Michael Fleming

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Michael Max Fleming (* around 1935) is an American jazz musician ( double bass ).

Live and act

Fleming played the piano at the age of six; at the age of nine he appeared in a clown show. When he was 16, he toured the Midwest with a doo-wop vocal troupe. He began his career as a professional musician in Cincinnati with Ozier Muhammad. Through his uncle Jamal Harvey, a vibraphonist, he came into contact with Rahsaan Roland Kirk , with whom he performed. Live recordings were made in 1962 when he was a member of the New York Bass Violin Choir (with Lisle Atkinson , Ron Carter , Richard Davis , Milt Hinton and Sam Jones ). In 1963 he moved to New York City and appeared with Kirk on Five Spot and appeared on Kirk albums such as I Talk with the Spirits ; Kirk also recorded his track Tears Sent by You . In the early 1970s he had engagements in New York jazz clubs as the accompanist of the pianist Mary Lou Williams , who strongly influenced him; during this time he also played with Nat Jones . In the 1980s he was a member of the formation Licorice Factory (with Mark Whitecage , Mike Morgenstern , Perry Robinson , Dave Lalama , Walter Perkins ), in the 1990s he played with Nancie Banks . In the field of jazz he was involved in 19 recording sessions from 1962 to 2001, including a. with Chet Baker ( Baby Breeze , 1965) and most recently with the John Fick Southern California Jazz Company . He taught at Jazzmobile for twenty years .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Feature in the New York Times (2010)
  2. ↑ a b Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed November 11, 2016)
personal data
SURNAME Fleming, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fleming, Michael Max
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH around 1935