Press

Forbidden Tropics Dazzle with New Single “Café Frio”

(You Don’t Know Jersey)

Afro-Peruvian Jazz Band Serenades Madison Crowd

(Madison Eagle)

Music to Your Ears: Jazz Festival Coming to Perth Amboy

(TAPinto Raritan Bay)

Concert: Forbidden Tropics ~ Afro-Peruvian Jazz Ensemble

(Patch)

Biography

Originally from Norwalk, CT, Mike Dick's interest in music was nurtured from a young age by his first teacher, John Cutrone. His passion for the drums that developed during these years led him to study at the Hartt School of Music's Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz under the tutelage of Eric McPherson, Steve Davis, Nat Reeves, Rene McLean, and Chris Casey. Mike received a Masters degree from the New England Conservatory in Boston, MA, taught by Billy Hart, Miguel Zenon, John Hollenbeck, Bob Moses, Cecil McBee, Jerry Bergonzi, and Jerry Leake. He has performed with such musicians as Wayne Escoffery, Peter Bernstein, Jimmy Greene, Jeremy Pelt, Steve Davis, and Nat Reeves. He is currently a member of the Afroperuvian Jazz band Forbidden Tropics and the New Jersey-based Funk band The Do Rights. Mike Dick strives to be a force for good in the world through music.

Discography

2022 - Peruvian Rhapsody by Forbidden Tropics

2015 - New Sound From The Past by Xiongguan Zhang

2013 - The Beatnik by Nick Di Maria

2012 - Sill Cool - Live at the Outer Space by Nick Di Maria

2011 - Between You & Me by Nick Di Maria