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Sting Like A Bee
By Mike Longo
Label: Consolidated Artists Productions
Released: 2009
Track listing: Speak No Evil; Love For Sale; Daahoud; Tell Me A Bedtime Story; Someone to Love; Westside Story Medley; Dance Cadaverous; Morning; Speak Low; Bird Seed; Checked Bags; Kush.
"Sting Like A Bee" By Mike Longo
After more than a half-century as a jazz pianist, and having learned valuable lessons early on from studying with Oscar Peterson and playing with Dizzy Gillespie, Mike Longo delivers an incredible repertoire of in-depth musical exploration on his latest trio recording, Sting Like a Bee. This new album, also featuring jazz stalwarts Bob Cranshaw on bass ...
Jazz Education in New York City
The New York Jazz Workshop announces the creation of a new structure to provide affordable Jazz education in New York City. Starting with 3 jazz workshops in August 2009, the New York Jazz Workshop will offer ongoing classes for adults and young adults starting in September. The New York Jazz Workshop faculty is comprised of many ...
Float Like A Butterfly
By Mike Longo
Label: Consolidated Artists Productions
Released: 2008
Track listing: Girl Of My Dreams; Dancing In The Dark; Witch Hunt; Diminished Returns; Tenderly; Blue Spirits; Everytime I See You; It Could Happen To You; Laura; Here Tiz (Impromptu); Evidence.
Mike Longo Trio: Float Like A Butterfly
by Marcia Hillman
The title of this CD says it all--the Mike Longo Trio (Longo on piano, Paul West on bass and Jimmy Wormworth on drums) takes music on a smooth flight just like a butterfly, delighting with every track. Longo is probably one of the most underappreciated jazz pianists around. His musical history includes studying with ...
Float Like a Butterfly
By Mike Longo
Label: Consolidated Artists Productions
Released: 2007
Track listing: Girl of My Dreams; Dancing in the Dark; Witch Hunt; Diminished Returns; Tenderly; Blue Spirits; Everytime I See You; It Could Happen to You; Laura; Here Tiz (Impromptu); Evidence.
Mike Longo: Float Like a Butterfly
by Hrayr Attarian
When an essential element is missing from a recording, even the highest quality of musicianship cannot make up for its absence. There is no doubt that Mike Longo and his trio, featuring bassist Paul West and drummer Jimmy Wormworth, are musicians and improvisers of the first order, but on Float Like a Butterfly one cannot shake ...
Mike Longo Trio: Float Like a Butterfly
by Jack Bowers
In 1961, while performing in Chicago, pianist Mike Longo was introduced to one of his musical heroes, Oscar Peterson. After hearing him play, Peterson invited Longo to study with him at the Advanced School of Contemporary Music in Toronto. Needless to say, Longo accepted eagerly, and spent six months absorbing wisdom from the master. It's an ...
Oasis
By Mike Longo
Label: CAP
Released: 2005
Track listing: 1. Bag of Bones (5:43)
2. Chanson (6:25)
3. Mike's Lament (4:57)
4. Love Walked In (1:50)
5. Alone Together (6:18)
6. Infusion (5:29)
7. The Godfather (6:21)
8. Lazy Afternoon (7:17)
9. Covenant City (4:20)
10. Nocturnal Sea Voyage (7:33)
11. The Night We Called It a Day (6:21)
12. No More Blues (5:10)
13. Song of My Dream (for Duke) (5:54)
Mike Longo's New York State of the Art Jazz Ensemble: Oasis
by Sean Patrick Fitzell
The golden age of big bands ebbed long ago and the economics and logistics of maintaining large groups in today's music climate make a comeback unlikely. Despite these difficulties, there are champions of the big band--those who don't assemble all-star groupings merely for one-offs, but develop their music with a stable band. One such ...
