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American jazz pianist and arranger
Musical artist
Michael Abene (born July 2, 1942) is an American
jazz pianist known for accompanying singers and arranging music.
[1]
[2]
Early life and education
Abene was born in Brooklyn, New York.
[3] His father, grandfather, and aunt were musicians. He studied composition at the
Manhattan School of Music .
[4]
Career
Abene has accompanied
Susannah McCorkle
[5]
Julius La Rosa ,
[6] and others. He had his first
solo album Solo Piano in 1986.
[7] Abene co-produced the album Avant Gershwin , which won the
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album in 2007.
[8]
Discography
As leader
1986: You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby (recorded December 1984)
As sideman
With
Maynard Ferguson
Maynard '62 (Roulette, 1962)
Si! Si! M.F. (Roulette, 1962)
Maynard '63 (Roulette, 1962)
Message from Maynard (Roulette, 1962)
Maynard '64 (Roulette 1959-62 [1963])
The New Sounds of Maynard Ferguson (Cameo, 1963)
Come Blow Your Horn (Cameo, 1963)
Color Him Wild (Mainstream, 1965)
The Blues Roar (Mainstream, 1965)
The Maynard Ferguson Sextet (Mainstream, 1965)
Ridin' High (Enterprise, 1967)
With
Dizzy Gillespie
With
Urbie Green
With
Cal Tjader
References
^
JazzTimes Apr 1996, pg 50 . April 1996. Retrieved 2011-10-30 .
^ Stewart, Alex (2007).
Making the scene: contemporary New York City big band jazz by Alex Stewart, pg 262 .
ISBN
9780520249530 . Retrieved 2011-10-30 .
^ Smith, Gregory E.; Kernfeld, Barry (2002). "Abene, Mike". In Barry Kernfeld (ed.). The new Grove dictionary of jazz (2nd ed.). New York: Grove's Dictionaries Inc. p. 4.
ISBN
1-56159-284-6 .
^ Feather, Leonard; Gitler, Ira (2007).
The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz . Oxford University Press, USA. p. 4.
ISBN
9780195320008 . Retrieved 28 March 2017 .
^ Dahl, Linda (28 March 2008).
Haunted Heart: A Biography of Susannah McCorkle by Linda Dahl, pg 148 .
ISBN
978-0472032730 . Retrieved 2011-10-30 .
^ Balliett, Whitney (2006).
American Singers: Twenty-seven Portraits in Song by Whitney Balliett, pg 161 .
ISBN
9781578068357 . Retrieved 2011-10-30 .
^
Texas Monthly: June 1986, pg 161 . June 1986. Retrieved 2011-10-30 .
^
"("Abene" search results)" . The Grammys . Archived from
the original on 28 March 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2017 .
International National Artists