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The Whitsill Scrapbook
Mike Greensill
其他書名
The Musical Life and Times of Vocalist - Wesla Whitfield and Piano Player - Mike Greensill
出版Pismo Productions, 2021-02-14
主題Biography & Autobiography / GeneralMusic / General
ISBN05788510329780578851037
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=esk0zgEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋"After graduating in 1972 from Leeds College of Leeds College of Music in England, Mike toured Europe and the Far East and lived in Hong Kong for 4 years before finally settling into his adopted home, San Francisco, in 1977. Well known in his role as musical director to acclaimed vocalist Wesla Whitfield with whom he has recorded twenty albums, Mike is also resident piano player on Sedge Thomson's weekly Public Radio show to the world, West Coast Live. Mike can also be caught playing jazz and singing in many a San Francisco saloon and every Wednesday at Silo's in Napa. As an arranger Mike, in addition to his work with Wesla, has had the opportunity to write for big bands and symphony orchestras including the Boston Pops and the San Francisco Symphony. Mike has also had the pleasure of accompanying such diverse talents as Rita Moreno, Margaret Whiting, Broadway stars Lillias White and Franc D'Ambrosio and jazz singers Madeline Eastman, Ann Hampton Callaway and Denise Perrier. Mike's CD, The Mike Greensill Trio "Live at the Plush Room", is available on-line at CD Baby and Amazon.com. His writing and arranging for the Kronos Quartet can be found on Wesla Whitfield's CD "September Songs" on HighNote Records. Wesla's CD "Livin' On Love" which is also on HighNote records, features Mike's arrangements for The Klingel Horns, Gary Foster's reeds and rhythm section. The Klingel Horns are a french horn quartet lead by SF Opera's principle Horn Bill Klingelhoffer. To hear some of Mike's arranging and read his scores go to his web site www.mikegreensill.comMike is also the author of "Playing For Singers" - a how-to book on the art of the accompaniment for the jazz and cabaret pianist published by Sher Music. Since 2008 he's delighted in exploring the taste delights of his new adopted home, St Helena in Napa Valley's "wine country" and during the lock-down he has a discovered a new career ,performing 3 days a week on facebook live."