About Michael

Michael Fiorino has played bass for innumerable Chicago area and national acts for years. He’s performed with Joel Grey, Clark Terry, Bill Holman, John Gary, Mark Murphy, Russ Carlyle, Frankie Avalon, Bobby Rydell, Rich Little, The Smothers Brothers, The Drifters, The Four Lads, Roger Williams, Eddie Arnold, and, most notably, for Grammy-nominated Chicago jazz pianist and vocalist Judy Roberts 

 

  • Bassist Michael Fiorino has a new disc out too, called Ensemble 456. If there’s a space between straight ahead jazz and fusion, Fiorino has found it, and is making some very cool music there. The only standard on the disc is a really nice version of Duke Ellington’s "Prelude to A Kiss," but nearly every WDCB listener will hear something they like on this mostly original album.

    Paul Abella, Programming Director, WDCB 90.9 Radio, Chicago

  • An audiophile's delight...

    Melissa Ziegler / Powderfinger Promotions

  • You all know Mike Fiorino; he’s a good friend of mine, and I’ve looked up to him, as a bassist, since back when I played guitar. I think he’s one of the finest players in town, and when I heard that he had released a cd, I took it for granted that it would have some great bass playing. Paul Coscino had the cd and we listened to it on the way home from a Wisconsin gig, and I was completely blown away by Mike’s writing and arranging skills. Writing for a crack horn section of Mike Levin, Dave Katz and Rich Lapka, this is as fine a job of arranging as I’ve heard. I urge you all to buy a copy immediately.

    Chicago bassist Steve Hashimoto’s blog “News From The Trenches” 7/27/14