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