Mike LeDonne
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Biography
[Edit]Pianist and composer Mike LeDonne was born in Bridgeport, CT, in 1956. LeDonne was practically raised at his parents' music store and by the age of ten, his father, a jazz guitarist, was hiring him out on gigs. After graduating from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, LeDonne moved to New York, where he started working at Jimmy Ryan's (at the time, one of New York's oldest jazz clubs). Here LeDonne met and played with some of the great historical figures of jazz, including Roy Eldridge, Papa Jo Jones, and Vic Dickenson, among others.
In 1988, LeDonne joined the Milt Jackson Quartet, frequently writing compositions for the group. Jackson eventually recorded several of these compositions and LeDonne became the band's musical director after Jackson's death in 1999.
LeDonne began recording in 1988, debuting with the post-bop album Bout Time, which was released on the Criss Cross label. LeDonne recorded several more albums for Criss Cross throughout the early and mid-'90s, peaking with the sextet album Soulmates, a straight-ahead recording which featured soloists such as alto saxophonist Jon Gordon, tenor saxophonist Joshua Redman, and trumpeter Ryan Kysor. LeDonne switched to the Double Time label in 1998, recording Waltz for an Urbanite and, most recently, the quintet album Then and Now, which features the exceptional playing of tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander.
LeDonne remains among the best (if at times underrated) pianists on the New York jazz scene today and has been praised by such jazz luminaries as Oscar Peterson, Milt Jackson, and Benny Golson.
Title: Saxophone Mosaic
Artist: Bob Belden, Mike LeDonne, Scott Robinson, Dick Oatts, Billy Drewes, Kenny Washington, Ralph Lalama, Gary Smulyan Nonet, Richie Perry, Dennis Erwin
Genre: Jazz
Title: Boss Bones
Artist: Wycliffe Gordon, Mike LeDonne, Kenny Washington, John Webber, Andre Hayward
Genre: Jazz
Title: Cone and T-Staff
Artist: Terell Stafford, Wycliffe Gordon, Mike LeDonne, Kenny Washington, David Wong
Genre: Jazz
Title: In the Land of the Tenor
Artist: Mike LeDonne, Dennis Irwin, Kenny Washington, Tad Shull
Genre: Jazz
Title: Keep Steppin
Artist: Jim Rotondi, Mike LeDonne, Mike DiRubbo, Dwayne Burno, Joe Farnsworth
Genre: Jazz
Title: Keep Steppin'
Artist: Jim Rotondi, Mike LeDonne, Dwayne Burno, Joe Farnsworth Mike DiRubbo
Genre: Jazz
Title: Condition Blue: The Music of Jackie McLean
Artist: Peter Bernstein, Mike LeDonne, Joe Farnsworth Cory Weeds
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Real Deal
Artist: Mike LeDonne, Joe Magnarelli, Dennis Irwin, Kenny Washington, Gary Smulyan
Title: More Treasures
Artist: Mike LeDonne, Dennis Irwin, Steve Johns, Gary Smulyan
Title: Gary Smulyan With Strings
Artist: Peter Washington, Mike LeDonne, Kenny Washington, Gary Smulyan
Genre: Jazz
Title: Deep Passion
Artist: Mike LeDonne, Dennis Irwin, Kenny Washington, Tad Shull Quintet, Irvin Stokes
Genre: Jazz
Title: Birdland Birthday (Live At 95)
Artist: Howard Alden, Mike LeDonne, Earl May, Benny Waters, Ed Locke, Steve Blailock
Genre: Jazz
Collections
Title: Early Trane: The John Coltrane Songbook
Genre: Jazz
Title: Hammond Organ - The Sweet Life 2023 (CD1)
Genre: Jazz, Instrumental, Instrumental
Title: Hammond Organ - The Sweet Life 2023 (CD4)
Genre: Jazz, Instrumental, Instrumental