Michael A. Guy, solo jazz pianist & composer, digital keyboards, originally debuted in the summer of 1984 in small concerts in Massachusetts and New York City - following that he worked in New York City in music publishing before spending many years in seclusion in Florida, composing while undergoing treatment for kidney dialysis. With a kidney transplant in 1992, he briefly returned to playing in Florida in the mid-90's but chose instead to concentrate after that on composing and studying orchestration. His music is available as mp3 files on his own JzCDz.com Storefront, CDbaby and Last.FM He also has excerpts from his classical compositions, including his ever-growing popular "Symphony on Native American Themes" at his JzCDz StoreFront. It was composed and orchestrated in 1996-99 and digitally performed & recorded by the composer. He has written many "classical piano compositions" including Two American Piano Sonatas (1986 & 1994). Some of these scores are available at JzCDz.com.

He is the sole performer and composer of the 2007 14 track, 71'16" CD: AUGUST OCEAN OVERTURE, a compilation of solo piano, layered keyboard and electric group compositions released on Amazon and CreateSpace.com this Spring 2008. Many of his latest piano solos were "live studio" recordings done in 2007 sessions in Florida. The electric group compositions date back to studio recordings of his best since 1995.

Michael Guy played piano since 1974, although his medical situation prevented extensive touring or traveling during the 80's. He is a dedicated composer who writes many of his compositions in hand written scores and is currently charting his best material on Notation Programs like Finale. He is author of the Amazon-available Historical Fiction novel: "THE LAST RENAISSANCE MAN" (2006) and an upcoming Fantasy/Sci-Fi novel, "The Golden Flute" due to be published in 2009 which is based on a music related theme.

Michael Guy is on FACEBOOK. You can contact him there.

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