saxophones - kyle hummel, ian o'beirne; trumpet - koofreh umoren; bass - nick krolak, lee clarke, ryan kuhns; drums - kyle page, matt scarano, anwar marshall
Influences
Jim Hall, Wes Montgomery, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Peter Bernstein, Grant Green, Bill Evans, Tomasz Stanko, Fred Hersch, John Hollenbeck, Ben Webster, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Joe Henderson, Ornette Coleman, Oliver Nelson, Thad Jones, Maria Schneider, Ben Monder, Pat Martino, Hank Garland, Pat Metheny, Paul Motian, Charlie Haden, The Bad Plus
Mike Lorenz is a jazz guitarist from Lehigh Valley, PA. Playing professionally since the age of 19, Mike has performed with such musicians as Rufus Reid, George Young, Bud Shank, Jim Pugh and Ravi Coltrane while a student at Moravian College in Bethlehem, PA. Mike has performed at the Tritone and Chris' Jazz Cafe in Philadelphia, PA, Puck Live in Doylestown, PA and at Bethlehem's Musikfest. He is the newest member of the Tony Gairo/Gary Rissmiller Jazz Orchestra, a 17-piece big band that performs original music in the Lehigh Valley and surrounding areas. He has been a featured soloist with the Moravian College Wind Ensemble and the Intercollegiate Wind Ensemble of the Lehigh Valley and has also performed with the Lehigh University Glee Club and as part of DeSales University's Act 1 Theater season.
hey dude, the chance to introduce myself was m.i.a. at the time,, but i was at chris the other night, i really dug your tunes and playing a lot! seemed some wierd rhythm section things were kinda happening though, but il talk with ry on the next 4 gigs this weekend were playing. and anwar is my homeboy to say the least hahah.. buut yea mike great to finally hear you and your music.. we defintly have to play soon
Dude! That cut from the Sweat in the Heat Quintet gig sounds awesome, nice solo. I gotta hear the rest of that gig. I was actually not sure where that was from for a second because I temporarily lost the ability to read, and when I come back in with the melody I was thinking, "hey, I wonder who that sax guy is, he sounds decent". Hah!
Thank you for playing in Philadelphia! That was very good, you've always been excellent at guitar. Ever play your trumpet anymore? Next time I am at my parents house, I will call you. It's time to have a chat.
hope you're doing well. Tonight (Friday, May 11), Daniel Bennett Group plays a double bill with orchestral folk-pop group Lost in the Trees at the Brookline Tai Chi Center. Show starts at 8pm (just $5). Hope to see you there!
Brookline Tai Chi Center is located at 1615 Beacon St., Brookline, MA. Just take the Green Line (C Train) and get off at Washington Square. Tai Chi is right there!
No, I stopped studying with Tom in November. It was getting too hectic, cause I was also with Walt Bibinger (which ended last month) and I was taking saxophone lessons.
It was an interesting day at work. Mulgrew Miller came into the store. Man, that was exciting.
