Michael Brecker

CMelodyMan · Michael Brecker

Have you guys heard about Michael Brecker :sad: ?

This is from an article in the New York Times
His Saxophone Is Silent, His Life Is in the Balance .
Artical in the New York Times, Aug 18, 2005:

Michael Brecker, one of jazz's most influential tenor saxophonists over the last quarter-century, has been forced to stop performing by blood and bone marrow disease and is searching for a stranger to save his life.

Mr. Brecker, 56, was recently found to have myelodysplastic syndrome, a form of cancer in which the bone marrow stops producing enough healthy blood cells. His doctors say he needs a blood stem cell and bone marrow transplant, a harrowing procedure that will be possible only if Mr. Brecker finds a stem cell donor with a specific enough genetic match for his tissue type. So far, they have been unable to find one from the millions of people on an international registry for bone marrow donors.

I just wanted to share that article with y'all, and I hope that he finds a donor and recovers.

Bariman

Wow, I had no idea. Thanks Dave.

Bariman

JPSaxMan

Yea I heard....real sad Crying or Very sad

, let's hope he can overcome the disease Crying or Very sad

BuffaloBariSax

My dad was telling me about this the other day, but reading it for myself really changed things. Man, I hope somebody comes to help him.

Louis Scuderi

A Brecker update can be found here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/18/arts/music/18brec.html

altosax4ever

Any updates on his condition? a google search turned nothing up.

altosaxgeek5

GREAT news!!

JPSaxMan

Yes! I hope he gets better so he can return to where his passion is. I couldn't imagine leaving music because of an illness...may our prayers be with him.