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Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Jazz Bassist Michael Formanek ..
Born in San Francisco – He moved into the New York jazz scene and in the 1980s, he got busy working as a sideman with Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, Dave Liebman, Fred Hersch, and Attila Zoller – He’s also been quite a prolific session musician and he’s full of adventures and stories from jazz land .. His latest album is 2016’s CD called The Distance – and like all of his other recordings .. he’s busy getting it out to the people ..

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