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News: Recording

Dizzy Gillespie in London, 1973

Dizzy Gillespie in London, 1973

In August 1973, the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet went into Ronnie Scott's jazz club in London for a two-week stay. Gillespie was backed by Al Gafa on guitar, Mike Longo on piano, Earl May on electric bass and Mickey Roker on drums. The gig was recorded by the club, one assumes. The results have been issued on ...

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Live from New York!

By Mike Longo

Label: Consolidated Artists Productions
Released: 2014
Track listing: Whisper Not; Afro Desia; Yoko Mama; Over the Rainbow; I’m Old Fashioned; Muddy Water; Inner City Hues; Wee.

Album

Step On It

By Mike Longo

Label: Consolidated Artists Productions
Released: 2014
Track listing: Impressions; Poinciana; Step On It; Nefertiti; Ana Maria; Cantaloupe Island; Black Narcissus; Black Nile; My Ship; Blue N' Boogie; Tico Tico.

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News: Recording

Pianist Mike Longo To Release New CD, "The Mike Longo Trio Celebrates Oscar Peterson Live," Oct. 7

Pianist Mike Longo To Release New CD, "The Mike Longo Trio Celebrates Oscar Peterson Live," Oct. 7

Pianist Mike Longo had the distinct privilege of studying, for six intense months in 1961, with his idol Oscar Peterson in Toronto. Among several key principles imparted by Peterson to his pupil was the importance of “not playing like anyone but yourself,” says Longo. “He told me that people who are trying to play like Art ...

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Article: On and Off the Grid

Practice, Do You? Part 1-3

Read "Practice, Do You? Part 1-3" reviewed by Dom Minasi

by Dom Minasi

I began studying the guitar when I was seven years old. I hated my teacher and I didn't practice much, but when I changed teachers' and I went to Joe Geneli, I regained a love for the guitar that I first had when I was four years old when I first saw Roy Rogers sing and ...

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Article: Album Review

Art Lillard's Heavenly Band: Reasons to Be Thankful

Read "Reasons to Be Thankful" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers

Although drummer Art Lillard's Heavenly Band makes its home about as far from heaven as one could plausibly roam--New York City, to be precise--the music it produces on Reasons to Be Thankful (recorded in 2000 and released six years later) evokes at times an empyrean vibe, thanks in part to blissful arrangements by Lillard and guitarist ...

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Article: Album Review

Mike Longo: Step On It

Read "Step On It" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky

If you want to hear what pianist Mike Longo enjoys, and how he thinks, you listen to his big band--The New York State Of The Art Jazz Ensemble--which is featured on Live From New York! (Consolidate Artists Productions, 2013); if you just want to hear Mike Longo, you listen to this trio. Step ...

News: Recording

Pianist Mike Longo Reconvenes His Trio With Bob Cranshaw & Lewis Nash For "Step On It"

Pianist Mike Longo Reconvenes His Trio With Bob Cranshaw & Lewis Nash For "Step On It"

In his distinguished and sometimes surprising career, pianist Mike Longo has established himself as an invaluable sideman, most notably with Dizzy Gillespie, and as a versatile leader of groups ranging from his 17-piece New York State of the Art Jazz Ensemble to his six-man eponymous Funk Band. Longo is also a master of the trio format, ...

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News: Contest

Enter the "Mike Longo - Live From New York" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

Enter the "Mike Longo - Live From New York" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Consolidated Artists Productions “Mike Longo - Live From New York“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on February 10th. Click here to enter the contest (Becoming a fan of Mike Longo at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) ...

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Article: Album Review

Mike Longo and the New York State of the Art Jazz Ensemble: Live from New York!

Read "Live from New York!" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers

The fourth album by pianist Mike Longo's stalwart New York State of the Art Jazz Ensemble is the first one recorded in front of an audience, in May 2013 at the New York City Baha'i Center's John Birks Gillespie Auditorium. On the one hand, Live from New York! offers the kind of spontaneity and high spirits ...


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