He has performed and/or recorded with some of popular musics giants including: Sting, Carlos Santana, Whitney Houston, Lionel Richie, Chaka Kahn, Patti Austin, James Ingrahm, Patti Labelle, Yoko Ono, George Benson, Natalie Cole, Yossou NDour, Boz Scaggs, Lenny Kravitz, Luther Vandross, Issac Hayes, Aaron Neville, Edie Brickell, and legends Nancy Wilson, Queen, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Liza Minelli, Elton John, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles and musical director for Madonna and Rod Stewart to name just a few.
His diverse musical skills have also been sought by younger artists including: Christina Aguilera, Ricky Martin, Destinys Child, Brandy,India Arie,Fantasia, Ashanti, John Mayer, Faith Evans, Brian McKnight, Mary J. Blige, Da Brat, Mya,Marc Doresy, Joss Stone, Usher,Keisha Cole,Angie Stone and musical director for Jennifer Lopez , Anastacia, DAngelo,and The Veronicas among others.
He has also written, produced, and performed for such notable jazz artists as: Rachelle Ferrell, Herbie Mann, Everette Harp, Will Downing, Nelson Rangell, Marion Meadows, Regina Carter, Noel Pointer, Special EFX, Pieces Of A Dream, Jonathan Butler, Victor Bailey, Stanley Turrentine and collaborated on Herbie Hancock's grammy nominated album Possibilities.
An accomplished composer, Michaels feature film scores include Drop Squad produced by Spike Lee (starring Eriq Lasalle and Ving Rhames) and the indie film The Visit directed by Jordan Walker Pearlman (starring Rae Dawn Chong and Billy Dee Williams). Michael scored two debut indie features, The Arrangement for filmmaker H.H.Cooper and One Week for director Carl Seaton. In addition, Michael penned the score to Dense, the directorial debut feature film for Soul Foods Vanessa Williams. Currently, he scored the feature Constellation (starring Gabrielle Union,Leslie Ann Warren and Billy Dee Williams) as well as the feature film/doc America The Beautiful for director Darryl Roberts, and director Ian Inabas Sundance film/doc American Blackout, as well as the dark comedy "Redrum" starring Jill Marie Jones.
Michael held the principal pianist / keyboard position on two Cosby television show bands. In addition, he is frequently contracted by bandleader Paul Shaffer (Late Show with David Letterman) as the lead substitute for the CBS broadcast. Michael has also performed as a pianist and/or conductor on countless major television specials, talk shows and award shows. Most recently he performed on the 79th Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre.He also served as principal keyboardist for John Singelton's Four Brothers,Shaft,Baby Boy, VH1 reality show But Can They Sing,and NBC reality show about the hit show Grease,and America's Got Talent! Michael is also principal keyboardist for the Kennedy Center Honors(since 2001) and Christmas In Washington telecast form the nations capitol every year!
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