In this episode Mike takes us to New York City in the 1960's, where he comes face to face with the likes John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and Herbie Hancock. We talk about the impact these and other teachers had on his music, and how Mike's hands seem to know who is in the audience, even if he doesn't.
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In this episode Mike takes us to New York City in the 1960's, where he comes face to face with the likes John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and Herbie Hancock. We talk about the impact these and other teachers had on his music, and how Mike's hands seem to know who is in the audience, even if he doesn't.
In this episode Mike takes us to New York City in the 1960's, where he comes face to face with the likes John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and Herbie Hancock. We talk about the impact these and other teachers had on his music, and how Mike's hands seem to know who is in the audience, even if he doesn't.
“Mike’s piano parts in Aladdin Sane changed my life.” --LADY GAGA 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the Bowie album Aladdin Sane, which has been ranked by Rolling Stone and NME in the 500 greatest albums of all time, and in the top 100 albums of the 1970's by Pitchfork. The follow up to the Ziggy Stardust album, Aladdin Sane is a tour de force for new band member Mike Garson, who moves effortlessly between styles and genres: from the Romantic era vocabulary of Chopin and Liszt to 1930'...
In this episode Mike takes us to New York City in the 1960's, where he comes face to face with the likes John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and Herbie Hancock. We talk about the impact these and other teachers had on his music, and how Mike's hands seem to know who is in the audience, even if he doesn't.