Mike Longo

Pianist

Birthday March 19, 1939

Birth Sign Pisces

Birthplace Ohio

DEATH DATE Mar 21, 2020 (81)

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About

Jazz artist, composer, and author known for his longstanding collaboration with Dizzy Gillespie

Before Fame

He founded the Mike Longo Trio, a group that would continue to work for 42 years.

Trivia

He was musical director for the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet, pianist for the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Band, and he was with Gillespie on the night Gillespie died in 1993.

Family Life

He was born into a musical family: his father was a bass player, and his mother was the church organist.

Associated With

He idolized Oscar Peterson, by whom he was mentored from 1961 until 1962.