Mike Abene Explained

Mike Abene
Birth Name:	Michael Abene
Birth Date:	July 2, 1942
Birth Place:	Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Genre:	Jazz
Instruments:	Piano

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

• Cornucopia (Solid State, 1969)

With Urbie Green

• The Fox (CTI, 1976)

With Cal Tjader

• Solar Heat (Skye, 1968)

Notes and References

1. Book: JazzTimes Apr 1996, pg 50 . April 1996 . 2011-10-30.
2. Book: Making the scene: contemporary New York City big band jazz by Alex Stewart, pg 262 . 9780520249530 . 2011-10-30. Stewart . Alex . 2007 .
3. Book: Smith, Gregory E. . The new Grove dictionary of jazz . Kernfeld, Barry . Grove's Dictionaries Inc. . 2002 . 1-56159-284-6 . Barry Kernfeld . 2nd . New York . 4 . Abene, Mike.
4. Book: Feather. Leonard. Gitler. Ira. The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. 2007. Oxford University Press, USA. 9780195320008. 4. 28 March 2017. en.
5. Book: Dahl . Linda . Haunted Heart: A Biography of Susannah McCorkle by Linda Dahl, pg 148 . 28 March 2008 . 978-0472032730 . 2011-10-30.
6. Book: Balliett . Whitney . American Singers: Twenty-seven Portraits in Song by Whitney Balliett, pg 161 . 2006 . 9781578068357 . 2011-10-30.
7. Book: Texas Monthly: June 1986, pg 161 . June 1986 . 2011-10-30.
8. Web site: ("Abene" search results) . The Grammys . 28 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170328004517/https://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=Abene&field_nominee_work_value=&year=All&genre=All . 28 March 2017.