Michael Cochrane (musician)

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Michael Cochrane (* 4. September 1948 in Peekskill , Westchester County , New York ) is an American jazz - pianist , arranger , composer and author .

Live and act

Michael Cochrane grew up in a small town near New York. At the age of eight he had piano lessons; In the high school band he gained his first experience with jazz and big band music . He then studied mathematics at Boston University . and also worked on a music program in Berkeley. Cochrane eventually switched to majoring in psychology. After graduation, he initially performed in and around Boston before moving to New York City. There began a longer collaboration with the trumpeter Hannibal Marvin Peterson , with whom he toured for the next seven years and worked on his album One With the Wind for Muse Records . In the early 1980s he played in Jack Walrath's band . also with Sonny Fortune , Eddie Gomez , Valery Ponomarev , Clark Terry , Michael Brecker , Chico Freeman , Ted Curson , Oliver Lake . In 1985 he received a Master of Arts degree from New York University . From the mid-1980s he recorded a number of albums under his own name for the Soul Note and Steeplecase label . a. Tom Harrell , Bob Malach , Dennis Irwin , Ron McClure and Jeff Hirshfield contributed. Currently (2019) he leads the quartet Lines of Reason , the Joe Ford , Marcus McLaurine and Alan Nelson (drums) belong.

Cochrane wrote several books on solo piano and jazz arrangement and has taught at Rutgers University , Princeton University and New York University.

Discographic notes

  • Elements (Soul Note, 1985)
  • Song of Change (Soul Note, 1992)
  • Cutting Edge (Steeplechase, 1997)
  • Footprints (Steeplechase, 1998)
  • Quartet Music (Steeplechase, 2001)

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personal data
SURNAME Cochrane, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz pianist
DATE OF BIRTH September 4, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Peekskill