Michael Formanek (US jazz bassist)

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eponymous member of:	Michael Formanek Elusion Quartet (double bass)
member of:	Roberto Ottaviano QuarkTet (4tet led by italian sax player R Ottaviano) Sabino (Tony Malaby-led jazz group) Thumbscrew (Mary Halvorson, Michael Formanek, Tomas Fujiwara) Tony Malaby/Joey Sellers Quartet Uri Caine Ensemble

Wikipedia:	en: Michael Formanek [info]
Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/artist/307550 [info]
official homepages:	http://www.amibotheringyou.com/ [info]
other databases:	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91065906 [info] https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13921970f [info] https://d-nb.info/gnd/134375637 [info] https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n91065906 [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000170538 [info]
VIAF ID:	12493456 [info]
Wikidata:	Q355704 [info]
Songkick:	https://www.songkick.com/artists/563543 [info]

Appearances

Date	Title	Credited as	Attributes	Artist	Length
	instruments
1976-02	I Don't Believe You		bass	Dave Liebman	3:40
1976-02	Leprechaun		bass	Dave Liebman	3:22
1976-02	The Last Call / First Visit		bass	Dave Liebman	12:28
1976-02	Thoughts of Loss		bass	Dave Liebman	5:34
1976-02	Wind Blues		bass	Dave Liebman	12:38
1976-02	Your Lady		bass	Dave Liebman	9:53
1977-08-06 – 1977-08-08	Art Meets Mr Beautiful		bass	Art Pepper	12:24
1977-08-06 – 1977-08-08	Blue Bossa		bass	Art Pepper	16:28
1977-08-06 – 1977-08-08	Here's That Rainy Day		bass	Art Pepper	11:51
1977-08-06 – 1977-08-08	Samba Mom-Mom		bass	Art Pepper	11:40
1980-02-19	Blue 'N' Boogie		double bass	Chet Baker	10:47
1980-02-19	Four		double bass	Chet Baker	15:14
1980-02-19	Just Friends		double bass	Chet Baker	5:43
1980-02-19	Milestones		double bass	Chet Baker	13:07
1980-02-19	Stella By Starlight		double bass	Chet Baker	17:34
1980-02-19	Tune Up		double bass	Chet Baker	15:24
1980-07-06	Café Society (live, 1980-07-06: Newport Jazz Festival, The Town Hall, New York, NY, USA)		bass guitar	Robert Kraft	?:??
1980-07-06	Café Society (live, 1980-07-06: Newport Jazz Festival, The Town Hall, New York, NY, USA)		double bass	Robert Kraft	?:??
1980-07-06	Carnegie Woogie (live, 1980-07-06: Newport Jazz Festival, The Town Hall, New York, NY, USA)		bass guitar	Robert Kraft	?:??
1980-07-06	Carnegie Woogie (live, 1980-07-06: Newport Jazz Festival, The Town Hall, New York, NY, USA)		double bass	Robert Kraft	?:??
1980-07-06	Christmas in Kyoto (live, 1980-07-06: Newport Jazz Festival, The Town Hall, New York, NY, USA)		double bass	Robert Kraft	?:??
1980-07-06	Christmas in Kyoto (live, 1980-07-06: Newport Jazz Festival, The Town Hall, New York, NY, USA)		bass guitar	Robert Kraft	?:??
1980-07-06	Down in Flames (live, 1980-07-06: Newport Jazz Festival, The Town Hall, New York, NY, USA)		bass guitar	Robert Kraft	?:??
1980-07-06	Down in Flames (live, 1980-07-06: Newport Jazz Festival, The Town Hall, New York, NY, USA)		double bass	Robert Kraft	?:??
1980-07-06	It’s a Snap (live, 1980-07-06: Newport Jazz Festival, The Town Hall, New York, NY, USA)		bass guitar	Robert Kraft	?:??
1980-07-06	It’s a Snap (live, 1980-07-06: Newport Jazz Festival, The Town Hall, New York, NY, USA)		double bass	Robert Kraft	?:??
1980-07-06	On the West Side (live, 1980-07-06: Newport Jazz Festival, The Town Hall, New York, NY, USA)		bass guitar	Robert Kraft	?:??
1980-07-06	On the West Side (live, 1980-07-06: Newport Jazz Festival, The Town Hall, New York, NY, USA)		double bass	Robert Kraft	?:??
1980-07-06	Rosette (live, 1980-07-06: Newport Jazz Festival, The Town Hall, New York, NY, USA)		double bass	Robert Kraft	?:??
1980-07-06	Rosette (live, 1980-07-06: Newport Jazz Festival, The Town Hall, New York, NY, USA)		bass guitar	Robert Kraft	?:??
1980-07-06	Second Nature (live, 1980-07-06: Newport Jazz Festival, The Town Hall, New York, NY, USA)		double bass	Robert Kraft	?:??
1980-07-06	Second Nature (live, 1980-07-06: Newport Jazz Festival, The Town Hall, New York, NY, USA)		bass guitar	Robert Kraft	?:??
1980-07-06	Who’s Seducin’ Who? (live, 1980-07-06: Newport Jazz Festival, The Town Hall, New York, NY, USA)		bass guitar	Robert Kraft	?:??
1980-07-06	Who’s Seducin’ Who? (live, 1980-07-06: Newport Jazz Festival, The Town Hall, New York, NY, USA)		double bass	Robert Kraft	?:??
1984-05-24 – 1984-05-25	Blue Dream		bass	Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra	15:58
1984-05-24 – 1984-05-25	Fading Beauty		bass	Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra	7:23
1984-05-24 – 1984-05-25	Happy Hoofer		bass	Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra	8:35
1984-05-24 – 1984-05-25	Jamming at Carnegie Hall		bass	Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra	9:51
1984-05-24 – 1984-05-25	Ten Gallon Shuffle		bass	Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra	5:15
1986-11-24 – 1986-11-25	Be a Brave Utopist		bass	Franco Ambrosetti	4:54
1986-11-24 – 1986-11-25	Chan's Song (Never Said)		bass	Franco Ambrosetti	6:30
1986-11-24 – 1986-11-25	Good Morning Heartache		bass	Franco Ambrosetti	8:26
1986-11-24 – 1986-11-25	Magnificent Seven		bass	Franco Ambrosetti	8:10
1986-11-24 – 1986-11-25	Summertime		bass	Franco Ambrosetti	6:38
1986-11-24 – 1986-11-25	Yellow Submarine		bass	Franco Ambrosetti	9:01
1987-10-27 – 1987-10-28	Born Too Late	Mike Formanek	bass	Meredith d'Ambrosio	2:49
1987-10-27 – 1987-10-28	Cross Me Off Your List	Mike Formanek	bass	Meredith d'Ambrosio	5:46
1987-10-27 – 1987-10-28	Everybody Knows	Mike Formanek	bass	Meredith d'Ambrosio	2:45
1987-10-27 – 1987-10-28	Everybody's Song but Not My Own	Mike Formanek	bass	Meredith d'Ambrosio	3:36
1987-10-27 – 1987-10-28	How Deep Is the Ocean	Mike Formanek	bass	Meredith d'Ambrosio	5:50
1987-10-27 – 1987-10-28	In the Days of Our Love	Mike Formanek	bass	Meredith d'Ambrosio	4:18
1987-10-27 – 1987-10-28	It Could Happen to You	Mike Formanek	bass	Meredith d'Ambrosio	4:56
1987-10-27 – 1987-10-28	It Might as Well Be Spring	Mike Formanek	bass	Meredith d'Ambrosio	5:14
1987-10-27 – 1987-10-28	Lotus Blossom	Mike Formanek	bass	Meredith d'Ambrosio	4:18
1987-10-27 – 1987-10-28	Starlight Starbright	Mike Formanek	bass	Meredith d'Ambrosio	4:22
1987-10-27 – 1987-10-28	The Cove	Mike Formanek	bass	Meredith d'Ambrosio	4:29
1987-10-27 – 1987-10-28	Thunderstruck	Mike Formanek	bass	Meredith d'Ambrosio	4:15
1987-10-27 – 1987-10-28	Time to Say Goodbye	Mike Formanek	bass	Meredith d'Ambrosio	4:57
1987-10-27 – 1987-10-28	Turn Out the Stars	Mike Formanek	bass	Meredith d'Ambrosio	4:10
1987-10-27 – 1987-10-28	Whake Me When It's Over	Mike Formanek	bass	Meredith d'Ambrosio	3:55
1988-09-29 – 1988-10-01	Circle Line		bass	Daniel Schnyder	7:56
1988-09-29 – 1988-10-01	Flying Elephants		bass	Daniel Schnyder	4:42
1988-09-29 – 1988-10-01	Iron Scales		bass	Daniel Schnyder	6:23
1988-09-29 – 1988-10-01	Iron Scales, Part 2		bass	Daniel Schnyder	6:40
1988-09-29 – 1988-10-01	Isabelle		bass	Daniel Schnyder	7:30
1988-09-29 – 1988-10-01	Man And Machine		bass	Daniel Schnyder	5:37
1988-09-29 – 1988-10-01	Mr. Bockius		bass	Daniel Schnyder	5:39
1988-09-29 – 1988-10-01	The City		bass	Daniel Schnyder	6:48
1989-12	Beam Me Up		double bass [bass]	Fred Hersch Trio	4:26
1989-12	Evanessence		double bass [bass]	Fred Hersch Trio	5:35
1989-12	Fall		double bass [bass]	Fred Hersch Trio	3:33
1989-12	Free for Three		double bass [bass]	Fred Hersch Trio	3:13
1989-12	Heartsong		double bass [bass]	Fred Hersch Trio	5:08
1989-12	I Mean You		double bass [bass]	Fred Hersch Trio	4:31
1989-12	Infant Eyes		double bass [bass]	Fred Hersch Trio	7:36
1989-12	Lullabye		double bass [bass]	Fred Hersch Trio	6:17
1989-12	Rain Waltz		double bass [bass]	Fred Hersch Trio	7:00
1989-12	The Man I Love		double bass [bass]	Fred Hersch Trio	8:34
1989-12	The Sphinx		double bass [bass]	Fred Hersch Trio	3:39
1990-01-25 – 1990-01-26	Ancestral Voices		bass	Michael Formanek	1:35
1990-01-25 – 1990-01-26	Cloak and Dagger		bass	Michael Formanek	4:16
1990-01-25 – 1990-01-26	Coffee Time		bass	Michael Formanek	2:32
1990-01-25 – 1990-01-26	Edge to Edge		bass	Michael Formanek	1:32
1990-01-25 – 1990-01-26	Edge to Edge		bass	Michael Formanek	2:22
1990-01-25 – 1990-01-26	Fantasy Scape		bass	Michael Formanek	5:31
1990-01-25 – 1990-01-26	Home, at Home		bass	Michael Formanek	8:35
1990-01-25 – 1990-01-26	Open Door		bass	Michael Formanek	0:32
1990-01-25 – 1990-01-26	Outerlude		bass	Michael Formanek	2:27
1990-01-25 – 1990-01-26	Razing Walls		bass	Michael Formanek	2:59
1990-01-25 – 1990-01-26	Slothdancing		bass	Michael Formanek	5:37
1990-01-25 – 1990-01-26	The Sage		bass	Michael Formanek	2:39
1990-01-25 – 1990-01-26	Wide Open Spaces		bass	Michael Formanek	5:38
1990-01-25 – 1990-01-26	Wild Dreams		bass	Michael Formanek	2:26
1990-01-25 – 1990-01-26	Yahoo Justice		bass	Michael Formanek	5:31
1990-09-22 – 1990-09-23	Art of the Big Band		bass	Bob Mintzer	8:00
1990-09-22 – 1990-09-23	Brazillian Affair		bass	Bob Mintzer	5:05
1990-09-22 – 1990-09-23	But Not for Me		bass	Bob Mintzer	4:21
1990-09-22 – 1990-09-23	Christopher Columbus		bass	Bob Mintzer	7:26
1990-09-22 – 1990-09-23	Easy Living		bass	Bob Mintzer	6:31
1990-09-22 – 1990-09-23	Elvin's Mambo		bass	Bob Mintzer	6:45
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	mixed
	Great Plains			Michael Formanek	12:27
	Groogly			Michael Formanek	5:39
	Isonychia			Michael Formanek	8:59
	Paradise Revisited			Michael Formanek	11:00
	Rivers			Michael Formanek	9:38
	Suddawuddacudda			Michael Formanek	7:48
	The Immaculate Deception			Michael Formanek	5:59
	The Storytellers: Big Spirit People			Michael Formanek	2:19
	The Storytellers: Signs of Life			Michael Formanek	5:54
	The Storytellers: The Black Rose			Michael Formanek	4:36
	The Storytellers: Uncommon Ground			Michael Formanek	2:33
	produced
	Ancestral Voices			Michael Formanek	1:35
	Cloak and Dagger			Michael Formanek	4:16
	Coffee Time			Michael Formanek	2:32
	Don't Go There			Michael Formanek	5:31
	Edge to Edge			Michael Formanek	2:22
	Edge to Edge			Michael Formanek	1:32
	El Niño			Michael Formanek	9:15
	Emerger			Michael Formanek	5:26
	Excruciation			Michael Formanek	6:19
	Fantasy Scape			Michael Formanek	5:31
	Grand Bizarre			Michael Formanek	11:06
	Great Plains			Michael Formanek	12:27
	Groogly			Michael Formanek	5:39
	Home, at Home			Michael Formanek	8:35
	Inside the Box			Michael Formanek	5:59
	Isonychia			Michael Formanek	8:59
	Jack's Last Call			Michael Formanek	7:27
	Lickin' Center			Michael Formanek	10:25
	Open Door			Michael Formanek	0:32
	Outerlude			Michael Formanek	2:27
	Paradise Revisited			Michael Formanek	11:00
	Razing Walls			Michael Formanek	2:59
	Rivers			Michael Formanek	9:38
	Slothdancing			Michael Formanek	5:37
	Suddawuddacudda			Michael Formanek	7:48
	The Dry Season			Michael Formanek	7:58
	The Immaculate Deception			Michael Formanek	5:59
	The Rub and Spare Change			Michael Formanek	9:24
	The Sage			Michael Formanek	2:39
	The Storytellers: Big Spirit People			Michael Formanek	2:19
	The Storytellers: Signs of Life			Michael Formanek	5:54
	The Storytellers: The Black Rose			Michael Formanek	4:36
	The Storytellers: Uncommon Ground			Michael Formanek	2:33
	Thick Sun / Dangerous Crustaceans			Michael Formanek	11:55
	Tonal Suite			Michael Formanek	17:10
	Too Big to Fail			Michael Formanek	9:17
	Twenty Three Neo			Michael Formanek	8:32
	Wide Open Spaces			Michael Formanek	5:38
	Wild Dreams			Michael Formanek	2:26
	Yahoo Justice			Michael Formanek	5:31
	instruments
1991-03	I Remember Jaco		bass	Bob Mintzer, Michael Formanek, Jeff Andrews & Peter Erskine
1992-07	Art and Aviation		bass	Jane Ira Bloom
	Artlessly Falling		bass	Mary Halvorson’s Code Girl
	Can you hear a motion ?		bass	Marty Ehrlich / Stan Strickland / Michael Formanek / Bobby Previte
	Line on Love		bass	Marty Ehrlich
	The Anthony Braxton Project		double bass	Thumbscrew
	The city - seven compositions by Daniel Schnyder		bass	Daniel Schnyder
	arranged
	Don't Go There
	El Niño
	Emerger
	Excruciation
	Exoskeleton Prelude
	Exoskeleton: Part I – Impenetrable / Part II – Beneath the Shell / Part III – @heart
	Exoskeleton: Part IV – Echoes / Part V – Without Regrets
	Exoskeleton: Part VI – Shucking While Jiving / Part VII – A Reptile Dysfunction
	Exoskeleton: Part VIII – Metamorphic
	Grand Bizarre
	Great Plains
	Groogly
	Isonychia
	Lickin' Center
	Paradise Revisited
	Rivers
	Suddawuddacudda
	The Distance
	The Dry Season
	The Immaculate Deception
	The Storytellers: Big Spirit People
	The Storytellers: Signs of Life
	The Storytellers: The Black Rose
	The Storytellers: Uncommon Ground
	Thick Sun / Dangerous Crustaceans
	composed
	Ancestral Voices
	Buzzard's Breath
	C-Clamp Wedgie
	Cloak and Dagger
	Coffee Time
	Crawlspace
	Danse Insensé
	Diesel Shortbread
	Don't Go There
	Edge to Edge
	El Niño
	Emerger
	Excruciation
	Exoskeleton Prelude
	Exoskeleton: Part I – Impenetrable / Part II – Beneath the Shell / Part III – @heart
	Exoskeleton: Part IV – Echoes / Part V – Without Regrets
	Exoskeleton: Part VI – Shucking While Jiving / Part VII – A Reptile Dysfunction
	Exoskeleton: Part VIII – Metamorphic
	Fantasy Scape
	Grand Bizarre
	Great Plains
	Groogly
	Home, at Home
	Inside the Box
	Isonychia
	iThumbscrew
	Jack's Last Call
	Lickin' Center
	Oh... The Glitch
	Open Door
	Osimodo
	Outerlude
	Overhead Justice
	Paradise Revisited
	Parting Ways
	Pong
	Razing Walls
	Rising Tensions and Awesome Light
	Rivers
	Ruff Kut
	Sampsonian Rhythms
	Screaming Piha
	Seams
	Seeds and Birdman
	Slightly Off Axis
	Slothdancing
	Small Places
	Soft Reality
	Spring Ahead
	Still...Doesn't Swing
	Suddawuddacudda
	Tail of the Sad Dog
	The Distance
	The Dry Season
	The Immaculate Deception
	The Rub and Spare Change
	The Sage
	The Storytellers: Big Spirit People
	The Storytellers: Signs of Life
	The Storytellers: The Black Rose
	The Storytellers: Uncommon Ground
	Theramin
	Thick Sun / Dangerous Crustaceans
	Tonal Suite
	Too Big to Fail
	Twenty Three Neo
	Wide Open Spaces
	Wild Dreams
	Wobble and Spill
	Yahoo Justice

Michael Formanek (US jazz bassist)

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