MICHAEL COCHRANE, pianist, composer, arranger, and instructor has resided in the
Tri-State area since the fall of 1974. He has performed and/or recorded with: Sonny
Fortune, Hannibal , Jack Walrath, Eddie Gomez, Tom Harrell, Valery Ponomorev, Paul
Nash, John Clark, Clark Terry, Nancy Monroe, Chip White, Michael Brecker, Chico
Freeman, Galen Abdur Razzaq, The Spirit Of Life Ensemble, Ted Curson, Oliver Lake,
Bradford Hayes and many more. Mr. Cochrane has performed in colleges, clubs, and
concert halls throughout the United States. In New York, for example, clubs have
included The Village Vanguard, Sweet Basil, Blue Note ... halls have included Carnegie
Hall, Weill Recital Hall, Alice Tulley Hall and Merkin Hall. His touring experience spans
over 18 European countries, including Germany, France, Spain, Yugoslavia, Lithuania,
Russia, Poland, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Sweden, Norway,
Denmark, Finland and England. He has also performed in Canada, Japan, Puerto Rico,
The Philippines,The Caribbean, and Estonia.
In 1985 Mr. Cochrane received a Master Of Arts Degree with honors from New York
University. His teachers have included: Jaki Byard, Eleanor Hancock and the late
Madame Margaret Chaloff.
Mr. Cochrane was a part-time instructor at NYU for over twenty years. Mr. Cochrane
currently is a part-time instructor at Princeton University, Rutgers State University
(Newark campus) and Bloomingdale School of Music. He is also the music director of
the Paterson Avenue Methodist Church. He has received two fellowship grants in jazz
performance from the National Endowment For The Arts as well as from the The Puffin
Foundation and the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation. Mr. Cochrane has over ten recordings
as a leader. Some of these include: ELEMENTS (Soul Note SN1151), SONG OF
CHANGE (Soul Note 121251-2) and IMPRESSIONS (Landmark 1548), CUTTING
EDGE (SteepleChase SCCD314300), GESTURE OF FAITH (SteepleChase
SCCD31459), FOOTPRINTS (SteepleChase SCCD31476), MINOR MATRIX
(SteepleChase SCCD 31494), QUARTET MUSIC (SteepleChase SCCD 31513),
PATHWAYS (SteepleChase SCCD 31542), and RIGHT NOW (SteepleChase SCCD
31627). Mr. Cochrane is the author/composer of a solo piano book and combo
arrangements (including scores and parts) which are published by Second Floor Music
(distributed by Hal Leonard) and a book of original compositions published by
SteepleChase.
He has also written two instructional music books that are published by Charles Colin.
Additionally , he has written an instructional jazz piano exercise book which is published
by his own publishing company, Inner Search Music.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON MICHAEL COCHRANE VISIT HIS WEBSITE