Oscar Brashear


Oscar Brashear was an American jazz trumpeter and session musician from Chicago, Illinois.
After studying at DuSable High School and Wright Jr. 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, 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.

Discography

With Nat Adderley
With Count Basie
With Regina Belle
With Bobby Bland and B. B. King
With Brass Fever
With Kenny Burrell
With Donald Byrd
With Ry Cooder
With The Crusaders
With Miles Davis
With Neil Diamond
With Earth, Wind & Fire
With Teddy Edwards
With Joe Farrell
With Henry Franklin
With Dizzy Gillespie
With Benny GolsonCalifornia Message with Curtis Fuller
With Eddie Harris
With Gene Harris
With Donny Hathaway
With Hampton Hawes
with Joe Henderson
With Billy Higgins
With Richard "Groove" Holmes
With Paul Horn
  • Dream Machine
With Freddie Hubbard
With Bobby Hutcherson
With Bobbi Humphrey
With Paul Humphrey Sextet
With Ahmad Jamal
With Rick James
With J. J. Johnson
With Karma
With Carole King
With Harold Land
With Hubert Laws
With Ray Manzarek
With Carmen McRae
With Blue Mitchell
With Oliver Nelson
With Willie Nelson
With Randy Newman
With Bonnie Raitt
With Sonny Rollins
With Patrice Rushen
With Joe Sample
With Moacir Santos
With Lalo Schifrin
With Zoot Sims
With Horace Silver
With Frank Sinatra
With Gábor Szabó
With Stanley Turrentine
With James Taylor
With McCoy Tyner
With Was (Not Was)
With Gerald Wilson
With Valerie Carter