It is not hard to get Marshall Glickman, founder of the Jazz at the Oxford concert series, to talk about the artists that play there. Glickman is a gregarious guy, a huge (and knowledgeable) fan of jazz, and his own series’ biggest supporter.

And when it comes to this weekend’s shows featuring trumpet legend Randy Brecker, Glickman’s excitement is understandable. For the past 40 or so years, Brecker has been one of the most talented, versatile and in-demand trumpeters on Earth. He started out in the New York City jazz scene of the 1960s, dabbled in jazz-rock with Blood, Sweat and Tears, joined Art Blakey’s legendary Jazz Messengers and pioneered jazz fusion with the band Dreams.

He also made a ton of his own records, both solo and with his brother Michael as The Brecker Brothers. Over the years, he has racked up not only a whole bunch of Grammy nominations, but six Grammy awards, most recently in 2014, when “Night in Calisia,” his collaboration with the Wlodek Pawlik Trio, the Kalisz Philharmonic Orchestra and Adam Klocek was named Best Large Ensemble Album.

If Wlodek Pawlik and Adam Klocek don’t float your boat, know, too, that Brecker has spent his career playing with everyone from James Taylor to Jaco Pastorius to Bruce Springsteen and Frank Sinatra to Parliament Funkadelic and Frank Zappa.

The man is giant in the world of jazz, R&B and beyond. It’s no wonder Glickman’s so giddy. And as always, this is the part of the Jazz at the Oxford story where I tell you all three of this weekend’s shows are sold out.

Stay in touch with the website below to have a chance at tickets at a future Oxford show. You’ve got to be on top of it!

Randy Brecker, with the George Colligan Trio, Ada Rovatti and Dan Balmer; 8 tonight, 5 and 8:15 p.m. Saturday; SOLD OUT; The Oxford Hotel, 10 NW Minnesota Ave., Bend; www.jazzattheoxford.com or 541-382-8436.

— Ben Salmon