Michael Weiss

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04/29/2025
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Tony Leone Quintet
03/08/2025
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Michael Weiss Trio
03/07/2025
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Michael Weiss Trio
02/13/2025
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Tony Leone Quintet
09/28/2024
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Michael Weiss Trio
09/27/2024
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Michael Weiss Trio
07/09/2024
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Todd Herbert Quartet
02/24/2024
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Michael Weiss Trio
02/23/2024
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Michael Weiss Trio
11/04/2023
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Michael Weiss, Ugonna Okegwo & Aaron Seeber
11/03/2023
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Michael Weiss, Ugonna Okegwo & Aaron Seeber
09/17/2023
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Nick Green Quintet
04/15/2023
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Michael Weiss trio
04/14/2023
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Michael Weiss trio
10/29/2022
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Michael Weiss trio
10/28/2022
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Michael Weiss trio
08/13/2022
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Michael Weiss, Vince Dupont & Aaron Kimmel
08/12/2022
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Michael Weiss, Vince Dupont & Aaron Kimmel
03/11/2022
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Michael Weiss Quartet
10/08/2021
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Michael Weiss trio
07/24/2021
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Michael Weiss, Paul Sikivie & Pete Van Nostrand
10/26/2019
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Michael Weiss Quartet
10/25/2019
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Michael Weiss Quartet
06/24/2019
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Michael Weiss & Mike Karn
06/06/2019
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Avi Rothbard Quartet
03/27/2019
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Michael Weiss & David Wong
02/16/2019
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Michael Weiss Quartet
02/15/2019
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Michael Weiss Quartet
11/10/2018
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Michael Weiss, Paul Gill & Mark Taylor
11/09/2018
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Michael Weiss, Paul Gill & Mark Taylor
07/19/2018
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Monte Croft, Michael Weiss & Ben Wolfe
07/07/2018
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Amanda Sedgwick Quintet
07/06/2018
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Amanda Sedgwick Quintet
06/02/2018
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Michael Weiss Quartet
06/01/2018
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Michael Weiss Quartet
05/13/2018
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Nick Hempton Band
02/10/2018
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Michael Weiss with Paul Gill & Mark Taylor
02/09/2018
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Michael Weiss with Paul Gill & Daniel Sadownick
12/02/2017
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Michael Weiss Quartet
12/01/2017
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Michael Weiss Quartet
10/07/2017
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Gary Smulyan w/ Michael Weiss, Paul Gill
10/06/2017
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Gary Smulyan w/ Michael Weiss, Paul Gill
07/27/2017
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The Nick Hempton Band
07/02/2017
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Michael Weiss with Paul Gill & Pete Van Nostrand
03/18/2017
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An evening with Michael Weiss
03/17/2017
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An evening with Michael Weiss
09/18/2016
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The Bruce Harris Group
09/14/2016
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Bruce Harris w. Michael Weiss and Clovis Nicolas
08/21/2016
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The Joe Magnarelli Quintet
04/29/2016
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Michael Weiss & Peter Washington
04/01/2016
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The Michael Weiss Quartet
03/13/2016
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The Bruce Harris Sextet
01/03/2016
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The Bruce Harris Quintet
11/21/2015
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The Michael Weiss Group
11/20/2015
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The Michael Weiss Group
11/08/2015
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The Bruce Harris Quintet
10/04/2015
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The Bruce Harris Quartet
08/23/2015
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The Bruce Harris Group
06/14/2015
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The Bruce Harris Quintet
04/15/2015
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The Bruce Harris Quintet
11/22/2014
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The Michael Weiss Trio
11/21/2014
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The Michael Weiss Trio
08/18/2014
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The Bruce Harris Quintet
07/21/2014
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The Bruce Harris Quintet
06/02/2014
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The Bruce Harris Quintet
02/03/2014
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The Bruce Harris Quintet
01/06/2014
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The Bruce Harris Quintet
10/13/2012
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The John Webber Quartet
04/10/2012
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The Bruce Harris/Alex Hoffman Quintet
03/19/2011
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The Michael Weiss Quartet
03/18/2011
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The Michael Weiss Quartet
11/11/2009
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The Daniel Sadownick Quintet
06/27/2009
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The Michael Weiss Quartet & Dick Oatts
06/26/2009
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The Michael Weiss Quartet & Dick Oatts
10/28/2008
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The Mike Karn Quartet
09/30/2008
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The Grant Stewart Quartet
09/09/2008
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The Mike Karn Quartet
08/26/2008
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The Grant Stewart Quartet
07/15/2008
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The Grant Stewart Quartet
07/08/2008
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The Grant Stewart Quartet
06/17/2008
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The Grant Stewart Quartet
06/03/2008
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The Grant Stewart Quartet
05/27/2008
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The Grant Stewart Quartet
05/20/2008
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The Grant Stewart Quartet
03/25/2008
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The Grant Stewart Group
03/18/2008
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The Grant Stewart Quartet
03/11/2008
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The Grant Stewart Group
03/04/2008
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The Grant Stewart Group
11/20/2007
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The Grant Stewart Quartet
11/17/2007
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The Michael Weiss Quartet
11/16/2007
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The Michael Weiss Quartet
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  “He can focus the intensity in a tune as well as any pianist in mainstream jazz.” – New York Times   “a nimble and inventive keyboard artist who couldn’t play an inelegant note if he wanted to.” – Chicago Tribune     “One of the most fluent and flexible pianists of his generation.” – BMI Music World   “Weiss has a rich palette of composing devices at his command” – Downbeat   “Warmth, integrity and above all, originality” – JazzTimes   “Combines the wonder of spontaneity with a workmanlike acknowledgment of his materials: art and craft in delightful balance.” – Chicago Reader   “About as close to perfection as a recording can get” – Jazz Improv   “This music lives and breathes freshness and exhilarating originality.” – Jazz Journal     Since arriving in New York in 1982, pianist, composer, arranger and educator Michael Weiss has forged a formidable career working in the bands of jazz legends Johnny Griffin, Art Farmer, The Jazztet, Slide Hampton, Frank Wess, Jimmy Heath Quartet, the Heath Brothers, the George Coleman Quartet, Charles McPherson, Jon Hendricks, Lou Donaldson, Junior Cook/Bill Hardman Quintet, Vanguard Jazz Orchestra and Mingus Epitaph Orchestra. Weiss' fifteen year association with Griffin yielded four recordings and annual tours.     He has also performed with Joe Henderson, Woody Shaw, Clark Terry, Clifford Jordan, Curtis Fuller, Phil Woods, Pepper Adams, Joe Lovano, Ron Carter, David Newman, Gerry Mulligan, Nancy Wilson, Randy Brecker, Tom Harrell, Wynton Marsalis, Gary Bartz, and other high profile jazz recording artists.     As a band leader, Weiss has headlined at the Village Vanguard, the Detroit Jazz Festival, Smithsonian Institution, and major New York venues such as the Blue Note, Jazz Standard, Birdland, Bradley’s, Iridium, Sweet Basil, Smoke and Dizzy's Club CocaCola. Reviewing his Vanguard debut, the New York Times wrote that Weiss "demonstrated a strong sense of leadership and organization" exhibiting "sensitivity and logic, along with crisp control."     Television appearances include CBS-TV’s Nightwatch and PBS’ Live From Lincoln Center: The City of Jazz. NPR radio appearances include PianoJazz with Marion McPartland, Making the Music with Wynton Marsalis, Jazzset, and the Jazz Piano Christmas Special.     Weiss' latest release is Homage, his second for the Cellar Live label. His other recordings as a leader are on the  CrissCross, SteepleChase, DIW and Sintra labels. Weiss also appears on recordings of Johnny Griffin, Frank Wess, Charles McPherson, Steve Grossman, the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Ronnie Cuber, Louis Smith and Dick Oatts.     Weiss was the grand prize winner of the 2000 BMI/Thelonious Monk Institute's Composition Competition presented to him by Wayne Shorter. Weiss was also a 1989 prizewinner in the Thelonious Monk Institute's International Piano Competition.     Weiss is deeply committed to jazz education, having held faculty positions at Indiana University, Hartt College of Music and Queens College. In his master classes and residencies, Weiss draws on his long and varied bandstand experience to directly address the standards and performance practices required of a professional jazz musician.