Mike Abene Leader Entry



Generated on Sat, Jan 19, 2008



Date: December 1984
Location: Seltzer Sound, New York City
Label: Stash

Mike Abene (ldr), Mike Abene (p)

a.a-01You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby - 4:59  (Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer)
b.a-02T.U.A.S. (Tense Up And Swing) - 3:44  (Mike Abene)
c.a-03Passion Flower - 5:30  (Billy Strayhorn)
d.a-04When The Nylons Bloom Again - 5:15  (Thomas 'Fats' Waller, George Marion, Jr.)
e.b-01Played Twice - 3:57  (Thelonious Monk)
f.b-02When Love Comes - 6:47  (Mike Abene, Gretchen Abene)
g.b-03Upper Manhattan Medical Group - 3:35  (Billy Strayhorn)
h.b-04Hullo, Bolinas - 5:10  (Steve Swallow)
i.b-05Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are [aka Bolivar Blues] - 3:47  (Thelonious Monk)
All titles on:      Stash LP 12": ST 249 — You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby   (1985)

Date: August 19, 1989
Location: Second Promenade Music Festival - Evergreen Department Store Concert Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
Label: [private recording]

Mike Abene, Bill Kirchner (ldr), Bill Kirchner (f, cl, ss), Mike Abene (p)

a.01Summertime  (George Gershwin, Dubose Heyward)
b.02Rock Skippin' At The Blue Note  (Billy Strayhorn)
c.03O Grande Amor  (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius DeMoraes)
d.04Roxanne's Lullaby [aka Lullaby]  (Bill Kirchner)
e.05Jive At Five  (Harry Edison, Count Basie)
f.06Passion Flower  (Billy Strayhorn)
g.07A Sleepin' Bee  (Harold Arlen, Truman Capote)
h.08House Of Jade  (Wayne Shorter)
i.09Now I Know  (Mike Abene)
j.10Running Wild  (A. Harrington Gibbs, Joe Grey, Leo Wood)

Bill Kirchner (f) on c, e, h; (cl) on b; (ss) on a, d, g, i-j.


Date: August 20, 1989
Location: Second Promenade Music Festival - Evergreen Department Store Concert Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
Label: [private recording]

Mike Abene, Bill Kirchner (ldr), Bill Kirchner (f, cl, ss), Mike Abene (p)

a.01Summertime  (George Gershwin, Dubose Heyward)
b.02Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are [aka Bolivar Blues]  (Thelonious Monk)
c.03Con Alma  (Dizzy Gillespie)
d.04Mahjong  (Wayne Shorter)
e.05Passion Flower  (Billy Strayhorn)
f.06Upper Manhattan Medical Group  (Billy Strayhorn)
g.07Prelude To A Kiss  (Duke Ellington, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills)
h.08Improvisation  (collective improvisation)
i.09I Almost Said Goodbye  (Bill Kirchner, Loonis McGlohon)
j.10Rhythm-a-ning  (Thelonious Monk)

Bill Kirchner (f) on g-h; (cl) on c, i; (ss) on a-b, d, f, h, j.


Date: November 8, 1989
Location: St. Peter's Church, New York City
Label: [private recording]

Mike Abene, Bill Kirchner (ldr), Bill Kirchner (f, cl, ss), Mike Abene (p)

a.01Easy Money  (Benny Carter)
b.02Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are [aka Bolivar Blues]  (Thelonious Monk)
c.03Now I Know  (Mike Abene)
d.04Until She Comes Along  (Steve Harrow)
e.05That Ole Devil Called Love  (Doris Fisher, Allan Roberts)
f.06Bye Bye Baby  (Jule Styne, Leo Robin)

Bill Kirchner (f) on a, c; (cl) on e; (ss) on b, d, f.


Date: February 19, 2000
Location: St. Peter's Church, New York City
Label: [private recording]

Mike Abene, Bill Kirchner (ldr), Bill Kirchner (ss), Mike Abene (p)

a.01The Baggage Room Blues  (Alec Wilder, Arnold Sundgaard)
b.02Where Do You Go?  (Alec Wilder, Arnold Sundgaard)
c.03Moon And Sand  (Alec Wilder, William Engvick, Morty Palitz)

Memorial concert for Alec Wilder.


Date: January 25, 2001
Location: Hubbard Hall, Manhattan School of Music, New York City
Label: [private recording]

Mike Abene, Bill Kirchner (ldr), Bill Kirchner (ss), Mike Abene (p)

a.01I Didn't Know What Time It Was  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
b.02Theme For Gregory  (Bill Kirchner)
c.03Moon And Sand  (Alec Wilder, William Engvick, Morty Palitz)
d.04That Ole Devil Called Love  (Doris Fisher, Allan Roberts)
e.05Bye Bye Baby  (Jule Styne, Leo Robin)
f.06Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are [aka Bolivar Blues]  (Thelonious Monk)
g.07Once In A Garden  (Manuel De Sica, Gene Lees)
h.08T.U.A.S. (Tense Up And Swing)  (Mike Abene)

A spoken introduction by Justin DiCioccio precedes the first selection.