About
Jazz artist, composer, and author known for his longstanding collaboration with Dizzy Gillespie.
Before Fame
He founded the Mike Longo Trio, a group that would continue to work for 42 years.
Trivia
He was musical director for the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet, pianist for the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Band, and he was with Gillespie on the night Gillespie died in 1993.
Family Life
He was born into a musical family: his father was a bass player, and his mother was the church organist.
Associated With
He idolized Oscar Peterson, by whom he was mentored from 1961 until 1962.
