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Dawn of a New Day

By Mike Longo

Label: CAP
Released: 1998

Album

Like A Thief In The Night

By Mike Longo

Label: LaserLight
Released: 1998

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Mike Longo: Like A Thief In The Night

by Douglas Payne
March 1, 1998

Former Dizzy Gillespie pianist Mike Longo hasn't had a very high-profile career. But while his playing and writing is somewhat unexceptional, his proficiency and ability to keep it all interesting are never at fault. The ten tracks that comprise this solid 59-minute CD come from two 1975-era albums Longo cut for Sonny Lester's Groove Merchant label, ...

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Mike Longo: Dawn of a New Day

by Jack Bowers
March 1, 1998

Although the name Mike Longo isn't as readily known in Jazz circles as, say, Oscar Peterson, Kenny Barron, Tommy Flanagan, McCoy Tyner, Barry Harris or Hank Jones, his pianistic acumen is assuredly in the same league with those gentlemen. One doesn't serve as Dizzy Gillespie's pianist/music director, as Longo did for many years, without having something ...

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