THE SOUL OF CONTEMPORARY JAZZ & R&B.
Blending the smooth textures of contemporary jazz with soulful R&B rhythms. Explore the library, latest releases and dive into a world of sophisticated sound.
Crossing musical genres from R&B to Soul to HipHop and Smooth Jazz.
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Modern Times
The title track from the most recent 2025 album “Modern Times”, has received over 1.2 million streams and has ranked #3 on SmoothJazz.com's Top 100 most streamed songs in 2025. Many tracks continue to chart well into 2026 as reported by the Roots Music Report for radio airplay.
About
Enter the sonic world of contemporary keyboardist Mike Di Lorenzo. Mike has performed with numerous Rock and Roll Hall of Famers including Whitney Houston to recording with multi-Grammy Award winning artists such as Joel Kibble of the vocal group Take 6 featured in one of his most recent albums from 2022 entitled “What We Need”.
“Combining Soulful Jazz and R&B” has been Mike’s recent recording focus. From instrumental contemporary jazz to working with world-class vocalists including main co-writer R&B artist Anna Moore to pop singer and media sensation Sonna Rele (credits range from singing the Soundtrack Theme Song for the Disney Movie Cinderella to recording with Ne-Yo).
Recent collaborations also include recordings with singer/rapper CaiNo and Joel Kibble from the multi-winning Grammy vocal group “Take 6”. These recent albums "What We Need", "Play It Cool" and the most recent beautiful R&B EP "Slo' Jams" with Anna Moore have all been very well received. They have crossed genres from R&B to Smooth and Contemporary Jazz to neo-soul and included contemporary interpretations of jazz standards.
The title track from the most recent 2025 album “Modern Times”, has amassed over 1.2 million streams and has ranked #3 on SmoothJazz.com's Top 100 most streamed songs in 2025. Many tracks continue to chart well into 2026 as reported by the Roots Music Report for radio airplay.
Watch for new announcements as new music is being scheduled for 2026 and 2027.
THE SOUL OF CONTEMPORARY JAZZ & R&B.
Mike has performed with numerous Rock and Roll Hall of Famers including Whitney Houston, Cissy Houston and the NJ Mass Choir, Regina Belle, Gerald Alston, Bo Diddley, The Shirelles to playing with the North Carolina and Delaware Symphonies and has performed at NYC landmarks such as Carnegie Hall and Radio City Music Hall.
Recent recordings with multi-Grammy Award winning artists such as Joel Kibble of the vocal group Take 6 featured in one of his most recent albums from 2022 entitled “What We Need” and media sensation Sonna Rele (credits range from singing the Soundtrack Theme Song for the Disney Movie Cinderella to recording with Ne-Yo).
“Combining Soulful Jazz and R&B” has been Mike’s recent recording focus. From instrumental contemporary jazz to working with world-class vocalists including main co-writer R&B artist Anna Moore.
Many tracks appeared on the 2-time Emmy Awarded Daytime Reality Show "Starting Over".
The title track from the most recent 2025 album “Modern Times”, has amassed over 1.2 million streams and has ranked #3 on smoothjazz.com's Top 100 most streamed songs in 2025.