader in 1987 , when he recorded three albums for silkheart records .
he also has a quartet which produced `` worshippers come nigh '' , among other works , in 1995 .
