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Michael Staron

Acknowledged in Jazz Times as “a versatile, forwarding looking and accomplished performer,” Michael began his professional career playing Latin Tropical music in Chicago’s inner city at age fifteen. His jazz bass playing has been reviewed in Cadence, Pulse, Jazz USA, Jazz Review, Jazz Word, Jazz Weekly, AMG, New City, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, The Wire, Jazz at a Glance, Beyond Coltrane, Chicago Reader, All About Jazz, Progression Magazine, and live performances of Michael have been aired on BET, 190 North and local cable. Michael is also an accomplished theatre / pit musician, his performance credits include - national tours of Evita, the international and national touring companies of A Chorus Line, Sid Caesar, Red Skelton, Bob Newhart, Eddy Arnold, Roger Williams and Joseph with Donny Osmond. In 2018-2019 the experimental jazz group he co-founded and leads “Four Dimensions Ensemble” received over a million views on Facebook for the original videos they created and Michael went on to be the #1 Jazz Artist in Chicago on Reverbnation for over 48 weeks by November 2020.


Tags

"He’s a versatile, forward looking and accomplished performer." Harvey Pekar - Jazz Times"…Has exceptional chops and the smarts to get beyond his schooling." Bill Shoemaker - The Wire "His bowing is some of the best I ever heard. He is a true rival of Mike Formanek, Dave Holland and Paul Rogers." Fred Barrett - Beyond Coltrane "Mike to me has a lot of technique and he’s perfect for playing in a trio because he’s inspirational, he will follow my chords, what ever melody I play he will follow, he will change key with me which is what I need." Hal Russell  - Hal An Oral History

Primary Instrument

Bass, acoustic

Location

Chicago

Willing to teach

Advanced only

Credentials/Background

Interested bass students with a high school diploma may register at Triton College. Triton College 2000 Fifth Ave. River Grove, Il 60171 www.triton.edu E-mail: [email protected]

Albert Ayler
saxophone, tenor
Hal Russell
multi-instrumentalist
Ray Brown
bass, acoustic
John Coltrane
saxophone
Miles Davis
trumpet
Charlie Parker
saxophone, alto
Paul Chambers
bass, acoustic
Jimi Hendrix
guitar, electric
James Jamerson
bass, electric

Photos

Videos

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