PRODUKTBESCHREIBUNGEN
KURZBESCHREIBUNG
Michael Bluestein's new CD, "Wild World" has been described as "wonderfully diverse" jazzwest.com. He offers up tasteful arrangements of classics like Steely Dans "Black Cow", Paul Simons "Bridge Over Troubled Water", Cat Stevens "Wild World", and even the Led Zeppelin chestnut "Ten Years Gone". His original tunes are very groove oriented. Tunes like "Vista", "Natoma", and "Pulsar" are grounded in funk and drum n bass rhythms, while "The Glow" and "Ode To A Song" recall the pioneering work of 70s era Keith Jarrett on the ECM label.

REZENSION
Michael caresses the keyboards and extracts a sound from the piano that simply screams of brilliance. -- cdbaby.com

Piano man Michael Bluestein offers a wonderfully diverse trio CD, complete with interesting pop cover tunes, standards and originals -- jazzwest.com

BIOGRAPHIE DER MITWIRKENDEN
Keyboardist Michael Bluestein has made a name for himself in the Bay Area playing with artists such as guitarist Will Bernard (in the band Motherbug), drummer Steve Smith (of Journey and Vital Information), saxophonist Anton Schwartz, vocalist Jacqui Naylor, and acoustic guitarist Alex Degrassi. He has also toured with Grammy Award winning artist Shelby Lynne, and Linda Perry of 4-Non-Blondes.

Michael is an extremely versatile musician, and is equally at home with jazz, funk, pop,blues, gospel, Brazilian, and just about anything else. He is in demand as a live performer, session musician, and private instructor. He has toured the States, Europe, and Canada several times with many of the artists mentioned above.

Michael grew up in Massachusetts and began classical piano studies at age 9. He went on to graduate from Berklee College of Music in '91 with a degree in piano performance. He has been working as a professional musician since then.

Michael has been living in San Francisco since '93, and has played at just about every venue in the Bay Area-The Fillmore, Slims, Yoshi's, The Great American Music Hall, Paradise Lounge, you name it! He is also frequently found performing with his trio at Bacar restaurant in San Francisco.

Michael has released 2 CD's under his own name and is featured on many others.