Michael Wolff

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Michael Blieden Wolff (born July 31, 1952) is an American jazz pianist and recording artist.

He is best known for his work as the bandleader on The Arsenio Hall Show (1989–94).Wolff was named a Steinway Artist and received a Broadcast Music, Inc.

Awarded.

He scored and co-produced The Tic Code (1998).

Nat and Alex co-starred with his sons in the Nickelodeon musical comedy series The Naked Brothers Band (2007–09), earning him a BMI Cable Award for producing and supervising the series's music.

Wolff was the leader of the Impure Thoughts jazz band.

It is a jazz-funk band that has been resurrecting as Wolff & Clark Expedition.

Childhood and family life

Wolff was born in Victorville, California, and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is the son of Lise (Silverman) and Marvin Wolff, a medical doctor who treated Elvis Presley while the Wolffs lived in Memphis, Tennessee. Michael began studying classical piano at the age of eight. His family migrated to Berkeley, California, where he played drums at age 12. Wolff began playing piano with the University of California Jazz Ensembles under the direction of Dr. David W. Tucker while attending Berkeley High School. Wolff attended the University of California, Berkeley, before enrolling at the University of California, Los Angeles, after graduating from high school.

Neal Blumenfeld, Wolff's stepfather), died on December 1, 2013. Mimi and Judy, his two older siblings, are in charge of two little brothers. In 1992, Wolff married Polly Draper; they have two sons together, Nat Wolff and Alex Wolff, who performed and wrote the soundtrack for The Naked Brothers Band's film and series, which was created and produced by Draper. Draper also wrote and performed in The Tic Code, a musical drama film influenced by Wolff's illness with Tourette syndrome in which he contributed.

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Career

Wolff left college in 1972 to begin his music career, joining Cal Tjader's band. He then joined Cannonball Adderley's band in 1975. In 1977, he formed the band Answering Service with saxophonist Alex Foster. Wolff worked with other famous artists, including Frank Sinatra, Warren Zevon, Bobby McFerrin, The Thad Jones/ Mel Lewis Orchestra, Sonny Rollins, Wayne Shorter, Jean-Luc Ponty, Children On The Corner, Terri Lyne Carrington, Tony Williams, and Christian McBride.

In 1978, singer Nancy Wilson chose Wolff as her musical director. Arsenio Hall was Wilson's opening act, and in 1989, when Hall was given his own talk show, Wolff was chosen to serve as its bandleader and musical director. He met his wife, actress Polly Draper, when she appeared as a guest on the show. In 1995, he released Jumpstart! featuring Christian McBride and Tony Williams and in 1997 the trio released 2AM. Wolff was the leader of the jazz band 'Impure Thoughts' which features Indian tabla player Badal Roy, drummer Mike Clark, percussionist Frank Colón and electric bassist John B. Williams.

He wrote music for the films Who's the Man?, The Tic Code, and Made up, as well as writing for and performing in other films. Wolff co-starred with his sons in The Naked Brothers Band television series on Nickelodeon, serving as the co-executive producer and music supervisor, which Draper created, executive produced, wrote, and directed. In addition, Wolff co-starred in and produced the music for The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie, which later served as the pilot for the TV series.

Wolff is on the faculty at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music. In the 2010s, he formed the jazz-funk band called the 'Wolff & Clark Expedition', consisting of Wolff and Clark as band leaders, with Steve Wilson and Lenny Pickett as saxophonists, and James Genus as the bassist.

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