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Soul Journey: Michael Weiss and the Art of Composition

by C. Andrew Hovan
October 2, 2003

Although he's spent a good deal of his career as a valued sideman, communing with such jazz masters as Johnny Griffin, Art Farmer, and Junior Cook, the time has arrived for pianist and composer Michael Weiss to make his own mark as one of the true original voices on the current jazz scene. In the past ...

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Michael Weiss: Soul Journey

Read "Soul Journey" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan

by C. Andrew Hovan
July 25, 2003

It’s not often that you find jazz compositions of the caliber that Michael Weiss offers up on his own self-produced Soul Journey. But then, you have to consider that the pianist and composer did take home the grand prize in the Monk Institute’s Composers Competition in 2000. The second word in the title is actually a ...

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Michael Weiss: Soul Journey

Read "Soul Journey" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
February 17, 2003

Pianist Michael Weiss took home the Grand Prize in the 2000 BMI/Thelonious Monk Institute's Composition Competition for his song “El Camino," which is included on Soul Journey. This Latin-flavored mainstream beauty features three-horn harmonies and tasty soloing all around. "El Camino" is a sure winner, but the CD is full of other fine Weiss-composed songs: the ...

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Milestones

By Michael Weiss

Label: SteepleChase Records
Released: 1999

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Michael Weiss: Milestones

Read "Milestones" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan

by C. Andrew Hovan
October 1, 1999

One of many yeoman New York musicians who goes about his work without much fanfare, pianist Michael Weiss is certainly one of the city's finest despite his low profile. Since 1981, he has been an active jazz educator and musician who has spent time with such masters as Art Farmer, Johnny Griffin, and Junior Cook. With ...

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