Performances

Good Bait-Arturo’s- Miami Beach 2007

Recorded in July of 2018 at the John Birks Gillespie Auditorium within the NYC Baha’i Center. I had just been released from the hospital where I had double pneumoniaContinue readingMike Longo Big Band plays “My Favorite Things”

Recorded in 1973 for the Groove Merchant Record label. Mike Longo – Piano, Ron Carter – Bass and Mickey Roker – Drums. The original recorded album was an LP calledContinue readingWhat’s Going On -Mike Longo Trio…circa 1970

From the CD “Oasis” by Mike Longo’s New York State of the Art Jazz Ensemble. Recorded in 2004. Pictured are Baritone sax great Claire Daly and the late jazz greatContinue reading“Mike’s Lament” with the New Y ark Sate of the Art Jazz Ensemble

Mike’s New York State of the Art Jazz Ensemble plays his version of the classic “Lime House Blues” Live from the John Birds Gillespie Auditorium in New York. Tenor soloistContinue reading“Lime House Blues” Killer arrangement by Mike Longo

Recorded live, in 2016, at the John Birks Gillespie Auditorium in the New York Baha’i Center.

The epitome of poly metricity is expressed in this song as well as the arrangement. These are among the top studio/jazz players in NYC.

I had played with Don in Europe a few times with Dizzy but this was the only time in the States, at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1970. He wasContinue readingDon Byas with Mike Longo on piano at Newport Jazz – 1970

This is from a live concert in Copenhagen in 1968 with The Dizzy Gillespie Reunion big band. This track features James Moody on flute with Mike Longo on Piano, PaulContinue readingJames Moody plays Cherokee from the 1968 Dizzy Gillespie Reunion Band concert in Copenhagen