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Mike Freeman

Musician - Composer - Recording Artist - Producer - Arts Advocate

Jazzvibe.com  - Est. 1999
Mike Freeman

Mike Freeman Blog

Hey what’s up!

Mike here giving you updates on what's happening in my music world and other miscellaneous thoughts.

Old content from the past 17 years is being reformmatted for this 2026 website update and will be added ASAP.

Stay tuned as content both old and new is on the way.

Questions Answers

Questions and answers with Mike Freeman Q:– Where did you grow up, and what got you interested in music? Mike Freeman…

By Mike Freeman — 1st June, 2019

Performances Dates Set

Working with the Jazz Foundation of America my LMCC grant dates have been set, Thursday July 11th at Pier 84 and Saturda…

By Mike Freeman — 7th May, 2019

LMCC Grant

Ten days ago I received notice that I was awarded a Grant from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC)! The grant is…

By Mike Freeman — 19th February, 2019

2018 Recap

The first half of 2018 was filled playing lots of gigs with Jose Mangual Jr’s Son Boricua, Julio Salgado-Nicky Marrero…

By Mike Freeman — 2nd January, 2019

Venetian Blinds CD Release Gig and More

ZonaVibe had a great CD Release Gig for "Venetian Blinds" at LaFonda last Thursday evening November 8th. It wa…

By Mike Freeman — 14th November, 2018

Labor Day Festivals 2018

Just back from a whirlwind Labor Day weekend. Two highly successful ZonaVibe performances in Wisconsin! ZonaVibe with Ch…

By Mike Freeman — 4th September, 2018

Updates and Changes Everywhere

Updates and changes everywhere! First instead of a separate song of the week page at my web site, I decided to try putti…

By Mike Freeman — 27th August, 2018

Rent Is To Damn High

Rent is to Damn High! The live music business (a large part of what makes New York New York) suffers another blow and i…

By Mike Freeman — 29th April, 2018

Listening Here There and Everywhere

2018 is off to a nice start, there were several gigs in January and a trip to Omaha to visit mom. While there I chopped …

By Mike Freeman — 6th February, 2018

2017 Recap

The big news for 2017 was the putting together of a rousing new set of music of mine mostly written from late 2016 into …

By Mike Freeman — 5th January, 2018