About
Michael Arthur LeDonne (born October 26, 1956) is an American pianist and Hammond B3 organist who studied at the New England Conservatory and moved to New York City, where he became a sought-after sideman and musical director for artists such as Milt Jackson and Benny Golson. He leads the Groover Quartet (a long-running weekly residency at Smoke Jazz Club), has recorded extensively as a leader and sideman on labels including Criss Cross and Savant, and won the DownBeat Rising Star award for Organ in 2012.
