Oscar Brashear

American jazz musician (1944–2023)

Oscar Brashear (August 18, 1944 – July 7, 2023) was an American jazz trumpeter[1] and session musician from Chicago, Illinois.

After studying at DuSable High School and Wright Jr. College (currently known as Wilbur Wright College) under John DeRoule he worked briefly with Woody Herman before going on to join Count Basie in 1968–69, returning to freelance in Chicago with Sonny Stitt, Gene Ammons, Dexter Gordon and James Moody. Moving to Los Angeles in 1971, he worked with Gerald Wilson, Harold Land, Oliver Nelson, Shelly Manne, Quincy Jones (with whom he toured in Japan), Horace Silver and Duke Pearson.

Brashear recorded with Teddy Edwards, Jimmy Smith, Sonny Rollins, Benny Golson, Bobby Hutcherson, B. B. King, Bobby Bland, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Farrell, The Crusaders, McCoy Tyner, Gene Harris, Randy Newman, Frank Sinatra, Earth, Wind & Fire, Carole King, Benny Carter, Billy Higgins and Ry Cooder.

Brashear died on July 7, 2023, at the age of 78.[2]

Discography

With Nat Adderley

  • Double Exposure (Prestige, 1975)

With Count Basie

With Regina Belle

  • Lazy Afternoon (Peak, 2004)

With Bobby Bland and B. B. King

With Brass Fever

  • Brass Fever (Impulse!, 1975)
  • Time Is Running Out (Impulse!, 1976)

With Kenny Burrell

With Donald Byrd

  • Caricatures (Blue Note, 1976)

With Ry Cooder

With The Crusaders

  • Street Life (MCA, 1979)

With Miles Davis

  • Dingo (Warner Bros., 1991)

With Neil Diamond

  • Up on the Roof: Songs from the Brill Building (Columbia, 1993)

With Earth, Wind & Fire

With Teddy Edwards

With Joe Farrell

With Henry Franklin

  • The Skipper at Home (Black Jazz Records, 1974)

With Dizzy Gillespie

With Benny Golson

With Eddie Harris

With Gene Harris

With Donny Hathaway

  • Everything Is Everything (Atco, 1970)

With Hampton Hawes

with Joe Henderson

With Billy Higgins

With Richard "Groove" Holmes

  • Six Million Dollar Man (RCA/Flying Dutchman, 1975)

With Paul Horn

  • Dream Machine (Mushroom Records, 1978)

With Freddie Hubbard

With Bobby Hutcherson

With Bobbi Humphrey

With Paul Humphrey Sextet

With Ahmad Jamal

  • Night Song (Motown, 1980)

With Rick James

With J. J. Johnson

  • Pinnacles (Milestone, 1980)

With Karma

  • Celebration (Horizon/A&M, 1976)
  • For Everybody (Horizon/A&M, 1977)

With Carole King

  • Simple Things (Capitol, 1977)
  • Welcome Home (Capitol, 1978)

With Harold Land

With Hubert Laws

With Ray Manzarek

With Carmen McRae

  • Can't Hide Love (Blue Note, 1976)

With Blue Mitchell

With Oliver Nelson

With Willie Nelson

With Randy Newman

  • Bad Love (DreamWorks, 1999)

With Bonnie Raitt

With Sonny Rollins

  • The Way I Feel (Milestone, 1976)

With Patrice Rushen

  • Prelusion (Prestige, 1974)
  • Before the Dawn (Prestige, 1975)

With Joe Sample

  • Did You Feel That? (Warner Records, 1994)

With Moacir Santos

With Lalo Schifrin

  • Gypsies (Tabu, 1978)

With Zoot Sims

With Horace Silver

With Frank Sinatra

With Gábor Szabó

  • Faces (Mercury, 1977)

With Stanley Turrentine

With James Taylor

  • In The Pocket (Warner Bros., 1976)

With McCoy Tyner

With Was (Not Was)

With Gerald Wilson

  • Jessica (Trend, 1983)
  • Calafia (Trend, 1985)
  • Jenna (Discovery, 1989)
  • Theme for Monterey (MAMA, 1998)

With Valerie Carter

References

  1. ^ Feather, Leonard & Gitler, Ira The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz Oxford University Press: 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-532000-8, Google books
  2. ^ Yanow, Scott. "Remembering Oscar Brashear". Jazz on the Tube. Retrieved 16 July 2023.

External links

  • Oscar Brashear discography at Discogs
  • Oscar Brashear at IMDb
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