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Jun 13, 2013 · Jacob Sacks, Michael Formanek, Tim Berne and Gerald Cleaver of the Michael Formanek Quartet perform at the Atlas Performing Arts Center. (Kyle Gustafson/FOR THE WASHINGTON POST)
Michael Formanek (born May 7, 1958) is an American jazz bassist born in San Francisco, California, United States, and associated with the jazz scene in New York.
Jan 24, 2019 · Bassist Michael Formanek has become a major presence on the NYC scene over the last decade, both as a forward-looking bandleader and a sideman. His two small-group offerings, The Rub And Spare Change (2010) and Small Places (2012), both on ECM, were justly feted and lead to the acclaimed big-band set The Distance (2016) by his Ensemble Kolossos ...
Dec 21, 2023 · Formanek leads the all-star Elusion Quartet on this, already their second album together. It's another New York scene veteran, sax player Tony Malaby, who steals the show though. His sax soloing is always on the front, sometimes recalling the bird calls, other times sounding as a human voice.
Formanek leads the all-star Elusion Quartet on this, already their second album together. It's another New York scene veteran, sax player Tony Malaby, who steals the show though. His sax soloing is always on the front, sometimes recalling the bird calls, other times sounding as a human voice.
Sep 23, 2021 · He would have been 75 the other day had he not died tragically, way too early, at 51. It just hit me that when I played with him he was only around 32, I think. He had already changed jazz drumming and helped change jazz music more than once by that age.
Michael Formanek. Veteran bassist, composer, and educator leads an acclaimed quartet on ECM; his collaborations include Tim Berne and Thumbscrew. Read Full Biography.
