Michael Malis

Devised, Composed, and Performed by Michael Malis and Zara Teicher
Michael Malis - pipe organ, piano, melodica
Zara Teicher - French horn, harmonium, melodica
Zara Teicher - album artwork
Recorded, Mixed, and Mastered by Chad Morgan Sterenberg

Marcus Elliot - tenor saxophone, electronics
Michael Malis - keyboards, percussion, electronics
Haruki Hakoyama - mixing and mastering engineer
Leander Hope Lemon - cover art

All compositions were composed by Michael Malis and Marcus Elliot, except for Single Petal of a Rose, composed by Duke Ellington.

Marcus Elliot: Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Bass Clarinet
Michael Malis: Piano

Gerald Cleaver: Drums on "MRA" & "Number Four"
Chace Morris: Vocals on "Conjure" & "Serpent's Serpent"

Liner Notes by Bill Harris
Recorded January 13-16 2020 at Big Sky Recording in Ann Arbor, MI
Engineered by Josef Deas and Geoff Michael
Mixed by Josef Deas
Mastered by Warren Defever

Marcus Elliot, MARCUS ELLIOT MUSIC, BMI Michael Malis, NOMALICE MUSIC, ASCAP

Special thanks to Jeff Haas for allowing us to develop this music at The Sanctuary, January 5-11, 2020

Cover: Addie Langford, The Hanging Gardens Orange Green Green [detail], 2015, acrylic collage and mixed media on gessoed paper mounted on linen 55.5 x 70.5 inches. Courtesy the artist.

Composition by Michael Malis
commissioned by Virago
Performed by Michael Malis and Virago.
For violin, cello, alto saxophone, prepared piano, vibraphone, and percussion
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Performed by:
Violin: Meg Rohrer
Cello: Wesley Hornpetrie
Alto Saxophone: BethAnne Kunert
Prepared Piano: Michael Malis
Vibraphone and Percussion: Sofia Carbonara
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Producer: Ben Willis
Recorded at Tempermill Studio June 6-7 2021
Recording Engineer: Erik Maluchnik
Mixed and Mastered at Big Sky Recording Studio June-September 2021
Mix and Mastering Engineer: Josef Deas
Design by Brodie McAllister
© Nomalice Music ASCAP

All compositions by Michael Malis
Michael Malis - solo piano
Recorded by Michael Malis, October-November 2020
Mixed by Michael Malis
Mastered by Tristan Cappel
Artwork by Michael Malis and Chien-An Yuan
© Nomalice Music ASCAP

Michael Malis - Piano, Fender Rhodes electric piano, Roland SH-101, other electronics

All songs composed and produced by Michael Malis, © Nomalice Music ASCAP

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Collaborative release from Gnostikos, featuring the compositions of Zara Teicher

Zara Teicher - Composer, horn, harmonium, found objects
Michael Malis - Keyboards, melodica, objects
Kaleigh Wilder - Bari Sax, bells, drums, objects
Thom Monks - Drums, percussion, objects

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Music composed by Michael Malis

Featuring performance by:
Kaleigh Wilder (baritone saxophone)
Thom Monks (percussion)
Denzel Donald (voice)
Michael Malis (piano, electric piano)

Audio and Video by Matthew Lima
Recorded on October 18, 2019
Mixed and Mastered by Matthew Lima

Artwork by Zara Teicher

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Michael Malis - Fender Rhodes electric piano, electronics

ONE recorded on 5/31/2016
THREE recorded on 6/16/2016

both recorded in the basement of my former house in Woodbridge, Detroit.

Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Michael Malis
Artwork by Carmen Malis King

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Released March 17, 2020

Michael Malis - piano and compositions
Recorded by Topher Horn at Grosse Pointe Memorial Church, Grosse Pointe, MI on November 14, 2014
Mixed by Topher Horn
Mastered by Josef Deas at Big Sky Recording Studio, Ann Arbor, MI
Cover Art by Michael Malis

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“contemporary jazz of the highest order, a benchmark for where the genre can go.” - Detroit Metro Times
Michael Malis - piano, compositions

Marcus Elliot - saxophones, compositions
Cover art by Saffell Gardner

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“...an uncommonly mature and distinctive debut… The music is loose and spontaneous, alert to dynamics and textural variety while balancing formal detail and discipline with freedom.”-Mark Stryker, Detroit Free Press
Michael Malis - piano, compositions

Ben Rolston - bass

Stephen Boegehold - drums
Cover art by Colin McRae Liex

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Michael Malis - Piano, Rhodes

Matthew Daher - Percussion

Conrad Good - Electric and Upright Bass

Rachael Ahn Harbert - Movement
Cover art by Thom Bell

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Michael Malis - Keyboards

Matthew Daher - Percussion
Cover art by Costa Kazaleh Sirdenis

Realisms

Mark Lipson
Detroit Composers Collective
2021

BethAnne Kunert, alto saxophone
Meg Rohrer, violin
Wesley Hornpetrie, cello
Sofia Carbonara, vibraphone and percussion
Dominic Bierenga, bass clarinet
Michael Malis, piano

Listening for Bells was composed by Harriet Steinke.

Listening for Bells EP was recorded at Big Sky Recordings in Ann Arbor, MI on September 26th, 2021. Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Josef Deas.

Album art by Sofia Carbonara.

Tracks 1, 5, 8:

Dwight Adams - trumpet
Andrew Bishop - tenor saxophone
Cliff Monear - piano
Miles Brown - bass
Jesse Kramer - drums

Tracks 2-4, 6-7:

Dwight Adams - trumpet
Rafael Statin - flute, tenor saxophone
Terry Kimura - trombone
Michael Malis - piano/keyboards
Jeff Pedraz - bass
Sean Dobbins - drums
Pepe Espinosa - percussion

Marcus Elliot - saxophones
Michael Malis — piano

Ben Rolston — bass
Stephen Boegehold — drums

All compositions by Marcus Elliot, except for Unity, composed by Michael Malis

Marcus Elliot - saxophones, compositions

Michael Malis — piano

Ben Rolston — bass

Stephen Boegehold — drums
special guest Kris Johnson — trumpet