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Michael Bearden

Michael is a rare musical talent, an accomplished musician who has risen to the top of his game, collaborating and performing with today’s hottest artists.

His diverse musical skills have been sought by the likes of Brandy, Christina Aguilera, Ricky Martin, Destiny’s Child, D’Angelo, Marc Dorsey, Faith Evans, Brian McKnight, Nicole Renee’ and Jennifer Lopez. He has performed and/or recorded with some of popular music’s giants including Madonna, Whitney Houston, Lionel Richie, Chaka Kahn, Patti Austin, James Ingrahm, Babyface, Lenny Kravitz, Yoko Ono, George Benson, Natalie Cole, Sophie B. Hawkins, Anita Baker, Edie Brickell, and legends Nancy Wilson, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Liza Minelli and Michael Jackson, to name just a few.


Michael Bearden

He has also written, produced, and performed for such notable jazz artists as Rachelle Ferrell, Herbie Mann, Everette Harp, Will Downing, Nelson Rangell, Marion Meadows, Regina Carter, Noel Pointer, Special EFX, Jonathan Butler, Victor Bailey, Stanley Turrentine and Rachel Z.

An accomplished composer, Michael’s feature film scores include the Spike Lee produced film Drop Squad, (Eriq Lasalle, Ving Rhames) and the indie film by first time director Jordan Walker Pearlman, The Visit (Rae Dawn Chong, Billy Dee Williams). Michael scored two other debut indie features, The Arrangement for filmmaker H.H.Cooper, and One Week for director Carl Seaton. He has also scored several PSA’s, PBS documentaries, infomercials and HBO’s “Be A Mentor” campaign, and performed on the soundtrack to the box office smash Shaft 2.

Additionally, he maintained the principal pianist/keyboard positions in two “Cosby” television show bands, and is frequently called by “Late Show with David Letterman” band leader Paul Shaffer whenever he needs a substitute for the CBS broadcast.

He was seen and heard on two specials in November 2001, one with Michael Jackson on CBS and the other with Jennifer Lopez on NBC.

ILIO has released a sample library produced by Michael for Akai compatibles, Acid and audioCD called
Keys to the City, released in January 2002. For more info, contact Mark Hiskey at ILIO at 818-707-7222.

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