You can see Mike Petrone performing live every Monday thru Thursday at Johnny’s Downtown in Cleveland, Ohio from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. and Fridays from 7:00 till 11:00 p.m.
You can also see The Mike Petrone Trio every Sunday night in Hudson, Ohio at Downtown 140 from 5:30 until 9:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 13th, 2010 – The Mike Petrone Trio at Progressive Field in Cleveland for a special Valentine’s Day Dinner and dancing. 6 to 10:30 p.m.
Sunday, February 14th, 2010 – The Mike Petrone Band hosts a pre- Fat Tuesday celebration at Downtown 140 Oh, and it’s also Valentine’s Day.
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 – Fat Tuesday! The Mike Petrone Band at Johnny’s Downtown for a big Mardi Gras celebration. 6:00 -10:30p.m.
Saturday, March 6th, 2010 – The Mike Petrone Band plays for Cleveland State University’s Swing Dance Club at Mather Mansion. Open to the public. Admission $10.00. 7 to 11 p.m.
Saturday, April 24th, 2010 – The Mike Petrone Band plays for Get Hep Swing Dance at Bohemian National Hall in Cleveland. Open to the public. Admission $10.00. 9 to 12 a.m.
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MIKE PETRONE and his all-occasion band are available for hire for your corporate or private event. Mike can play solo piano or with The Mike Petrone Trio. He can also add saxophonist Rob Williams, female vocalsit Evelyn Wright, guitarist/vocalist Dave Huddleston, trumpeter Kenny Davis, and optionally, trombonist Eric Dregne. This band can perform an amazingly wide range of musical styles to suit just about any tastes or needs. Call (216) 262-1557 for more details. E-mail us at: mikepetrone813@gmail.com
BELOW IS A PARTIAL SONGLIST
SWING
Fly Me to the Moon
The Way You Look Tonight
That’s Life
New York, New York
Beyond the Sea
Mack the Knife
In The Wee Small Hours of The Morning
Ain’t That a Kick in the Head
I’ve Got You Under My Skin
The Summer Wind
You Make Me Feel So Young
It Had To Be You
As Time Goes By
Jump, Jive, and Wail
Sing, Sing, Sing
Young at Heart
You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You
Bye, Bye, Blackbird
Sway
When I Fall in Love
Unforgettable
Wonderful World
At Last
MORE RECENT
This Years Love (David Gray)
Home (Michael Buble’)
Everything
You’re Beautiful (James Blunt)
Ordinary People (John Legend)
Where Did My Baby Go?
One Hundred Years (Five Fore Fighting)
Superman
Lips of an Angel (Hinder)
Viva La Vida (Coldplay)
Green Eyes
This Love (Maroon 5)
Cable Car (The Fray)
Chasing Cars (Snow Patrol)
All I Want is You (U2)
Accidentally in Love (Counting Crows)
With A Broken Heart (Jon Mayer)
MOTOWN
My Girl
Ain’t Too Proud To Beg
Sugarpie Honeybunch
The Way You Do the Things You Do
Heard it Through the Grapevine
Let’s Stay Together (Al Green)
If I Ain’t Got You (Alicia Keyes)
You Are the Sunshine of My Life (Stevie Wonder)
Isn’t She Lovely
Superstition
Respect
I Feel Good
Mustang Sally
Gimme Some Lovin’
Devil With the Blue Dress
Good Golly Miss Molly
COUNTRY
Crazy
I Fall to Pieces
Walkin After Midnight
Always on my Mind
Folsom Prison Blues
Ring of Fire
As Good As I Once Was (Toby Keith)
You Look Good in My Shirt (Keith Urban)
Move It On Over
You Win Again
Help Me Make it Through the Night
ROLLING STONES
Satisfaction
Honky Tonk Women
Brown Sugar
Start Me Up
Get Off of My Cloud
Under My Thumb
Angie
BILLY JOEL
Just the Way You Are
My Life
Piano Man
Always a Woman
Scenes From an Italian Restaurant
She’s Got A Way
Movin’ Out
Vienna
Only the Good Die Young
New York State on Mind
ELTON JOHN
Tiny Dancer
Your Song
Crocodile Rock
Rocket Man
THE EAGLES
Desperado
Peaceful Easy Feeling
Lyin’ Eyes
Hotel California
VAN MORRISON
Brown-Eyed Girl
Tupelo Honey
Moondance
Midnight Special
Into the Mystic
The Bright Side of the Road
And It Stoned Me
RAY CHARLES
You Don’t Know Me
I Got a Woman
Georgia
What’d I Say
Hit the Road Jack
Hallelujah I Just Love Her So
GENERAL DANCE
Takin’ Care of Business
Sweet Home Alabama
Gimme Three Steps
All Right Now
Proud Mary
You Never Can Tell
Suzie Q.
American Girl
Breakdown
Build Me Up Buttercup
Unchained Melody
Wonderful Tonight
I’m A Believer
Happy Together
Red, Red Wine
Sweet Caroline
Forever in Blue Jeans
Runaround Sue
Sledgehammer
My Sharona
I Saw Her Standing There
Eight Days A Week
In My Life
Yesterday
Twist and Shout
Hard Days Night
Runaround Sue
La Bamba
Happy Together
Save the Last Dance for Me
Under the Boardwalk
Hey Baby
I Will Survive
We Are Family
Stayin’ Alive
Lady Marmalade
Mike Petrone is a second-generation jazz pianist, whose father, John Petrone, has led a piano trio of his own from the late nineteen fifties to the present. Mike begin his professional career with his trio in 1983. That first trio had Craig Blackiston on bass and Tim Strelau on drums. By the late ninteen-eighties Mike began his collaboration with drummer, Mickey Eritano, and bassist Joey Pavlovitch, this was the trio which first played at Nighttown in Cleveland, and began playing at The Inn at Turner’s Mill in Hudson, Ohio where Mike ended up staying for most of the next 17 years.
In 1991 Mike moved to New York City (although he continued to return to Turner’s Mill for many weekends.) In New York he made his first piano trio recording with bassist, Stanley Banks (longtime George Benson collaborator) and New Zealand drummer, Edward Ware. [PICTURED BELOW] That recording was never released.
Edward Ware, Mike Petrone, and Stanley Banks. (1993)
In 1994 Mike released his first CD, “The Mike Petrone Trio – Live at Turner’s Mill” this recording featured bassist, Sherry Luchette, drummer, Gary Naherny, and saxophonist, Rob Williams on several cuts. Shortly thereafter Mike joined forces with bass player, Marty Block, and drummer, Roy King (formerly the sidemen of Akron pianist Pat Pace’s trio). This began Mike’s longest trio collaboration. Mike, Marty and Roy recorded “A Lot Like Us” in 1996 (it has since become the most well-regarded of Mike’s recording’s) They also made recordings backing vocalists, Diane Linscott, Maria Jacobs, and Gary Grant and three recordings with violinist and assistant concertmaster of the Cleveland Orchestra, Lev Polyakin. This trio also performed with the Cleveland Orchestra and travelled the country through their association with Europa International Eyewear. In 1999 Mike switched to bass player Ed Stephens and drummer, John Stebal and recorded “Blooming at Nighttown”. In 2001, Mike went back to the Marty Block, Roy King trio and kept it that way until 2006 when he began working with bassist, Lamar Gaines, in 2007 Mike, Lamar Gaines and John Stebal recorded “blue.” In 2008, Mike has returned to bassist, Ed Stephens and has added new drummer Ricky Exton for their newest record Mediterranean Jazz and so 25 years later The Mike Petrone Trio continues and salutes all the great players who have contributed to keeping it going and growing. Many thanks to all the great musicians who have been a part of this band over the years!
Mike Petrone is a pianist, singer/songwriter, composer, arranger and bandleader with a career spanning more than 25 years. He currently lives in Cleveland, Ohio where he can be seen performing on a near nightly basis.
He has worked in the professional theatre as a musical director and has written several musicals and scores. Most recently in 2001 his musical FULL MOON premiered in Cleveland with Frank Dunlop on The British National Theatre directing. He has also composed several motion picture soundtracks, most recently his 2005 score for the independent feature Hard Pill. His complete filmography can be viewed at Imdb.
The Mike Petrone Trio his jazz piano trio has received acclaim throughout the world for their many recordings and their 2008 effort Mediterranean Jazz promises to bring a new generation of fans as Mike showcases his original songs.
Mike is also active as a producer and publisher and as one of the founders of Cleveland’s Goblin Bee Records and their publishing arm Plan “C” Publishing. He is active civically as a mentor for The Cleveland Foundations Civic Innovation Lab, and as a member of the COSE Arts Network Advisory Board. Most recently he was chosen for the Leadership Cleveland Class of 2009. In 2005 he was honored by Mayor Jane Campbell for his twenty-five years contributing to the arts in Cleveland.
As anyone who has heard singer-pianist Mike Petrone in action at Johnny’s Downtown can attest, the talented performer provides more than just background music. Such is the case with the Cleveland Heights native’s latest trio effort, “Blue,” a seven-track instrumental jazz album that contains subtle but effective attention to detail.
From the enticing piano flourishes of “Indiana” to the all-out ivory jamming on “Alexander’s Ragtime Band,” Petrone is at his best when his audience’s guard is down. Sure, many of the tracks meld together like items on a dessert menu, but Petrone delivers what he promises — jazz with spirit. If well-constructed lounge jazz is your bag or if you’ve been entranced by Petrone in the past, the finger-snapping “Blue” will leave you feeling anything but melancholy. -John Benson, November 9, 2007
