A gifted jazz pianist and Hammond B-3 specialist, Mike LeDonne has earned praise for his deeply swinging work with jazz greats, as well as with his own trio and Groover Quartet. Arriving in New York in the early '80s, LeDonne distinguished himself as a regular member of the Milt Jackson Quartet, the Widespread Depression Orchestra, and as a sideman with such legends as Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, and Benny Golson. Along with sessions for Joshua Redman, Jim Snidero, and Eric Alexander, LeDonne has led his own highly regarded straight-ahead dates including 1988's Bout Time, ...