Mike Abene

Michael Abene (born July 2, 1942) is an American jazz pianist known for accompanying singers and arranging music.^[1][2]

Mike Abene
Birth name	Michael Abene
Born	(1942-07-02) July 2, 1942 (age 83) Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Genres	Jazz
Instruments	Piano

Early life and education

Abene was born in Brooklyn, New York.^[3] His father, grandfather, and aunt were musicians. He studied composition at the Manhattan School of Music.^[4]

Career

Abene has accompanied Susannah McCorkle^[5] Julius La Rosa,^[6] and others. He had his first solo album Solo Piano in 1986.^[7] Abene co-produced the album Avant Gershwin, which won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album in 2007.^[8]

Discography

As leader

1986: You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby (recorded December 1984)

As sideman

With Maynard Ferguson

• Maynard '62 (Roulette, 1962)
• Si! Si! M.F. (Roulette, 1962)
• Maynard '63 (Roulette, 1962)
• Message from Maynard (Roulette, 1962)
• Maynard '64 (Roulette 1959-62 [1963])
• The New Sounds of Maynard Ferguson (Cameo, 1963)
• Come Blow Your Horn (Cameo, 1963)
• Color Him Wild (Mainstream, 1965)
• The Blues Roar (Mainstream, 1965)
• The Maynard Ferguson Sextet (Mainstream, 1965)
• Ridin' High (Enterprise, 1967)

With Dizzy Gillespie

• Cornucopia (Solid State, 1969)

With Urbie Green

• The Fox (CTI, 1976)

With Cal Tjader

• Solar Heat (Skye, 1968)