Mike Abene

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Mike Abene
Birth nameMichael Abene
Born (1942-07-02) July 2, 1942 (age 81)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Genres Jazz
Instruments Piano

Michael Abene (born July 2, 1942) is an American jazz pianist known for accompanying singers and arranging music. [1] [2]

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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

With Dizzy Gillespie

With Urbie Green

With Cal Tjader

  • Solar Heat (Skye, 1968)

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References

  1. JazzTimes Apr 1996, pg 50. April 1996. Retrieved 2011-10-30.
  2. Stewart, Alex (2007). Making the scene: contemporary New York City big band jazz by Alex Stewart, pg 262. ISBN   9780520249530 . Retrieved 2011-10-30.
  3. 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.
  4. Feather, Leonard; Gitler, Ira (2007). The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 4. ISBN   9780195320008 . Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  5. Dahl, Linda (28 March 2008). Haunted Heart: A Biography of Susannah McCorkle by Linda Dahl, pg 148. ISBN   978-0472032730 . Retrieved 2011-10-30.
  6. Balliett, Whitney (2006). American Singers: Twenty-seven Portraits in Song by Whitney Balliett, pg 161. ISBN   9781578068357 . Retrieved 2011-10-30.
  7. Texas Monthly: June 1986, pg 161. June 1986. Retrieved 2011-10-30.
  8. "("Abene" search results)". The Grammys. Archived from the original on 28 March 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2017.