Background
Longo, Michael Joseph was born on March 19, 1937 in Cincinnati. Son of Michael Anthony and Elvira Margaret (Vitello) Longo.
Longo, Michael Joseph was born on March 19, 1937 in Cincinnati. Son of Michael Anthony and Elvira Margaret (Vitello) Longo.
Bachelor of Music, We. Kentucky U. diploma, Advisory School Contemporary Music, Toronto, Ontario private student, Oscar Peterson, 1961-1962; private student, Frank Gaskin Fields, New York City, 1967-1969; private student classical composition, Hall Overton, 1970-1972.
Pianist/composer/arranger and museum director Dizzy Gillespie Quintet, 1966-1974. Pianist Dizzy Gillespie All Star Big Band, 1975. Pianist with New York City appearances at Sweet Basil, Bradleys, Michal's Public, Top of the Sixes, Half Note, Broadies, Gullivers, Hoppers, Angry Squire, Peter Browns, Tier Three, The Fine Line, Gregorys, Eriks, many others, 1974-1988.
Solo pianist Bemelmans Bar, Carlyle Hotel, 1983-1988. Solo piano concerts abroad S.S. Regent Sea Jazz Festival, 1986. Pianist on Japan tour with Dizzy Gillespie and Mike Longo with Arrow Jazz Orchestra, 1988.
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Member American Society Composers, Authors and Pubrs.
Married Elizabeth Hannum, June 9, 1980 (divorced 1984). 1 stepson: Shayne Renza. Married Dorothy Louise Davis, July 2, 1988.