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Mike Cogan plays
soprano saxophone, clarinet
and slide trombone for The Legendary
Pineapple Skinners.
He became
interested in Dixieland music while growing up in
Chicago where he
played saxophone and tenor banjo in
several
local Dixieland groups. Living in Chicago had a
huge impact on
Cogan. While there,
he played with many fine musicians,
learned
to play a number of different
instruments and was exposed to all
sorts
of different musical styles.
Mike's eclectic musical background
serves him well
today. He plays at least ten
instruments in a number of
different musical settings. Along
with his work in the
Pineapple Skinners, Mike has played with
the Tony Lombardo
Quartet for over ten
years. This band plays swing
tunes, ballads
and bossa novas in the
understated
style of people like Nat Cole,
Tony
Bennett and Frank Sinatra. Cogan
also works regularly with
an R & B
group called the Buicks. He also
leads a group called
the Casual Three, a jazz trio, that
specializes in the music of Coltrane,
Bird, Mingus, Miles
and Monk. |
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