Michael Wolff
| Michael Wolff | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Michael Blieden Wolff |
| Born |
July 31, 1952 Victorville, California, U.S. |
| Origin | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Genres | Jazz, pop |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Piano |
| Years active | 1975–present |
| Labels | Columbia, Pony Canyon, Razor & Tie |
| Associated acts | Impure Thoughts |
| Website | michaelwolff |
Michael Blieden Wolff (born July 31, 1952) is an American jazz pianist. In the 1980s, he was bandleader for the Arsenio Hall Show. He was also the music director for jazz singer Nancy Wilson.
Wolff was honored as a Steinway Artist and obtained a Broadcast Music, Inc. award. He has Tourette syndrome.
He provided the score and co-produced The Tic Code (1999). He co-starred with his sons, Nat and Alex, in the Nickelodeon musical comedy series The Naked Brothers Band (2007-09), earning him a BMI Cable Award for producing the series' music. Wolff was the leader of the jazz band Impure Thoughts. Reconstructed as Wolff & Clark Expedition, it is a jazz-funk group.
Wolff was born in Victorville, California and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. His family is culturally Jewish and is the son of Lise (Silverman) and Marvin Wolff, a medical doctor, who treated Elvis Presley when the Wolffs' settled in Memphis, Tennessee. At age nine, his family moved to Berkeley, California, and began studying classical piano at age eight before playing drums at age 12. While attending Berkeley High School, Wolff had begun playing piano with the University of California Jazz Ensembles under the direction of Dr. David W. Tucker. After graduating from high school, Wolff attended the University of California, Berkeley before enrolling at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Wolff's mother remarried psychiatrist Neal Blumenfeld (Wolff's stepfather), who died on December 1, 2013. He has two step-siblings, Mimi and Judy. Wolff married actress Polly Draper in 1992; they have two sons together, Nat Wolff and Alex Wolff, who starred in and wrote the music for The Naked Brothers Band film and series that was created and produced by Draper. Draper also wrote and starred in The Tic Code, a musical drama film influenced by Wolff's life with Tourette syndrome to which he contributed the score.
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