Mikael Jorgensen (born June 4, 1972) is an American musician known as the pianist and keyboardist for the band Wilco as well as a member of the bands Pronto and Quindar.[1][2]
Prior to his days in Chicago and with Wilco, Mikael honed his musical skills in New Brunswick, New Jersey, developing his production skills, collaborating with local musicians and DJing.
In 1999, he released the album "Western Hamlet" with the group Movere Workshop.[3]
Jorgensen, an ex-Chicago-based engineer and now full-time musician initially came aboard Wilco in 2002 to perform real-time sound manipulations on the Yankee Hotel Foxtrot tour, sitting just off stage left.[2] As the tour rolled on, Jorgensen gradually moved onto the stage itself, manning his laptop as well as taking on more and more keyboard duties.
"It became apparent that Mike was a very proficient piano player that could do a lot more than we were using him for," says Wilco singer/songwriter Jeff Tweedy.[4] "At that point, he started becoming a full-fledged member of the band, contributing parts to the new songs and even handling more of the nuts-and-bolts architecture of the older songs."[4]
He first appeared on Wilco's 2004 release, A Ghost Is Born.[3] On that album, he received songwriting credit for "Hell is Chrome" and "Theologians".
mikael, jorgensen, born, june, 1972, american, musician, known, pianist, keyboardist, band, wilco, well, member, bands, pronto, quindar, background, informationborn, 1972, june, 1972, occupation, musicianinstrument, keyboardsyears, active2002, present, content. Mikael Jorgensen born June 4 1972 is an American musician known as the pianist and keyboardist for the band Wilco as well as a member of the bands Pronto and Quindar 1 2 Mikael JorgensenBackground informationBorn 1972 06 04 June 4 1972 age 51 Occupation s MusicianInstrument s KeyboardsYears active2002 present Contents 1 Career 2 Personal life 3 References 4 External linksCareer editPrior to his days in Chicago and with Wilco Mikael honed his musical skills in New Brunswick New Jersey developing his production skills collaborating with local musicians and DJing In 1999 he released the album Western Hamlet with the group Movere Workshop 3 Jorgensen an ex Chicago based engineer and now full time musician initially came aboard Wilco in 2002 to perform real time sound manipulations on the Yankee Hotel Foxtrot tour sitting just off stage left 2 As the tour rolled on Jorgensen gradually moved onto the stage itself manning his laptop as well as taking on more and more keyboard duties It became apparent that Mike was a very proficient piano player that could do a lot more than we were using him for says Wilco singer songwriter Jeff Tweedy 4 At that point he started becoming a full fledged member of the band contributing parts to the new songs and even handling more of the nuts and bolts architecture of the older songs 4 He first appeared on Wilco s 2004 release A Ghost Is Born 3 On that album he received songwriting credit for Hell is Chrome and Theologians Personal life editJorgensen s father was born in Denmark but moved to the United States in the 1950s and his mother was born in Hedmark Norway citation needed He has earned a degree at DeVry University in North Brunswick New Jersey 5 He lives in Ojai California 3 References edit Pescovitz David 2018 06 01 Enjoy these delightful piano lessons from Mikael Jorgensen of Wilco Boing Boing Retrieved 2020 08 17 a b Martinez Alex 1978 01 29 Check Ahead Mikael Jorgensen amp Greg O Keeffe Soundcheck WNYC Studios Retrieved 2020 08 17 a b c Wilco keyboardist Mikael Jorgensen shows his synth side in Santa Monica The Argonaut Newsweekly 2014 02 21 Retrieved 2020 08 17 a b Brown Jake 2004 04 16 Wilco A Ghost Is Born press release Glorious Noise Retrieved 2020 08 17 Workin It Wilco Keyboardist Mikael Jorgensen Wilco does indeed love you on Apple Podcasts Apple Podcasts 2019 09 30 Retrieved 2020 08 17 External links editOfficial page nbsp This Chicago related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mikael Jorgensen amp oldid 1093574444, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
