Mike Lang

American pianist and composer
Born December 10, 1941 in Los Angeles. Died August 5, 2022 in Los Angeles. Son of film prorducer Jennings Lang.

He received a Bachelor of Music at the University of Michigan in 1963. In addition, he has studied under Leonard Stein (piano) and George Tremblay (composition). In Los Angeles, he studied with Pearl Kaufman and Lalo Schifrin, and commenced a freelance recording career in records, motion pictures and television. He is conversant with every possible music idiom and form, including jazz, classical, pop and R&B and has played with a great amount of artists including Ray Charles, Natalie Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Vince Gill, Milt Jackson, Lee Konitz, Diana Krall, John Lennon, *NSYNC, Arturo Sandoval, Barbra Streisand and Frank Zappa - to mention a few.

He has recorded more than 2000 scores, working with virtually every film composer including John Williams (4), Jerry Goldsmith, James Newton Howard, Henry Mancini, Elmer Bernstein and Hans Zimmer. He has premiered jazz piano concerts written especially for him by Byron Olson and Brad Dechter.

He has written songs for jazz notables including Stan Getz, Fourplay, Lee Ritenour, Dave Grusin, Herb Alpert, and others.