Michael Blanco

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Michael Blanco (* 1987 in San Diego ) is an American jazz and theater musician ( double bass , composition ).

Live and act

Blanco moved to New York City in 2000, where he has worked since then. a. works with John Ellis , Rich Perry , Will Vinson , Jonathan Kreisberg , David Cook , Aaron Goldberg , Adam Birnbaum , Mark Ferber , Ari Hoenig and Tomas Fujiwara . As part of the Department of State's Jazz Ambassador program , he toured South and Central America and the Caribbean in 2001, and the Middle East in 2008 on a touring program of Jazz at Lincoln Center . In addition to jazz, he works as a theater musician on Broadway , a. a. for productions such as Next to Normal , How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying , Chaplin and Grease as well as for various Broadway orchestras with which he has stars such as Carole King , Norah Jones , Clay Aiken , Lea Michele , Nick Jonas and Brooke Shields . accompanied. In 2006 he recorded his debut album In the Morning ( Fresh Sound Records ) with Alan Ferber , Rob Wilkerson , Rich Perry, Aaron Goldberg and Bill Campbell , for which he received the ASCAP Foundation Young Jazz Composer Award . In 2006 he worked on Angela Ortiz's album All About You . In 2013 he presented his second album No Time Like the Present (Nineteen-Eight Records), in which Mark Ferber, Jonathan Kreisberg, David Cook and John Ellis were involved; In 2016 followed in the quartet Spirit Forward . He also appears as a soloist with his own compositions in jazz clubs such as Smalls and Cornelia Street Cafe .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry in the Internet Broadway database
  2. ^ Review of the album on All About Jazz
  3. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed December 31, 2015)
personal data
SURNAME Blanco, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH San Diego