Personnel: 

Mike Bond - piano
Steve Wilson - alto & soprano saxophones
Josh Evans - trumpet
Ben Wolfe - bass 
Anwar Marshall - drums 

Special Guest Artists:

Gene Shinozaki - beatbox vocals (8, 9, & 12)
Claudia Acuña - vocals (5, 6)
Maya Holliday - vocals (12)

Artistic Producer - Orrin Evans
Executive Producer - Steve McLean

Recorded at the Samurai Hotel Recording Studio in Astoria, NY on January 21st, 2019. 
Engineered, Mixed, and Mastered by Katsuhiko Naito
Album Design - Discmakers
Photography by Brandon Rechten (cover/back cover) and Justin Jajalla (inside panels)

Bounce Castle Records 2019

All songs composed and arranged by Mike Bond except “More I See You” ; Music by Harry Warren ; Lyrics by Mack Gordon and “Railroad” based on “I’ve Been Working On The Railroad” a traditional folk song.

Railroad

Time Well Spent

Polarized Child

The Honorable Ones (feat. Gene Shinozaki)

Chapter III: Go.

Chase The Wind

The More I See You

Chapter II: Get Set..

“The Honorable Ones” feat. Josh Evans, Steve Wilson, Ben Wolfe and Anwar Marshall will be released in 2020!!!

Michael Bond started playing piano when he was 4 years old. By the time he was 6, he was playing in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. After competing classically for 7 years, he began studying jazz.  He was mentored by artists Stanley Cowell, Jim Ridl, Orrin Evans, and Mike LeDonne. Michael was a special recipient of  both the Excellence in Jazz Performance Award and the Arthur G. Humphrey award for Music Education while attending Rutgers University.    He graduated with a Bachelor's of Music Degree in both Jazz Performance and Music Education.

Since then, the young pianist has continued to develop a growing audience in both the NYC music scene and around the world.   Mike has had the privilege of sharing the stage with many notable artists including: the Captain Black Big Band, Conrad Herwig, Joe Ford, Josh Evans, Curtis Lundy, Duane Eubanks, Bruce Williams, Joe Magnarelli, Mark Gross and many others.  He has performed at the Central Jersey Jazz Festival, the Canadian Music Festival in Toronto, and the NYC Winter Jazz Festival.  He is a featured sideman on guitarist Jean Chaumont’s debut album “The Beauty Of Differences” which  received a 4 star review in Downbeat Magazine.  

Mike has also conducted and music directed shows for a variety of theater companies including the Mighty Oak Players, Livingston Avenue Theater Company, McCarter Theater's Summer Program, ReThink Theatrical and Pinnworth Productions.  He won a state wide NJACT Perry Award in Outstanding Musical Direction in 2017. 

Mike Bond most recently music directed at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center alongside Tony award winning choreographer and director Savion Glover for their 2019 summer intensive.