Mike Garson
Mike Garson, a true virtuoso, has had a very diverse career. Heard at his best with his own groups or with Free Flight, Garson has also toured with David Bowie and for a television movie on Liberace, he performed the music and had his hands used for the playing sequences of the film. He started playing piano when he was seven, studied classical music for ten years, graduated from Brooklyn College, served in the military, and then joined a rock group called Brethren that recorded. Garson soon gained experience freelancing with a wide variety of performers, including Mel Tormé, Thad Jones, and Annette Peacock; he also studied with Lennie Tristano and had an important six-hour lesson with Bill Evans. Garson toured with Bowie from 1972 to 1974, moved to Los Angeles, and worked with Freddie Hubbard and Stanley Clarke (1978). He became a busy studio musician (both composing and performing prolifically) and in 1982 joined Free Flight, a group that switches back and forth between classical, straight-ahead jazz, and funkier rhythms. Garson has recorded jazz as a leader for Contemporary (1979), Jazzhounds, Chase, and Reference.
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Discography
18 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Bowie's Piano Man: Live at The Sun Rose
Mike Garson, Mason Alexander Park
Rock - Released by Mike Garson Productions on 11 Nov 2022
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The Oxnard Sessions, Vol. 1
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Reference Recordings on 9 Jun 1992
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Jazz Hat
Jazz - Released by Reference Recordings CD on 1 Mar 2012
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Serendipity
Jazz - Released by Reference Recordings CD on 1 Mar 2012
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Mike Garson
Jazz - Released by Reference Recordings CD on 1 Mar 2012
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The Oxnard Sessions, Vol. 2
Jazz - Released by Reference Recordings on 1 Jan 1992
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Conversations with My Family
Jazz - Released by Resonance Records on 8 Apr 2008
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Walk With Me: Songs of Hope With Mike Garson
Pop - Released by Mike Garson Productions on 22 Apr 2022
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Mike Garson
Jazz - Released by Reference Recordings CD on 1 Mar 2012
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A Gershwin Fantasia
Jazz - Released by Reference Recordings on 23 Aug 1992
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Don't Kill the Piano Player
Jazz - Released by Mike Garson Productions on 26 Sep 2021
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Big Band, Vol. 1
Traditional Jazz & New Orleans - Released by UPM-US on 3 Dec 2007
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Homage to My Heroes
Classical - Released by Mike Garson on 1 Jan 2003
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Now! Music (Volume IV)
Classical - Released by Mike Garson Publishing on 1 Jan 1998
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Prayers for Ukraine
New Age - Released by Mike Garson Productions on 1 Apr 2022
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Requiem for a Special Soul
New Age - Released by Mike Garson Productions on 19 May 2022
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo