Mike Mainieri

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Mike Mainieri

Mike Mainieri (* 24. July 1938 in the Bronx , New York City as Michael T. Mainieri, Jr. ) is a jazz - and fusion musicians ( vibraphone ).

Life

Mainieri began as a child with tap dancing and percussion ; at the age of 11, the vibraphone was added. At the age of 14 he appeared with his own trio in the Paul Whiteman Show . Between 1955 and 1961 he was a member of the Buddy Rich band. He also worked quite early for Billie Holiday , Dizzy Gillespie , Benny Goodman , Coleman Hawkins and Wes Montgomery (1967/68). In 1967 he was part of Jeremy Steig's early rock jazz formation Jeremy & the Satyrs . In 1971 Mainieri produced an album for the large studio formation White Elephant and subsequently worked on the development of a synthesizer vibraphone. He played with his own quartet and with Michael Brecker and Steve Gadd . In 1978 he performed as a duo with pianist Warren Bernhardt at the Montreux Jazz Festival . In 1979 he founded the jazz-oriented fusion band Steps with Brecker, Gadd, Eddie Gomez and Don Grolnick , which had great success. Their successor group Steps Ahead continued this success between 1983 and 1986 with changing musicians such as Steve Khan , Eliane Elias , Chuck Loeb , Peter Erskine and Warren Bernhardt.

Then the studio work came back to the fore. Mainieri produced pop music, but also George Benson . He also played with Joe Henderson , Gil Evans , Art Farmer , Al Jarreau , David Sanborn , Marcus Miller , Joe Lovano and Jim Hall . In 1989 he founded a new edition of Steps Ahead (with Rachel Z, among others ). He later played with his groups American Diary and American Standards . As a producer, arranger and composer, the owner of the record label NYC Records looks after musicians such as Paul Simon , Billy Joel , Aerosmith and Dire Straits .

Mainieri (2016 in Oslo, Bendik Hofseth in the background on the right )

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  1. ↑ http://www.emusic.com/artist/Mike-Mainieri-MP3-Download/11657151.html
  2. ↑ Vladimir Bogdanov, Chris Woodstra, Stephen Thomas Erlewine: All Music Guide to Jazz, 2002, p. 790
personal data
SURNAME Mainieri, Mike
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mainieri, Michael T. junior (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American fusion musician
DATE OF BIRTH July 24, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Bronx , New York City