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Name
  
Mike Abene


Role
  
Pianist

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Albums
  
You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby

Awards
  
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album

Music director
  
Goodbye, New York, See China and Die

Nominations
  
Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella

Similar People
  
WDR Big Band Koln, Heinrich Von Kalnein, Patti Austin, Jim McNeely, Ludwig Nuss

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Michael Abene (born July 2, 1942) is a jazz pianist known for accompanying singers and for arranging music. He has accompanied Susannah McCorkle Julius La Rosa, and others. He had his first solo album Solo Piano in 1986.

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Early years

Abene was born in Brooklyn, New York. His father, grandfather, and aunt were musicians. He studied composition at the Manhattan School of Music.

Recognition

Abene co-produced the album Avant Gershwin, which won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album in 2007.

Discography

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

  • Cornucopia (Solid State, 1969)
  • With Urbie Green

  • The Fox (CTI, 1976)
  • With Cal Tjader

  • Solar Heat (Skye, 1968)
  • References

    Mike Abene Wikipedia


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