Pianist/organist, Mike LeDonne started playing piano at the age of five and by ten, he was gigging and teaching piano. His playing reflects his broad range of influences and what he learned from his long associations with Benny Goodman, Milt Jackson, Sonny Rollins, Art Farmer, Clifford Jordan and countless other jazz greats.

Mike absorbed and honors the lessons he learned from the early greats who influenced him, notably that the most important thing is the sound and swing of what one plays.

This is the second half of my conversation with Mike LeDonne, recorded in NYC.