Introduction
Mike Nielsen (born 21 February 1961) is an Irish guitarist, composer and educator specialising in the jazz and improvised genres.
Career
Born in Sligo, he began on ukulele at the age of four. He studied at the Royal Irish Academy of Music and the Dublin College of Music as well as the Berklee College, Boston.
Performing on acoustic and electric guitars, he has worked with Kenny Wheeler, Larry Coryell, Kenny Werner, Jason Moran, Simon Nabatov, Eric Revis, Joe Lovano and Dave Liebman, with whom he toured Europe in 2001, New Zealand/Australia in 2004 and has recorded two albums. He has also performed with the Crash Ensemble and featured as a soloist with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra.
Nielsen is currently Director of Jazz Performance at the Dublin Institute of Technology Conservatory of Music and Drama.
Discography
- Solo at Garden City (2000)
- Osmosis (2003)
- Sound Recipes (2004)
- Evolution (2005), with Benjamin Dwyer