AS A COMPOSER; Charles Mingus, Bela Bartok, Dimitri Shostakovich, Wayne Shorter, Marc Ribot, Anthony Cox, Human Feel, Django Bates, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Led Zepplin, James Brown, David Sanchez, Jon Benitez, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Santana.
AS A BASSIST; Anthony Cox, Scott Lafaro, Rene Garcia-Fons, Dave Holland, Michael Henderson, Cachao, Louis Johnson, Jon Benitez, Tony Banda, Charles Mingus, Francois Rabbath, Frank Proto, Edgar Meyer, Jimmy Rushing, Oscar Pettiford, James Jamerson, Duck Dunn, Paul Chambers, Slam Stewart, Major Holly, Israel Crosby, Flamenco singing, Fado Lute, Latin-West African-Haitian-Brazilian drum phrasing.
Michael O'Brien holds a B.A from the University of Minnesota with a major in the Spanish language. He studied bass under Anthony Cox, and West African and Haitian percussion under Marc Anderson.
He has been performing and composing Internationally for over a decade with such notables as Harry Connick Jr., The Merce Cunningham Dance Co., Gene Pitney, Dave King, Joshua Breakstone, Elliot Zigmund, Ron Afiff, Todd Reynolds, Wessel Anderson, David Binney, The Jazz Mandolin Project, Joel Harrison, Marty Haugin, Peter Ostroushko, Christian Howes, John Van Ohlen, Peter Apfelbaum, Bruce Barth, Dan Weiss, Marc Giuliana, Roseanna Vitro, Marc Anderson, Mary Ellen Childs, and performed with vocalist Debbie Duncan in the "Blues al Feminile" concert series hosted by the Centro Jazz Torino based in Torino, Italy.
Michael has performed at the Lincoln Center Festival, IAJE (International Jazz Educators conference), PASIC (Percussive Arts Societies International Convention), American Composers Forums' Sonic Circuits Festival to name a few. His compositions and arrangements have been recorded by Kelly Rossum, Electropolis. He has been commissioned through the Jerome Foundation by the Jazz is Now Nonnette. His string quartet arrangement of "Pine" was performed at the Kennedy Center by the acclaimed string quartet Ethel.
How are you kid? DID you come to MPLS for TG? Hope your doing well. I just recorded my latest live album @ the Artists' Quarter and It was a HUGE success! Rick on Piano Keith on bass Nathan Norman on drums & the triumph of all was DAVE KARR on sax and my all time fav the FLUTE shit I want to do a whole show with just him playing that groovy flute. It was great fun and I was sober and fabulous(been sober now for 5 months and counting man) Such a better place to be. I'm very proud and hey you know what I'm sleeping for the first time in 20 years (No wonder i was such a crabby fuck) you try not haveing REMM sleep for 20 years and talk to me. oiy Anywho I hope NYC is being good to you kid. You deserve so much. I very proud of you for finding your success out there. AWESOME anywho I hope your good and just wanted to shout out and say a big YO Love COLA
We are very excited about playing at such an awesome jazz club. We have some great sets lined up for you, so don't miss it. Friday and Saturday November 20th and 21st, 5:00-8:30p at Andy's Jazz Club in Chicago
Aaron Koppel -Guitar, Matt Nelson; (Lupe Fiasco, Matthew Santos) -Keyboard, Graham Czach; (Chicago Afrobeat Project) -bass, Robert Tucker (Matthew Santos) -drums
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Mark Place. New York, NY
Happy Equinox and birth anniversary of The Trane on the 23rd.
Eight by J. Otis Powell!
On the eight day of the week with an eighth note replacing the one John Coltrane was the last “New Beginning!” and we are still wandering lost in his spiritually inclined initiations, his karmic mysticism, his Love Supreme. Transcending the most powerful number we heard the self-determined Trane pull out of the station and we suspended time to write it down. ~J.OP! ~
Hi Michael O'Brien! Thanks for the friendship. We have a show coming up in Raleigh, NC May 30th. Check the event link below for details. Hope to see you there! Click Here To View Event <>>> <>>>
hailz --hope the music is going well.. i was recording for another project , blood fountains and did my jazz cd release party/ gig last night..:) til soon.. jazz/metal grtz ..rhscheryl - flutist...nyc
