Jazz HQ: Testing in tribute to 11-time GRAMMY winner Michael Brecker:Testing in tribute to 11-time GRAMMY winner Michael BreckerIn tribute to Michael Brecker, the most renowned tenor saxophonist of his generation and among the most important contemporary jazz figures in the world today, the International Association for Jazz Education is sponsoring at their annual conference in New York City a bone marrow drive…. The tribute by IAJE is particularly apt as Brecker is perhaps most studied contemporary instrumentalist in music schools throughout the world today.”Every year more than 9,000 people die in just the U.S. as a result of not being able to find a matching donor, ” said Brecker’s wife of twenty years, Susan.