Jazz Articles about Michael Wolff

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Michael Wolff: The Tic Code

by AAJ Staff
November 1, 2000

The Tic Code represents to Michael Wolff more than a soundtrack album that he wrote and produced. It represents very personal music that helps depict his struggles with Tourette Syndrome, a neurological condition that involves involuntary tics, shouts and vocal sounds. As the musical director of The Arsenio Hall Show , Wolff was able to control the visible signs of the syndrome on camera. Polly Draper of the TV show thirtysomething appeared on the show, dated Wolff, eventually married him ...

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Michael Wolff: Impure Thoughts

by Rob Evanoff
October 1, 2000

What say you? You have come before us with impure thoughts of what a jamband should be! You know better than that. Close your eyes and open your mind for many bands that truly jam were doing so decades before the term was coined. Michael Wolff has closed his and the result is heard in the pure deep groove of Impure Thoughts.

Many know pianist/ composer Michael Wolff from his long, respected tenure as pianist for jazz legends such asCannonball ...

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Michael Wolff: The Tic Code Soundtrack

by Jim Santella
September 1, 2000

In theaters August 4th, The Tic Code is a film that depicts the life of a young jazz pianist who has Tourette’s syndrome. Inspired by the true-life story of her husband, Michael Wolff, Polly Draper’s script centers on a gifted twelve-year-old student of jazz piano. His name’s Miles. The young man has trouble coping with his neurological disorder, until his mother’s encouragement brings him closer to the New York jazz scene. Details of the Lions Gate film are available. The ...

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Michael Wolff: Impure Thoughts

by Jim Santella
September 1, 2000

Jazz has made great strides toward becoming a world music. Regional differences are like spices; they add something special to each song. When Duke Ellington’s orchestra first played “Caravan" for audiences, the exotic rhythm and harmony appealed to their sense of adventure. Similarly, when Miles Davis introduced “In A Silent Way," it brought that same desire for exotic elements to his listening audiences. Most jazz fans share a desire for free boundaries and an appreciation of the unpredictable in their ...