Mike Renzi

Michael E. Renzi (known as "Mike Renzi") is an American composer, music director, pianist and jazz musician. He was musical director for Peggy Lee and Mel Torme for over 25 years. He is also friends and partners with jazz singer Cynthia Crane, with whom he has published a Christmas album titled "Our First Christmas". Renzi also has his own jazz group called "The Mike Renzi Trio", who published an album together with Ben Webster.

Composer

• All My Children
• Zoe's Dance Moves (2003)
• Sesame Street Presents: The Street We Live On (2004)
• Guess That Shape and Color (2006)
• Sesame Street (2007)

Music Director

• Sesame Street: Three Bears and a New Baby (2003)
• Sesame Street (2005–2007)

Tweedledum & Tweedledee

Written together with Blossom Dearie

Singles:

1. I Don't Remember
2. Ev'rybody Loves Jobim
3. I Thought I Heard a Hummingbird
4. Quiet Time
5. My Love Went to London
6. I Did It All for You
7. Not You Again
8. Blossom
9. Love Is on the Way
10. Fred Astaire
11. Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square

Let's Go Back to the Waltz

Written together with Bobbi Baird

Singles:

1. What'll I Do?
2. Let's Go Back To The Waltz/The Waltz Of Long Ago
3. Remember
4. Just One Way To Say 'I Love You'
5. When I Lost You
6. Where Is My Little Old New York?
7. Reaching For The Moon
8. All Alone
9. Always
10. Let's Take An Old Fashioned Walk
11. We'll Never Know
12. Paris Wakes Up And Smiles
13. The Russian Lullaby
14. Marie
15. Where Is The Song Of Songs For Me?
16. The Song Is Ended

Our First Christmas

Written together with Cynthia Crane

Singles:

1. Our First Christmas
2. Once a Year Miracle
3. Paris in the Snow
4. Little Jack Frost
5. Christmas Morning
6. The Best Christmas
7. A Song For Christmas
8. Christmas Is An Island
9. Keep Christmas With You
10. If I Hear Another Song About Christmas
11. Noel Blanc (white Christmas)

Ben Webster With The Mike Renzi Trio

Written together with Ben Webster

Singles:

1. Perdido
2. My Romance
3. Lover, Come Back to Me
4. Danny Boy
5. On Green Dolphin Street
6. Go Home
7. Bye Bye Blackbird
8. Sometimes I'm Happy
9. How Long Has This Been Going On?
10. Embraceable You
11. The Theme
12. My Romance [*]
13. Wee Dot

Providence Jam

Emmy Awards:

• Nominated, 2004, Outstanding Music and Lyrics for: "Sesame Street Presents: The Street We Live On" (shared with Lou Berger)

Daytime Emmy awards:

• Won, 1999, Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for: "All My Children" (shared with Paul F. Antonelli, A.J. Gundell, Pamela Magee, Dominic Messinger, Ron Goodman, Robbie Kondor, Terry Walker, and Gary Kuo)
• Nominated, 2000, Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for: "All My Children" (shared with Terry Walker, A.J. Gundell, Jerry Pilato, Dominic Messinger, Gary Kuo, Robbie Kondor, and Ron Goodman)
• Nominated, 2000, Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for: "Sesame Street" (shared with Danny Epstein, Dave Conner, Christopher Cerf, Sarah Durkee, Tony Geiss, Stephen J. Lawrence, Jeff Moss, Paul Jacobs, and Glen Daum)
• Nominated, 2001, Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for: "All My Children" (shared with Terry Walker, A.J. Gundell, Jerry Pilato, Dominic Messinger, Gary Kuo, John Wineglass, Brian Comotto, Loris Holland, Robbie Kondor, and Ron Goodman)
• Nominated, 2001, Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for: "Sesame Street" (shared with Danny Epstein, Dave Conner, Christopher Cerf, and Stephen J. Lawrence)
• Won, 2002, Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for: "All My Children" (shared with Terry Walker, A.J. Gundell, Jerry Pilato, Dominic Messinger, Gary Kuo, John Wineglass, Brian Comotto, Loris Holland, Robbie Kondor, Ron Goodman, and Peter Fish)
• Won, 2002, Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for: "Sesame Street" (shared with Danny Epstein, Dave Conner, Tony Geiss, Stephen Lawrence, and Glen Daum)
• Won, 2003, Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for: "All My Children" (shared with Terry Walker, Andrew J. Gundell, Jerry Pilato, Dominic Messinger, Gary Kuo, John Wineglass, Brian Comotto, Loris Holland, Robbie Kondor, Ron Goodman, Brian Tarquin, Kim Oler, Peter Fish, and Jim Klein)
• Won, 2003, Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for: "Sesame Street" (shared with Danny Epstein, Dave Conner, Tony Geiss, Stephen J. Lawrence, Glenn Daum, and Christopher Cerf)
• Nominated, 2004, Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for: "Sesame Street" (shared with Danny Epstein, Dave Conner, Tony Geiss, Stephen J. Lawrence, and Glen Daum)
• Nominated, 2005, Outstanding Original Song for: "Sesame Street" song "Things Change" (shared with Joey Mazzarino)
• Nominated, 2005, Outstanding Original Song for: "Sesame Street" song "Who Will Be My Friend?" (shared with Molly Boylan, and Judy Freudberg)
• Nominated, 2005, Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for: "Sesame Street" (shared with Dave Conner, Danny Epstein, Tony Geiss, and Glen Daum)
• Won, 2006, Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for: "Sesame Street" (shared with Dave Conner, Tony Geiss, and Danny Epstein)
• Won, 2007, Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for: "Sesame Street" (shared with Dave Conner, and Danny Epstein)