Michael Wolff

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Michael Wolff is an American jazz pianist, composer and actor.

Michael Wolff

Born
New Orleans, Louisiana
Notable roles The Naked Brothers Band (2007– )

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[edit] Biography

Wolff is a native of New Orleans, Louisiana who grew up in Memphis, Tennessee and San Francisco, California. He studied classical piano from the age of eight, and attended U.C.L.A. and U.C. Berkeley.[1]

Wolff is married to actress Polly Draper; he met Draper when she appeared on the The Arsenio Hall Show, where he was the band leader for five years.[1] They have two children, Nat Wolff and Alex Wolff. Wolff has said the family is "culturally" Jewish.[2]

Wolff serves on the Board of Directors of the Tourette Syndrome Association (TSA),[3] and is involved with mentoring children with Tourette's through the chapters of the TSA.[4]

[edit] Career

Wolff is the leader of a jazz band, Michael Wolff and Impure Thoughts, which features Indian tabla player Badal Roy, drummer Mike Clark and electric bassist John B. Williams. He wrote music for the films Who's the Man and Made up,[4] as well as writing for and performing in other films.[5]

A movie released on video, The Tic Code, starring Gregory Hines as a saxophone player with Tourette syndrome who befriends a 10 year old boy with Tourette's, is loosely based on Wolff's life. The film was co-produced by Wolff and Draper, and the script was written by Draper, who co-stars in the film.[6]

Wolff co-stars in The Naked Brothers Band on Nickelodeon with sons, Nat Wolff and Alex Wolff.[7][8]

[edit] Discography

  • The Tic Code Soundtrack
  • 2AM
  • Jumpstart!
  • Portraiture: The Blues Period
  • Christmas Moods
  • 2000 - Impure Thoughts (Indianola Music)
  • 2001 - Intoxicate (Indianola Music)
  • 2004 - Dangerous Vision (Artemis Records)
  • 2006 - Love & Destruction (Wrong Records)

[edit] Awards and mention

Wolff was honored as a Steinway Artist in June 2006. The Tic Code won awards at the Berlin International Film Festival, the Giffoni Film Festival and the Hamptons International Film Festival.[9]

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ a b Michael Wolff. Accessed 12 January 2006.
  2. ^ Smason, Alan. "Cleveland set to enjoy smooth jazz stylings of Michael Wolff", Cleveland Jewish News, 2006-11-02. Retrieved on February 16, 2007.
  3. ^ Tourette Syndrome Association. Finances and Leadership. Accessed 4 January 2007.
  4. ^ a b Tourette Syndrome Association. Jazz Musician Michael Wolff (PDF). Retrieved 4 January 2007.
  5. ^ IMDb.com. Michael Wolff (I) Filmography. Accessed 10 July 2006.
  6. ^ IMBb.com The Tic Code. Accessed 9 May 2006.
  7. ^ Nickelodeon's New TEENick Series The Naked Brothers Band to Bow With Star-Studded TV Movie on Saturday, January 27, and 'Rock On' With Weekly Episodes Starting February 3. Digital Media Online. Accessed 27 January 2007.
  8. ^ IMDb.com. Biography for Michael Wolff (I). Accessed on 10 July 2006.
  9. ^ IMDb.com. Awards for The Tic Code (1999). Accessed 10 July 2006.

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The Naked Brothers Band
Film - TV series (List of episodes)
Cast/Characters
Nat Wolff - Alex Wolff - Rosalina - Thomas Batuello - David Levi - Qaasim Middleton - Jesse Cook - Michael Wolff (Dad) - Cooper Pillot - Cole Hawkins - Joshua Kaye
Songs
Crazy Car" - "Got No Mojo" - "Rosalina" - "Hardcore Wrestlers" - "That's How It Is" - "I'm Out" - "Motor Mouth" - "If There Was a Place to Hide" - "If That's Not Love" - "Fishin' For Love" - "Sometimes I'll Be There" - "Catch Up With the End" - "Beautiful Eyes" - "Boys Rule, Girls Drool" - "I'm The God of Rock & Roll" - "Splishy Splashy Soap Bubble" - "Mama, Don't Let Me Cry" - "Taxi Cab" - "I Can Be Anything I Want to Be" - "Banana Smoothie"
Topics related to Tourette syndrome
Main Causes and origins | History | Sociological and cultural aspects | Treatment
Terms Coprolalia | Copropraxia | Echolalia | Echopraxia | Palilalia | Sensory phenomena |Tic | Tic disorder | Tourettism
History Jean-Martin Charcot | Georges Gilles de la Tourette | Jean Marc Gaspard Itard | Arthur K. Shapiro
Organizations Tourette Syndrome Association | Tourette Syndrome Foundation of Canada
Media I Have Tourette's But Tourette's Doesn't Have Me | John's Not Mad
Notable people Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf |Howard Ahmanson, Jr | Brad Cohen | Jim Eisenreich | Tim Howard | Samuel Johnson | Andre Malraux | Tobias Picker | Michael Wolff
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