Biography Oscar Brashear

Oscar Brashear

Oscar Brashear (born August 18, 1944, Chicago, Illinois) is an American jazz trumpeter and session musician.

After studying at DuSable High School he worked briefly with Woody Herman before going on to join Count Basie '68-9, 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 has 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.

Discography

1969: The Dedication Series, Vol. XI: Retrospective Sessions - Count Basie Oscar Brashear, Gene Coe, Sonny Cohn, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Al Aarons, Richard Boone, Frank Hooks, Grover Mitchell, Bill Hughes (btb) Bobby Plater, Marshall Royal, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Eric Dixon, Charlie Fowlkes, Freddie Green, Norman Keenan, Harold Jones (d) Sal Nistico, Chico O'Farrill (arr) Recorded at "Tropicana Hotel", Las Vegas, NV, January 28, 29 & 30, 1969[

1976: Time Is Running Out - Brass Fever - Al Aarons, Oscar Brashear, Bobby Bryant, Snooky Young, George Bohanon, Garnett Brown, Jimmy Cleveland, Maurice Spears (tb) Pee Wee Ellis, Sahib Shihab, Ernie Watts, John Barnes, Jr., Jerry Peters (key) Ray Parker, Jr., Lee Ritenour, Henry Davis, Scott Edwards, James Gadson, Eddie "Bongo" Brown, Bill Summers, Reggie Dozier, Esmond Edwards, Julia Tillman, Luther Waters, Maxine Willard Waters, Oren Waters, The Jones Girls (vo) McKinley Jackson (arr, cond) The Sid Sharp Strings (-1)

1976: Hawthorne Nights Zoot Sims Tentet Oscar Brashear, Snooky Young, Frank Rosolino, Richie Kamuca, Jerome Richardson, Bill Hood (bars, bcl, fl) Ross Tompkins, Monty Budwig, Nick Ceroli, Bill Holman (arr, cond) Los Angeles, CA, September 20 & 21, 1976

1977: Free Ride Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Brashear, Jack H. Laubach (tp) Lew McCreary (tb) Jerome Richardson, Ernie Watts, James Horn, Sonny Burke, Lalo Schifrin (key, arr, comp, cond) Charles E. Spangler (syn) Ray Parker, Jr., Lee Ritenour, Wah Wah Watson, Wilton Felder, Ed Greene (d) Paulinho Da Costa Hollywood, CA, January 31, February 1 & 2, 1977

1979: Passion Flower: Zoot Sims Plays Duke Ellington - Zoot Sims with the Benny Carter Orchestra, Al Aarons, Oscar Brashear, Bobby Bryant, Earl Gardner (tp) J.J. Johnson, Grover Mitchell, Benny Powell, Britt Woodman, Marshall Royal, Frank Wess, Buddy Collette, Plas Johnson, Jimmy Rowles, John Collins, Andy Simpkins, Grady Tate, Benny Carter (arr, cond) Hollywood, CA, August 14, 1979

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