Spike Wilner

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Michael "Spike" Wilner (* 1966 in New York City ) is an American jazz musician ( piano , composition ) and music producer .

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Wilner grew up in Manhattan; his father is a hematologist , his mother a clinical social worker. His great, great, great grandfather was the rabbi and mystic Moses Sofer ; his maternal grandmother the painter Marie Wilner . As a child he received piano lessons; he was influenced by ragtime after watching a docudrama about the life of Scott Joplin . At the age of 14 he performed Joplin's " Maple Leaf Rag " at the St. Louis Ragtime Festival. He took music lessons in high school; after leaving school he studied at The New School for Social Research in the program for jazz and contemporary music under the direction of Arnie Lawrence . He had lessons with Barry Harris , Jaki Byard , Kenny Werner , Walter Davis Jr. , Kenny Barron , Mark Thompson, Harry Whitaker , Fred Hersch , Johnny O'Neal and Terry Waldo ; he also had the opportunity to play with Ornette Coleman . In 2007 he obtained a Masters in Piano Performance from the State University of New York in Purchase .

During his studies Wilner began to play in various bands in New York City and appeared in jazz clubs such as The Village Gate , The Angry Squire, Visiones, Augies, The West End Gate and The Village Corner, since 1994 regularly in the Smalls in Greenwich Village , to which he is now also connected as managing director and co-owner. He also toured with the Artie Shaw Big Band, the Glenn Miller Orchestra ( Ghost Bands ) and Maynard Ferguson . Wilner released a number of albums under his own name such as A Blues of Many Colors ( Fresh Sound New Talent ), Planet Jazz (Sharp Nine) and Three to Go (PosiTone). He has also published transcriptions of the music by Willie The Lion Smith ( The Lion of the Piano ). Since 2010 he has also been the producer of the club's own label SmallsLIVE , which has recorded live performances, including his own production Spike Wilner, Solo Piano: Live at Smalls . In the field of jazz he was involved in 20 recording sessions between 1998 and 2016, including a. with Dave Liebman & The Manhattan School of Music Jazz Orchestra and with Cyrille Aimée .

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  1. ↑ a b Spike Wilner. Smalls, December 23, 2018, accessed December 23, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed December 14, 2018)
personal data
SURNAME Wilner, Spike
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wilner, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician (piano, composition) and music producer
DATE OF BIRTH 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City