Mike LeDonne Big Band: 70th Birthday Celebration
About This Event
Pianist and organist Mike LeDonne marks his 70th birthday with a performance by the Mike LeDonne Big Band at Dizzy’s Club. LeDonne, whose career includes work alongside Benny Goodman, Milt Jackson and Benny Golson, leads a disciplined large ensemble whose arrangements sit near hard bop while leaving space for small-group swing and solo interplay.
About the Artists
Mike LeDonne Big Band
Mike LeDonne Big Band is a New York–based jazz ensemble led by pianist and organist Mike LeDonne, heard regularly at Dizzy’s Club. LeDonne’s career includes work alongside figures such as Benny Goodman, Milt Jackson, and Benny Golson, experience that shows in the band’s disciplined section writing and flexible solo space.
Mike LeDonne
Mike LeDonne is a jazz pianist and organist whose work moves between hard-bop drive and the elastic phrasing of small-group swing. Over the course of his career he has worked alongside figures such as Benny Goodman, Milt Jackson, and Benny Golson, and he also maintains a parallel life as a composer and educator.