May 10, 2025 – 2023 – UofL Orchestra Assumption by John La Barbera2012 – Orquesta Sinfónica de Loja2011 – Orquestra Sinfónica de Loja1989… [read more]

May 7, 2025 – 2024 – Brasilia Connections2024 – Brazilian Trio2023 – SaxEVENT – Pozan Poland2018 – w Adam Nussbaum2015 –… [read more]

May 7, 2025 – 2023 – Blue Bossa w Gabe Evens2023 – Beatrice w Gabe Evens2023 – Nardis w Gabe Evens2020 – Tyler Park Jazz Fest w… [read more]

May 6, 2025 – 2020 – Music in the Gardens2023 – @ Hill House2019 – HORA CERTA CDBrazil Release concert2019 – FOTOGRAFIA CD USA… [read more]

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May 5, 2025 – 2019 – Pontifical Universidad Católica del… [read more]

May 5, 2025 – 2024 – Brazilian Connections2020 – Só Danço Sambaw Fábio Calazans2019 – HORA CERTA CDBrazil release concert2016 –… [read more]

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May 4, 2025 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEMpTdbqGvc One of my many rehearsals with the Ghetto Classics students. Not your typical jazz band but one… [read more]

May 4, 2025 – 2019 – Universidad de las Artes master class2018 – Brazilian Council concert2012 – Orquesta Sinfónica de Loja2012 – El… [read more]

May 3, 2025 – 2013 – Evzen Jazz… [read more]

May 3, 2025 – 2016 – Qing An Club. Chengdu, China2016 – UNI. Chengdu,… [read more]

May 3, 2025 – 2023 – Conversation w Philippe… [read more]

May 3, 2025 – 2023 – Conversation w Hector… [read more]

May 3, 2025 – 2023 – Conversation w William Maestre2023 – Conversation w Javier Perez2023 – Improvisation Master… [read more]

May 3, 2025 – 2023 – Conversation w Ed Soph2023 – Conversation w David Becker2023 – Conversation w Rich Syracuse (2)2018 – w Adam… [read more]

May 3, 2025 – 2023 – Conversation (2) w Esa Pietilä2023 – Conversation (2) w Alé Demogli2023 – Conversation w Hector Lepe2023 –… [read more]

May 2, 2025 – 2023 – Conversation w Oscar… [read more]

May 2, 2025 – 2023 – Conversation (2) w Alé Demogli2014 – Thelonious Club – Buenos Aires2014 – La Plata Jazz Festival 20142012… [read more]

May 2, 2025 – 2023 – SaxEVENT 2023 – Conversation w Philippe Geiss 2023 – Conservation w Rafal Rachwal 2023 – Saxophone –… [read more]

May 1, 2025 – 2020 – Chelyabinsk Jazz Festival2020 – Conversation w Samir Kambarov2006 – St. Petersburg, Yaroslavl and Moscow2005 –… [read more]

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January 1, 2025 – MY TIME with GHETTO CLASSICSKorogocho and Mukuru Ghettos. Nairobi, Kenya. October to December 2025… [read more]

December 3, 2024 – HOT CROSSED BUNS – Ghetto Classics studentsRecorded before a concert in Nairobi, Kenya. What a great way to end my time in Nairobi,… [read more]

November 30, 2024 – IMPROVISATION CLASS – Ghetto Classics studentsMukuru Ghetto, Nairobi, Kenya. November 30, 2024 This was my last day to work with the… [read more]

November 28, 2024 – INTERVIEW: REFLECTIONS on JAZZ and MUSIC EDUCATIONMukuru Ghetto. Nairobi, Kenya. November 28,… [read more]

October 14, 2024 – Joy Spring – Clifford Brown arr by CC Mariano and Winton… [read more]

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June 21, 2023 – BYE, BYE BLACKBIRD – Ray Henderson with bassist Rich Syracuse.Recorded at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland. June 2023. I met… [read more]

June 21, 2023 – THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER YOU – Harry Warren with bassist Rich Syracuse.Recorded at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland. June… [read more]

June 20, 2023 – NIGHT and DAY (1) – Cole Porter with guitarist Alé Demogli.Recorded @ the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland, June 2023. I met Alé… [read more]

June 20, 2023 – NIGHT and DAY (2) – Cole Porter with guitarist Alé Demogli.Recorded @ the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland, June 2023. Enjoyed… [read more]

June 12, 2023 – Great time being back in Brazil with my old friends and making new ones – playing music, meeting students, seeing sites, beaches, excellent… [read more]

June 12, 2023 – Great time being back at the Universidad El Bosque and working with their students.  I hear and see so much progress, a true jazz program… [read more]

June 10, 2023 – FREE IMPROVISATION 1 – Michael Tracy and Esa Pietilä.Recorded @ the Sibelius Academy, Helsinki, Finland. June 2023. Esa is from Finland… [read more]

June 10, 2023 – FREE IMPROVISATION 2 – Michael Tracy and Esa Pietilä.Recorded @ the Sibelius Academy, Helsinki, Finland. June 2023. Had to try it again,… [read more]

June 10, 2023 – YOU STEPPED OUT OF A DREAM – Nacio Herb Brown with guitarist Hector Lepe.Recorded at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland. June… [read more]

June 2, 2023 – BEATRICE – Sam Rivers with pianist Oscar GraçaRecorded @ the Sibelius Academy, Helsinki, Finland. June 2023. Oscar and I met that the… [read more]

May 30, 2023 – STELLA BY STARLIGHT – Victor Young with saxophonist Anderson Pessoa.Recorded at the Universidade de Brasília in Brasilia, Brazil. May… [read more]

May 30, 2023 – BEAUTIFUL LOVE – Victor Young with bassist Oswaldo Amorim Recorded at the Universidade de Brasília in Brasilia, Brazil. May 2023…. [read more]

May 30, 2023 – SUNSHOWER – Kenny Barron with bassist Hamilton PinheiroRecorded at the Universidade de Brasília in Brasilia, Brazil. May 2023. Hamilton… [read more]

May 30, 2023 – BLACK ORPHEUS (Manhã de Carnaval) – Luiz Bonfá with guitarist Paulo Andre Tavares  Recorded at the Universidade de Brasília in… [read more]

May 25, 2023 – SUNSHOWER – Kenny Barron with bassist Hamilton PinheiroRecorded at the Universidade de Brasília in Brasilia, Brazil. Hamilton and I have… [read more]

May 25, 2023 – BEAUTIFUL LOVE – Victor Young with bassist Oswaldo Amorim Recorded at the Universidade de Brasília in Brasilia, Brazil. May 2023. Oswaldo… [read more]

May 25, 2023 – BLACK ORPHEUS (Manhã de Carnaval) – Luiz Bonfá with guitarist Paulo Andre Tavares  Recorded at the Universidade de Brasília in… [read more]

May 25, 2023 – STELLA BY STARLIGHT – Victor Young with saxophonist Anderson Pessoa.Recorded at the Universidade de Brasília in Brasilia, Brazil. May… [read more]

April 6, 2023 – by John La BarberaMichael Tracy – saxophoneGabe Evens – pianoChris Fitzgerald – bassEd Soph – drumsKimcherie Lloyd… [read more]

April 1, 2023 – SOFTLY, AS IN A MORNING SUNRISE – Sigmund Romberg with drummer Ed Soph. Recorded @ my UofL office. ‘Mr. Soph’ and I go a long… [read more]

March 4, 2023 – TEMA PARA ESTHER – William Maestre with pianist William Maestre.Recorded @ Universidad el Bosque, March 2023. I met William Maestre in… [read more]

March 3, 2023 – SIN VIAJE – Javier Perez with guitarist/composer Javier Perez.Recorded @ Universidad el Bosque, March 2023. Javier and I have been… [read more]

March 2, 2023 – NARDIS – Bill Evans with guitarist David Becker.Recorded @ my UofL office, March 2023. David and I met through a mutual friend, Waldo… [read more]

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December 22, 2022 – July 15–23 I am very pleased to announce the second edition of the  LOUISVILLE JAZZ WORKSHOP with registration opening… [read more]

October 25, 2022 – YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS – Don Raye and Gene de PaulRecorded @ UofL School of Music. Faculty Gala. This was supposed to be a… [read more]

June 20, 2021 – An excellent document on jazz in Louisville by Sean… [read more]

September 20, 2020 – Everyone had to adjust during the COVID pandemic. Our annual Tyler Park Jazz Fest was no exception. Winton and I just got together and… [read more]

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July 5, 2020 – I was to have performed at the 2020 What a Wonderful World Jazz Festival in Chelyabinsk, Russia in June.  I was also scheduled to present… [read more]

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October 11, 2019 – Pontifical Universidad Catolica del Peru (PUCP) 2019 – Full final… [read more]

October 9, 2019 – Pontifical Universidad Catolica del Peru (PUCP) 2019 – PUCP Jazz… [read more]

October 9, 2019 – Pontifical Universidad Catolica del Peru (PUCP) 2019 – Student Jam Session… [read more]

October 9, 2019 – Pontifical Universidad Catolica del Peru (PUCP) 2019 – Student Jam Session… [read more]

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October 1, 2019 – Very pleased to have been asked to return Lima to work with the students and faculty at Pontifical Universidad Catolica del Peru. I spent an… [read more]

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May 7, 2019 – Returning to Quito for my second residency at the Universidad de las Américas (UDLA) Escuela de Música.  Great to be back with… [read more]

March 3, 2019 – I been so fortunate to have visited Brazil so many times.  I have seen so much of their country, made so many friends, enjoyed hearing and… [read more]

January 27, 2019 – Hora Certa @ Saxophone Weekend… [read more]

October 18, 2018 – Spending the month of October in Ecuador offered me an amazing experience.  I was most fortunate to have been granted a Fulbright Senior… [read more]

March 7, 2018 – Look forward to returning to Colombia and seeing old friends and making new ones.  Fourteen students and two jazz faculty from UofL’s… [read more]

November 14, 2017 – I really enjoy visiting Argentina.  Love the music, people, food, scenery and all.  An exciting place.  Looking forward to my… [read more]

October 2, 2017 – University of Louisville Jazz Studies… [read more]

September 4, 2017 – Visiting Italy for seventeen days, what could be more fun.  Melissa and I got to spend extended time in Siena (while I attended the IASJ… [read more]

June 21, 2017 – Cuba, who would have thought that I would get a chance to visit Cuba.  What an experience – the old cars, fantastic beach,… [read more]

December 4, 2016 – Kavkaz Jazz Festival 2016 (Tbilisi, Georgia) – Rabati… [read more]

December 4, 2016 – Kavkaz Jazz Festival 2016 (Tbilisi, Georgia) – Opening… [read more]

August 9, 2016 – Looking forward to being back in Colombia next week this time with my UofL colleagues Craig Wagner and Chris Fitzgerald. It will also be… [read more]

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June 3, 2016 – Excited to share that my Fulbright Senior Specialist status has been renewed and that I will be teaching at the Tbilisi State… [read more]

June 2, 2016 – Looking forward to visiting with a number of cultural and musical organizations in China.  Pianist Winton Reynolds and I will be working… [read more]

April 5, 2016 – I had a wonderful visit to Bogota and the Universidad El Bosque and their Formación Musical.  The students, faculty and administrators were… [read more]

April 5, 2016 – Great time playing at the Jazz Bar in Edinburgh and at the Harbour in Ayr.  Good seeing new folks and old friends in master classes. Scotland… [read more]

February 19, 2016 – THE GIRL FROM IPANEMA – AC Jobim with bassist Andre Gonsalves. Recorded for WHAS-TV, 2/2016. Playing a Brazilian classic with a Brazilian… [read more]

November 23, 2015 – What Kind of Music is Played in Brazil – Styles, Rhythms,… [read more]

October 19, 2015 – It was a great pleasure being invited to participate once again in the ENSAX saxophone conference.   This was the 2nd meeting and as exciting… [read more]

October 19, 2015 – Always fun playing with friends Bruno Mangueira, guitar and Renato Vasconcellos, piano and this Special Concert at Casa Thomas Jefferson is… [read more]

September 12, 2015 – It was a great pleasure being invited to participate once again in the ENSAX saxophone conference.   This was the 2nd meeting and as exciting… [read more]

February 25, 2015 – Looking forward to playing with master Brazilian musicians – Renato Vasconcellos, piano and Bruno Mangueira, guitar – for my… [read more]

October 18, 2014 – Looking forward to being back in Argentina seeing and playing music with old friends and meeting new ones. Performing at the La Plata Jazz… [read more]

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May 18, 2014 – Ecuador is a very diverse country from Quito in the Andes to Guayaquil on the Pacific Ocean.  The UofL Jazz Faculty Ensemble:  Ansyn Banks… [read more]

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November 10, 2013 – October in Italy (and Sicily) playing music, working with students, seeing old friends, making new ones while visiting the sites….what a… [read more]

May 27, 2013 – It is no secret that I love visiting, being in Brazil. I think this is my eleventh visit and it seems like home. I really need to learn… [read more]

April 8, 2013 – Playing music is a great way to see the world and I have been fortunate to have met many outstanding musicians in far away places.  One… [read more]

April 8, 2013 – It is no secret that I love the music of Brazil and its musicians.  It has been my pleasure to work with a number of outstanding young… [read more]

September 24, 2012 – Looking forward to being back in Argentina seeing and playing music with old friends and meeting new ones. Performing at the La Plata Jazz… [read more]

September 23, 2012 – Playing music in Brazil is fun, especially with my longtime friends – Renato, Bruno, Mosies, Leander, Oswaldo and more. Nice to be asked… [read more]

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May 9, 2012 – You want to play jazz? Want to hear great concerts every night and even during lunch every afternoon? The place to be is at the School of Music… [read more]

May 9, 2012 – My first visit to Ecuador in March 2011 was a wonderful experience – making friends, experiencing a different culture, walking in the… [read more]

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January 3, 2012 – The annual JEN (Jazz Education Network) Conference is being held in Louisville January 4 – 7. My friend Renato Vasconcellos and I will… [read more]

October 21, 2011 – I am fortunate to have had many outstanding students who are helping to spread the work of jazz throughout the world.  Anderson Pessoa is… [read more]

October 20, 2011 – Getting to play with a symphony is always a treat for a jazz musician, being the featured soloist is a dream. I got to live that dream in March… [read more]

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April 25, 2011 – I recently was honored to be the featured artist on Oberlin College and Community Radio (www.wobc.org) Sunday night jazz show.  Host Aidan… [read more]

December 27, 2010 – Visiting Argentina, Buenos Aires and La Plata (Louisville’s Sister-City) is always exciting. It was an honor to once again be asked to… [read more]

December 27, 2010 – Always fun playing with Brazilian musicians. The FIPSE-CAPES grant meeting afforded an opportunity to do just that with Ricardo Dourado Freire,… [read more]

December 27, 2010 – Mike Tracy Quintet performed at the annual Big Rock Jazz Fest during October 2010. Performers included Craig Wagner – guitar, Todd… [read more]

September 5, 2010 – Wingspan by Michael Tracy featuring pianist Davide Logiri with guitarist Craig Wagner, bassist Doug Elmore and drummer Terry O’Mahoney… [read more]

September 4, 2010 – Join the Mike Tracy Jazz Quintet for two October outdoor jazz festivals. The annual Highland-Douglass Neighborhood Big Rock Jazz Fest will be… [read more]

August 6, 2010 – During my vacation to Costa Rica, I was asked to visit the University of Costa Rica to present a saxophone and improvisation clinic.  I found… [read more]

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October 1, 2009 – The Jamey Aebersold Jazz Studies Program at the University of Louisville was fortunate to be the host of the 16th Annual Meeting of… [read more]

February 20, 2009 – I had a great time visiting Moscow and performing at the Jazz at Hermitage Gardens Festival. My ensemble was made up of alumni from the Open… [read more]

February 19, 2009 – The University of Louisville’s Jamey Aebersold Jazz Studies Program presented its initial international jazz workshops in Brasilia and… [read more]

January 28, 2009 – I truly enjoyed playing at the La Plata Jazz Festival in 2007 with the David Becker Trio (David Becker – guitar, Bruce Becker –… [read more]

June 11, 2006 – I just uncovered a video taken at the 2006 International Association of Schools of Jazz (IASJ) Annual Meeting (University of Louisville School… [read more]