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Michael Pagán
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Michael Pagán was born in Ravenna, Ohio. He was raised in a musical family and received his first piano instruction from his parents. He remembers hearing recordings of Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, and Miles Davis, as well as Beethoven, at an early age. At Kent State University he earned his Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education with emphases in piano/choral music and a Master of Arts in composition, where his teachers were James Waters, Thomas Janson, and Frank Wiley. He was a music theory student of Hugh A. Glauser, after whom the school is presently named. Mike played piano in the new music ensemble under the direction of Frank Wiley and the jazz ensemble under the direction of Chas Baker. His piano teachers included Toni Glauser, Lois Rova Ozanich, Robert Palmieri, and Olga Kuehl-White of the University of Akron. The piano playing and compositions of the late Pat Pace were also an influence. During those years Mike played jazz piano and bass throughout Northeast Ohio. He also played bass in the KSU Orchestra. He received his Doctor of Music degree in composition from Northwestern University, where his principle composition teachers were Lynden DeYoung, Alan Stout, and Steven Syverud. He played piano in the NU jazz and contemporary music ensembles, both directed by Don Owens and continued piano studies with Laurence Davis. While in Chicago he was named a “musician deserving wider recognition” by Downbeat magazine. As a jazz pianist he has performed for over 40 years throughout the United States and in Europe with many notable jazz musicians. Ensembles he has performed with as a soloist include the Ashland (OH) Symphony Orchestra, the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, the Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra, the Northshore Concert Band, and the Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra of Denver. In 2017 he was a jazz soloist with the Kansas City Symphony Orchestra and in 2019 with the Southeastern Louisiana University Jazz Ensemble. He has also played exteneded engagements aboard the historic steamboat Delta Queen on the Mississippi River, specializing in early as well as mainstream jazz. Since 2009 he has held an on-going Tuesday night solo engagement at Cafe Trio in Kansas City, MO.
Paganova
Label: Capri Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Burn it Forward; Deep in My Soul; Guess Whose Blues; Eiderdown; Where Do We Go From
Here; Gaviota; Just the Other Day; Napoli.
Mike Stern, Rahsaan Barber, Javon Jackson, Delfeayo Marsalis and more
by Benjamin Boddie
Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Mike Stern, Rahsaan Barber, Ginetta's Vendetta, Javon Jackson, Delfeayo Marsalis, Ed Neumeister, Thom Rotella, Bevan Manson, Alvin Queen, Hyeseon Hong, Warren Wolf, Jeff Rupert, Bruno Hubert, Caity Gyorgy, Ken Peplowski, Eric Person, Emmet Cohen, Alexis Cole, Bria Skonberg, Michael Pagan, Orrin Evans and more. Playlist Mike Stern “Connections" ...
Burn It Forward
Album: Paganova
By Michael Pagán
Label: Capri Records
Released: 2024
Duration: 7:33
Fingers Remembers Mingus And More
by Bob Osborne
The excellent Jazz In Britain label continues to unearth nuggets from UK jazz history--May of this year saw the release of an album collecting for the first time ever, the complete recording sessions for the Spotlite vinyl album 'Fingers Remember Mingus' expanded with bonus tracks. The original album sessions, and the extra tracks, were all recorded ...
Lakecia Benjamin, Milton Suggs, Eric Alexander & Mike LeDonne, Ken Peplowski and more
by Benjamin Boddie
Today's Music--Right Now!... Fantastic music by Lakecia Benjamin, Milton Suggs, Eric Alexander & Mike LeDonne, Ken Peplowski, Addison Frei, Tardo Hammer, Isrea Butler, Brian Landrus, Chris McDonald, John Lee, Markus Howell, Stuart Mack, Alexander Claffy, Kerry Politzer, Lisa Rich, Tim Lin, Irina Zubareva, Ambere Weekes, Eliane Elias, Something Else and more. Playlist Lakecia ...
India Gailey, Michael Pagán, Findkestilts, Jay Sanders and more
by Cheryl K.
During this week's two-hour program of Jazz and improvised music--cellist and vocalist India Gailey, pianist Noah Haidu, the quartet Findkestilts, and mandolinist Hamilton de Holanda and pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba. Playlist Dinah Washington “I'll Never Stop Loving You" from Dinah Washington (Roulette) 2:14 Lori Bell “Black Narcissus" from Recorda Me: Remembering Joe Henderson (Lori Bell) ...
Michael Pagán: Paganova
by Pierre Giroux
Pianist/composer Michael Pagán's Paganova is a testament to his prowess in the jazz domain. The release elegantly blends Pagán original compositions with three masterful arrangements of post-bop classics, which are both cohesive and exhilarating. In addition to Pagán, the other members of the quintet are multi-versatile saxophonists David Chael and Michael Herrera and the rhythm section ...
Keyboard Christmas II
Label: ARC - Artists Recording Collective
Released: 2022
Track listing: Angels We Have Heard on High; A Child Is Born; You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch; In the Bleak Midwinter; Jolly Old St.
Nicholas; We Three Kings; Have a Holly Jolly Christmas; Ave Maria; Winter Wonderland; Have Yourself a Merry Little
Christmas; Variations on What Child Is This
The Standards, Vol. 2 (Live at The Drum Room in Kansas City)
Label: ARC - Artists Recording Collective
Released: 2022
Track listing: All The Things You Are (Live); Yesterdays (Live); My One and Only Love (Live); Triste (Live); Black Narcissus (Live); Invitation (Live); Nefertiti (Live)
