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Mike Longo, a former protege of Oscar Peterson is best known as the long time pianist and musical director of the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet. Here he leads his big band the New York State of the Art Jazz Ensemble in a concert from the John Birks Gillespie Auditorium in New York's Baha'i Center on 12/01/09. This is an original composition and arrangement by Mike called "The Painting." Concerts are held there every Tuesday with world class jazz artists in honor of Dizzy Gillespie. The theater is ...

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Mike Longo, a former protege of Oscar Peterson is best known as the long time pianist and musical director of the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet. Here he leads his big band the New York State of the Art Jazz Ensemble in a concert from the John Birks Gillespie Auditorium in New York's Baha'i Center on 12/01/09. This is an Latin/jazz arrangement by Mike on the holiday classic "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas." Concerts are held there every Tuesday with world class jazz artists in honor of ...

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Mike Longo, a former protege of Oscar Peterson is best known as the long time pianist and musical director of the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet. Here he leads his big band the New York State of the Art Jazz Ensemble in a concert from the John Birks Gillespie Auditorium in New York's Baha'i Center on 12/01/09. This is an original composition and arrangement by Mike called "Contemplative Speculation." Concerts are held there every Tuesday with world class jazz artists in honor of Dizzy Gillespie ...

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Mike Longo, a former protege of Oscar Peterson is best known as the long time pianist and musical director of the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet. Here he leads his funk band in concert at Sarah Lawrence College on 11/18/09. This was followed by a master class by Mike on the rhythmic nature of jazz based on the concepts of Dizzy Gillespie who was Mike's main mentor. This will be made into a instructional DVD for sale to the public. To find out about how to obtain this call toll free 800-232-6796....

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Mike Longo, a former protege of Oscar Peterson is best known as the long time pianist and musical director of the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet. Here Mike leads the NY State of the Art Jazz Ensemble on 10/20/09 to celebrating Dizzy Gillespie's 92nd birthday playing Mike's arrangement of the Gillespie classic "Tanga." The concert took place in the John Birks Gillespie Auditorium in the NYC Baha'i Center. The theater was named after Dizzy, who was a Baha'i, and jazz is played there every Tuesday ...

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Mike Longo, a former protege of Oscar Peterson is best known as the long time pianist and musical director of the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet. Here Mike leads the NY State of the Art Jazz Ensemble on 10/20/09 to celebrating Dizzy Gillespie's 92nd birthday playing Mike's arrangement of the Gillespie classic "A Night In Tunisia." The concert took place in the John Birks Gillespie Auditorium in the NYC Baha'i Center. The theater was named after Dizzy, who was a Baha'i, and jazz is played there ...

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Jimmy Owens appeared as a special guest with Mike Longo's NY State of the Art Jazz Ensemble on 10/20/09 to celebrate Dizzy Gillespie's 92nd birthday. Here Jimmy and the band play Mike's arrangement of the Gillespie classic "Con Alma." The concert took place in the John Birks Gillespie Auditorium in the NYC Baha'i Center. The theater was named after Dizzy, who was a Baha'i, and jazz is played there every Tuesday night in his honor. Located at 53 E. 11th St (Between University Pl. and B'way ...

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Jimmy Owens appeared as a special guest with Mike Longo's NY State of the Art Jazz Ensemble on 10/20/09 to celebrate Dizzy Gillespie's 92nd birthday. Here Jimmy and the band play Jimmy's arrangement of the Gillespie classic "Blue N' Boogie." The concert took place in the John Birks Gillespie Auditorium in the NYC Baha'i Center. The theater was named after Dizzy, who was a Baha'i, and jazz is played there every Tuesday night in his honor. Located at 53 E. 11th St (Between University Pl. and B ...

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Hilary Gardner is one of the brightest new stars on the jazz horizon. She began her NY career with Mike Longo's NY State of the Art Jazz Ensemble in 2003. Here she sings the Mike Longo composition "I Miss You John" dedicated to the late John Birks (Dizzy) Gillespie in a special tribute concert on 10/20/09 celebrating Gillespie's 92nd birthday at the NYC Baha'i Center located at 53 E. 11th St (Between University Place and B'way). World class jazz artists appear every Tuesday night as part of ...

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Jazz trumpet master Jimmy Owens joins Mike Longo and the NY State of the Art Jazz Ensemble to celebrate Dizzy's 92nd birthday at the John Birks Gillespie Auditorium in the NYC Baha'i Center located at 53 E. 11th St (Between University Pl. and B'way.) Jazz concerts are presented there every Tuesday in Dizzy's honor. Call 212 222 5159 for info.

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