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Michael T. Mainieri Jr. (born July 4, 1938)[1] is an American vibraphonist, known for his work with the jazz fusion group Steps Ahead.[1] He is married to the singer-songwriter and harpist Dee Carstensen.[2]

Mike Mainieri
Mainieri in 2016.
Background information
Birth name	Mike Mainieri
Born	(1938-07-04) July 4, 1938 (age 84) The Bronx, New York, United States
Genres	Jazz, rock
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer, label owner
Instrument(s)	vibraphone, keyboards
Years active	1952–present
Labels	Elektra Musician, NYC
Website	www.nycrecords.com

Biography

Mainieri was born in The Bronx, New York, United States.[1] Mainieri was a pioneer in introducing an electronic vibraphone, known as a synth-vibe, and has recorded with such musicians as Buddy Rich, Wes Montgomery and Jeremy Steig.[1] He performed for a live album by Laura Nyro and was featured on several tracks from the Dire Straits album, Love Over Gold (1982),[3] as well as on "Ride Across the River" on the album Brothers in Arms (1985).[4] He performed on the albums Heads by Bob James, Heart to Heart by David Sanborn,[5] and Tiger in the Rain by Michael Franks.[6]

He has also released numerous albums and videos as a leader for a variety of labels, most notably his 1980 album for Warner Bros. titled Wanderlust, which featured Michael Brecker and other members of Steps Ahead.[1] He produced three albums for Carly Simon. Mainieri married singer-songwriter/harpist Dee Carstensen in 1993.

Discography

As leader

• Blues on the Other Side (Argo, 1963) (as The Mike Manieri Quartet)
• Journey Thru an Electric Tube (Solid State, 1968)
• Insight (Solid State, 1968) (as The Mike Manieri Quartet)
• Love Play (Arista, 1977)
• Free Smiles: Live at Montreaux 1978 (Arista Novus, 1978) (with Warren Bernhardt)
• Wanderlust (Warner Bros., 1981)
• Man Behind Bars (NYC, 1995)
• An American Diary (NYC, 1995)
• Live at the Seventh Avenue South (NYC,1996) (as The Mike Manieri Quartet)[7]
• An American Diary: The Dreamings (NYC, 1997)
• Northern Lights (NYC, 2006)
• L'Image 2.0 (L'Image, 2009)
• Crescent (NYC, 2010)

As group

With Arista All Stars

• Blue Montreux (Arista, 1979) – live

With Steps Ahead

Studio albums

• Step by Step (1980)
• Steps Ahead (1983)
• Modern Times (1984)
• Magnetic (1986)
• N.Y.C. (1989)
• Yin-Yang (1992)
• Vibe (1994)
• Steppin Out (2016)

Live albums

• Smokin' in the Pit (1980)
• Paradox (1982)
• Live in Tokyo 1986 (1986)
• Holding Together: Live in Europe 1999 (2002)

As sideman

With Dire Straits

• Love over Gold (Vertigo, 1982)
• Brothers in Arms (Vertigo, 1985) – recorded in 1984-85

With Eliane Elias

• Dreamer (Bluebird, 2004)
• Dance of Time (Concord, 2017)

With Art Farmer

• Big Blues with Jim Hall (CTI, 1979) – recorded in 1978
• Yama with Joe Henderson (CTI, 1979)

With Michael Franks

• Tiger in the Rain (Warner Bros., 1979) – recorded in 1978
• Time Together (Shanachie, 2011)

With Tim Hardin

• Tim Hardin 4 (Verve, 1969)
• Bird on a Wire (Columbia, 1971)

With Don McLean

• American Pie (United Artists, 1971)
• Playin' Favorites (United Artists, 1973)

With Buddy Rich

• Buddy Rich Just Sings (Verve, 1957)
• Richcraft (Mercury, 1959)
• The Driver (EmArcy, 1960)
• Playtime (Argo, 1961) – recorded in 1960
• Blues Caravan (Verve, 1962) – recorded in 1961

With Carly Simon

• Spy (Elektra, 1979)
• Come Upstairs (Warner Bros., 1980)
• Torch (Warner Bros., 1981)
• Hello Big Man (Warner Bros., 1983)

With Paul Simon

• Paul Simon (Columbia, 1972) – recorded in 1971
• Hearts and Bones (Warner Bros., 1983) – recorded in 1981-83

With Sonny Stitt

• What's New!!! (Roulette, 1966)
• I Keep Comin' Back! (Roulette, 1966)

With Kazumi Watanabe

• To Chi Ka (Columbia, 1980)
• Dogatana (Denon, 1981)
• One for All (Polydor, 1999) – live
• Lotus Night (Warner Music, 2016) – live

With others

• Aerosmith, Toys in the Attic (Columbia, 1975) - conductor
• Manny Albam, The Soul of the City (Solid State, 1966)
• George Benson, Livin' Inside Your Love (Warner Bros., 1979)
• Stephen Bishop, Red Cab to Manhattan (Warner Bros., 1980)
• Kenny Burrell, A Generation Ago Today (Verve, 1967)
• Marnix Busstra Trio, Twelve Pieces (Buzz Music, 2006)
• Marc Cohn, The Rainy Season (Atlantic, 1993)
• Paul Desmond, Summertime (CTI, 1968)
• Urbie Green, The Fox (CTI, 1976)
• Jake Holmes, How Much Time (Columbia, 1972)
• Janis Ian, Night Rains (Columbia, 1979) – recorded in 1978
• Bob James, Heads (Tappan Zee, 1977)
• Garland Jeffreys, Garland Jeffreys (Atlantic, 1973)
• Billy Joel, 52nd Street (Columbia, 1978)
• Etta Jones, Etta Jones Sings (Roulette, 1966) – recorded in 1965
• Mark Knopfler, Local Hero (Vertigo, 1983) – recorded in 1982
• Nils Lofgren, I Came to Dance (A&M Records, 1977)
• Pat Martino, Starbright (Warner Bros., 1976)
• Paul McCartney, Kisses on the Bottom (Hear Music, 2012)
• Brother Jack McDuff, Who Knows What Tomorrow's Gonna Bring? (Blue Note, 1970)
• Marcus Miller, Suddenly (Warner Bros., 1983)
• Monday Orchestra, Never Alone: The Music of Michael Brecker (Barnum For Art, 2018) – recorded in 2017
• Wes Montgomery, Down Here on the Ground (CTI, 1968) – recorded in 1967-68
• Linda Ronstadt, Living in the USA (Asylum, 1978)
• Ali Ryerson, Con Brio! (ACR Music, 2011)
• David Sanborn, Time Again (Verve, 2003)
• Boz Scaggs, Speak Low (Decca, 2008)
• Chris Smither, Honeysuckle Dog (Okra-Tone, 2005) – recorded in 1973
• Bert Sommer, Bert Sommer (Buddah, 1970)
• Swiss Jazz Orchestra, Pools: Live at Jazzfestival Bern (Mons, 2016) – live recorded in 2015
• Livingston Taylor, Over the Rainbow (Capricorn, 1972)
• Tony Orlando and Dawn, Dawn's New Ragtime Follies (Bell, 1973) – recorded in 1972-73
• Stefano Zeni, Parallel Paths (Zanetti, 2018)

References

External links

• Official web site
• Yanow, Scott. "Mike Mainieri". AllMusic. Retrieved May 1, 2011.
• Mike's featured page on the Party Of The Century international music project
• Mike Mainieri interview at allaboutjazz.com

На других языках

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- [en] Mike Mainieri

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[es] Mike Mainieri

Mike Mianieri es un vibrafonista estadounidense de jazz y jazz fusion.

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[fr] Mike Mainieri

Mike Mainieri est un vibraphoniste, compositeur et arrangeur américain de jazz né le 24 juillet 1938 à New York (États-Unis).

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[it] Mike Mainieri

Michael Mainieri, detto Mike (New York, 4 luglio 1938), è un vibrafonista, compositore e produttore discografico statunitense di origini italiane, conosciuto soprattutto per la sua attività con il gruppo degli Steps Ahead. È stato uno dei primi musicisti ad introdurre ed utilizzare il vibrafono elettrico, detto anche synth-vibe.

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