Mike Fahn

Michael Jeff Fahn (* 16th December 1960 in Queens , New York City ) is an American jazz - valve trombone , along with baritone horn player and jazz singer .

Mike Fahn grew up in Huntington (New York) and started playing drums; his father was a drummer for Lionel Hampton and Tex Beneke . At the age of twelve he switched to the valve trombone as the main instrument. In 1977 he moved to Los Angeles with his parents; from 1978 to 1982 he worked with Frank Strazzeri and Don Menza , and in 1984 with Dick Berk . He then had groups of his own with Bob Sheppard , Tad Weed and John Patitucci , whose sister he later married. In the 1980s he also played with Bob Cooper , Conte Candoli , Pete Christlieb, and Shorty Rogers ; 1989-91 he was a member of Maynard Ferguson's band , with whom he went on tour. In 1989 a first album was released under his own name ( Steppin 'Out ); In the early 1990s, he worked for Terry Gibbs , Bill Holman , Woody Herman , Kim Richmond , Louie Bellson, and Dick Berk. In 1993 he returned to New York City with his wife, bassist Mary Ann McSweeney , played in the big bands of Toshiko Akiyoshi and Loren Schoenberg ; from 1994 he worked as a freelance musician and worked a. a. on Tom Harrell's album Time's Mirror (1999) and Andrew Hills album A Beautiful Day (2002).

Discographic notes

Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings . 8th edition. Penguin, London 2006, ISBN 0-14-102327-9 .
Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .

personal data
SURNAME	Fahn, Mike
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Fahn, Michael Jeff
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American jazz valve trombonist, baritone horn player and jazz singer
DATE OF BIRTH	December 16, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH	Queens , New York City