Oscar Brashear

Oscar Brashear (August 18, 1944 – July 7, 2023) was an American jazz trumpeter 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.

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 Golson 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 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
 * Double Exposure (Prestige, 1975)
 * Manufacturers of Soul (Brunswick, 1968) with Jackie Wilson
 * The Board of Directors Annual Report (Dot, 1968) with The Mills Brothers
 * Basie Straight Ahead (Dot, 1968)
 * How About This (Paramount, 1968) with Kay Starr
 * Standing Ovation (Dot, 1969)
 * Basic Basie (MPS, 1969)
 * The Dedication Series, Vol. XI: Retrospective Sessions (Impulse!, 1969)
 * Lazy Afternoon (Peak, 2004)
 * Bobby Bland and B. B. King Together Again...Live (MCA, 1976)
 * Brass Fever (Impulse!, 1975)
 * Time Is Running Out (Impulse!, 1976)
 * Both Feet on the Ground (Fantasy, 1973)
 * Heritage (AudioSource, 1980)
 * Caricatures (Blue Note, 1976)
 * Paradise and Lunch (Reprise, 1974)
 * Chicken Skin Music (Reprise, 1976)
 * Jazz (Reprise, 1978)
 * Street Life (MCA, 1979)
 * Dingo (Warner Bros., 1991)
 * Up on the Roof: Songs from the Brill Building (Columbia, 1993)
 * The Need of Love (Warner Bros, 1971)
 * Last Days and Time (Columbia, 1972)
 * Head to the Sky (Columbia, 1973)
 * Spirit (Columbia, 1976)
 * All 'n All (Columbia, 1977)
 * I Am (Columbia, 1979)
 * Raise! (Columbia, 1981)
 * Powerlight (Columbia, 1983)
 * Heritage (Columbia, 1990)
 * Blue Saxophone (Verve/Gitanes, 1992 [1993])
 * Night Dancing (Warner Bros., 1978)
 * The Skipper at Home (Black Jazz Records, 1974)
 * Free Ride (Pablo, 1977) composed and arranged by Lalo Schifrin
 * California Message (Baystate, 1981) with Curtis Fuller
 * Bad Luck Is All I Have (Atlantic, 1975)
 * How Can You Live Like That? (Atlantic, 1976)
 * Astral Signal (Blue Note, 1975)
 * Everything Is Everything (Atco, 1970)
 * Universe (Prestige, 1972)
 * Blues for Walls (Prestige, 1973)
 * Canyon Lady (Milestone, 1973 [1975])
 * Black Miracle (Milestone, 1976)
 * Billy Higgins Quintet (Sweet Basil, 1993)
 * Six Million Dollar Man (RCA/Flying Dutchman, 1975)
 * Dream Machine (Mushroom Records, 1978)
 * The Love Connection (Columbia, 1979)
 * Head On (Blue Note, 1971)
 * Inner Glow (Blue Note, 1975)
 * Montara (Blue Note, 1975)
 * Farewell Keystone (Theresa, 1982 [1988])
 * Fancy Dancer (Blue Note, 1975)
 * Paul Humphrey Sextet featuring Oscar Brashear (Discovery Records, 1981)
 * Night Song (Motown, 1980)
 * Bustin' Out of L Seven (Gordy, 1979)
 * Pinnacles (Milestone, 1980)
 * Celebration (Horizon/A&M, 1976)
 * For Everybody (Horizon/A&M, 1977)
 * Simple Things (Capitol, 1977)
 * Welcome Home (Capitol, 1978)
 * Damisi (Mainstream, 1972)
 * Xocia's Dance (Muse, 1981)
 * The San Francisco Concert (CTI, 1975)
 * The Golden Scarab (Mercury, 1974)
 * Can't Hide Love (Blue Note, 1976)
 * Stratosonic Nuances (RCA, 1975)
 * Skull Session (Flying Dutchman, 1975)
 * Healing Hands of Time (Capitol, 1994)
 * Bad Love (DreamWorks, 1999)
 * Takin' My Time (Warner Bros., 1973)
 * The Way I Feel (Milestone, 1976)
 * Prelusion (Prestige, 1974)
 * Before the Dawn (Prestige, 1975)
 * Did You Feel That? (Warner Records, 1994)
 * Maestro (Blue Note, 1973)
 * Carnival of the Spirits (Blue Note 1975)
 * Gypsies (Tabu, 1978)
 * Hawthorne Nights (Pablo, 1977)
 * Passion Flower: Zoot Sims Plays Duke Ellington (Pablo Today, 1980) with the Benny Carter Orchestra
 * Silver 'n Brass (Blue Note, 1975)
 * It's Got to Be Funky (Columbia, 1993)
 * Pencil Packin' Papa (Columbia, 1994)
 * L.A. Is My Lady (Qwest/Warner Bros. Records, 1984)
 * Faces (Mercury, 1977)
 * Everybody Come On Out (Fantasy, 1976)
 * In The Pocket (Warner Bros., 1976)
 * 13th House (Milestone, 1981)
 * What Up, Dog? (Chrysalis, 1988)
 * Jessica (Trend, 1983)
 * Calafia (Trend, 1985)
 * Jenna (Discovery, 1989)
 * Theme for Monterey (MAMA, 1998)
 * Just a Stone's Throw Away (Columbia, 1977)