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Mike Garson

<p><b>Michael David Garson</b> (born July 29, 1945) is an American pianist, who has worked with <a href="/en/David_Bowie" title="David Bowie" class="wl">David Bowie</a>, <a href="/en/Nine_Inch_Nails" title="Nine Inch Nails" class="wl">Nine Inch Nails</a>, <a href="/en/St._Vincent_(musician)" title="St. Vincent (musician)" class="wl">St. Vincent</a>, <a href="/en/Duran_Duran" title="Duran Duran" class="wl">Duran Duran</a>, <a href="/en/Free_Flight_(band)" title="Free Flight (band)" class="wl">Free Flight</a> and <a href="/en/The_Smashing_Pumpkins" title="The Smashing Pumpkins" class="wl">The Smashing Pumpkins</a>.</p>

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<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles mw:Transclusion">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066479718" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-header,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-subheader,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-above,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-title,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-image,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-below{text-align:center}</style><div class='mobile-collapse'><header class="mobile-collapse-header mobile-collapse-btn"><b>Quick facts: Mike Garson, Background information, Birth na...</b> <span class='arrow'>▼</span></header> <table class="infobox vcard plainlist mobile-collapse-element"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above notheme" style="background-color: #b0c4de; font-size: 125%;"><div class="fn">Mike Garson</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size"><a href="/en/File:Mikeparis.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" title="Garson in Paris, 2006" data-hash="File:Mikeparis.jpg"><img loading="lazy"alt="Garson in Paris, 2006" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Mikeparis.jpg/220px-Mikeparis.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="377" data-file-type="bitmap" height="332" width="220" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Mikeparis.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Mikeparis.jpg 2x"></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Garson in Paris, 2006</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme" style="background-color: #b0c4de">Background information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Birth name</span></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Michael David Garson</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1945-07-29</span>) </span>July 29, 1945<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age<span>&nbsp;</span>77)</span><br><a href="/en/New_York_City" title="New York City" class="wl">New York City</a>, <a href="/en/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)" class="wl">New York</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Rock_music" title="Rock music" class="wl">Rock</a>, <a href="/en/Glam_rock" title="Glam rock" class="wl">glam rock</a>, <a href="/en/Industrial_music" title="Industrial music" class="wl">industrial</a>, <a href="/en/Techno_music" title="Techno music" class="mw-redirect wl">techno</a>, <a href="/en/Jazz" title="Jazz" class="wl">jazz</a>, <a href="/en/Funk" title="Funk" class="wl">funk</a>, <a href="/en/Experimental_Music" title="Experimental Music" class="mw-redirect wl">experimental</a>, <a href="/en/Folk_music" title="Folk music" class="wl">folk</a>, <a href="/en/Instrumental_music" title="Instrumental music" class="mw-redirect wl">instrumental</a>, <a href="/en/Ambient_music" title="Ambient music" class="wl">ambient</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Instrument(s)</th><td class="infobox-data note">Piano, keyboards</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Years active</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1964–present</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme" style="background-color: #b0c4de"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow" href="http://mikegarson.com" class="external text" target="_blank">mikegarson<wbr>.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <footer class='mobile-collapse-footer mobile-collapse-btn'><b>Close</b> <span class='arrow'>▲</span></footer></div><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none" about="#mwt3">Musical artist</div>



Michael David Garson is an American pianist, who has worked with David Bowie, Nine Inch Nails, St. Vincent, Duran Duran, Free Flight and The Smashing Pumpkins. 