Mike Abene
American jazz pianist and arranger (born 1942)
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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
- 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)