Years active 1980–present Website michaelchorney.com | Name Michael Chorney Associated acts Anais Mitchell | |
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Occupation(s) Musician, composer, producer Instruments Acoustic guitar, saxophone Role Saxophone player · michaelchorney.com Music director Randy Parsons: American Luthier Albums Songs in Secret Ink, Glossolalia, Oom Pah of the Ghost Parade, Wonder Genres Jazz, Acoustic music, Alternative rock Similar Anais Mitchell, Ben Knox Miller, Todd Sickafoose, Iain Morrison, The Haden Triplets | ||
Michael Chorney & Hollar General - Luminous
Michael Chorney is an American saxophone and guitar player, composer, arranger, and music producer. His bands include Feast or Famine, So-Called Jazz Quintet, So-Called Jazz Sextet, viperHouse, Magic City, Orchid, 7 Deadly Sins, the Michael Chorney Sextet, Dollar General.
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Chorney produced Anais Mitchell's albums Hymns for the Exiled and The Brightness. Mitchell's 2010 folk opera, Hadestown, was the result of a collaboration between Mitchell and Chorney. Chorney's orchestral arrangements featured bassist Todd Sickafoose, Jim Black, Josh Roseman, Tanya Kalmanovich, Marika Hughes and his own guitar playing. Guests singers included Justin Vernon, Ani DiFranco, Greg Brown and the Haden Triplets. The Guardian, in their five star review of the Hadestown CD, declared Michael Chorney to be the star of the show for scoring "Mitchell's songs to wondrous effect: the New Orleans jazz of Way Down Hadestown, the grumbling lament of Why We Build the Wall, the sweet and tumbling melody of Wedding Song."
Chorney is an accomplished saxophone and guitar player. He's developed and inventive prepared-guitar style that involves manipulating the strings to alter the tone and timbre of the instrument. He is considered to be one of Vermont's most prolific and innovative musicians.
Chorney's musical composition Shabaz is featured in the award-winning documentary short film, Randy Parsons: American Luthier.