Fred Braceful

Braceful was born in Detroit on May 2, 1938.[1] He played in his tenor saxophonist father's band early in his career.[1] He served in the U.S. military in Germany, and then settled in Stuttgart.[1]

In Stuttgart he played with Wolfgang Dauner's trio from 1963, and in Dauner's group Et Cetera until the mid-1970s.[1] Braceful also played with Albert Mangelsdorff, Abdullah Ibrahim, Joki Freund, Hans Koller, Bob Degen, Benny Bailey, Robin Kenyatta, and Manfred Schoof.[1]

He and several Stuttgart jazz musicians formed the ensemble Moira in 1976.[1] Following this Braceful played with Bernd Köppen and Jay Oliver.[1] After his stint with Oliver in 1982, Braceful quit music for a period of time, then returned to play in Eugen de Ryck's group the Funkomatic Hippies from 1992 until 1995.[1] He worked and recorded with saxophonist Michael Hornstein in the same period.[1] Braceful died in Munich on March 17, 1995.[1]

With Wolfgang Dauner

• Dream Talk (CBS, 1964)
• Free Action (MPS, 1967)
• Requiem for Che Guevara with Fred van Hove (MPS, 1968)
• The Oimels (MPS, 1969)
• Wolfgang Dauner/Eberhard Weber/Jürgen Karg/Fred Braceful (Calig, 1969)
• Output (ECM, 1970)
• Rischkas Soul (MPS, 1970)
• Musica Sacra Nova II with Reinhold Finkbeiner (Schwann, 1970)
• Et Cetera (Global, 1971)
• Knirsch (MPS, 1972)
• Et Cetera Live (MPS, 1973)

With Mal Waldron

• Spanish Bitch (JVC/ECM, 1971)
• The Call (JAPO, 1971)

With Exmagma

• Exmagma (Neusi, 1973)
• Goldball (Disjuncta, 1975)
• 3 (Daily, 2006)

With others

• Echoes from the Prague Jazz Festival with Leo Wright, Benny Bailey (Supraphon Rec, 1964)
• Bob Degen, Celebrations (Calig, 1968)
• Robin Kenyatta, Girl from Martinique (ECM, 1970)
• Michael Hornstein, Langsames Blau (Enja, 1994)
• Chuck Henderson and Mal Waldron, Black Issues (Chazra, 1994)

• ExMagma