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  • On That Note

  • A Memoir of Jazz, Tics, and Survival
  • By: Michael Wolff
  • Narrated by: Michael Wolff
  • Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
  • 5.0 out of 5 stars (2 ratings)

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On That Note

By: Michael Wolff
Narrated by: Michael Wolff
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From Tourette’s to triumph. From cancer to cure. From the segregated south to commanding stages around the world, jazz master, Michael Wolff’s journey begins with pure grit and ends in perfect victory.

Award-winning jazz musician Michael Wolff’s journey nearly ended six years ago at Mount Sinai Beth Israel hospital in lower Manhattan. After having been worked on by doctors and nurses for most of the night, Wolff, with the perfect timing only a world-class musician would have, regained consciousness just in time to hear one of the doctors ask his wife if he had a DNR. Before she could even ask what that was, Wolff used his last ounce of energy to gasp, “Resuscitate me!!”

After Wolff had been treated for the wrong cancer for a year and a half, it was discovered that he had an ultrarare, untreatable cancer called histiocytic sarcoma and had three months to live.

Fortunately, he was someone accustomed to overcoming the odds.

Wolff had already survived a painful childhood overshadowed by Tourette’s Syndrome, during which his brilliance as a jazz pianist and passion for music saw him through. He went on the road at nineteen, not only performing with some of the great luminaries of jazz, but also conducting over twenty-five symphony orchestras worldwide.

In 1989, Wolff was chosen to be the musical director of Arsenio Hall’s groundbreaking late-night talk show, which was extravagantly praised for its diversity of musical guests and brilliant house band. It was through the Arsenio Hall Show that Wolff became a household name. And it’s where he met the woman he would eventually marry, actress-writer-director Polly Draper, when she was a guest on the show. (Their two sons, Nat and Alex Wolff, are now highly successful actors and musicians in their own right, so it’s evident the talent was passed on to the next generation.) Wolff has released twenty-one albums to critical and popular acclaim, written award-winning scores to movies and television series.

©2022 Michael Wolff (P)2022 Michael Wolff
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Amazing jazz pianist

Incredible memoir by the incredible Michael Wolff. I loved hearing more in depth to his life and how music makes him feel. Also all the achievements in his life and how he kicked cancers ass. It was a great read and I highly recommend it to anyone

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Honest, direct, moving

Terrific, straight ahead, open and emotional recounting of life’s ups and downs. The narration is completely engaging. A must listen for any jazz lover, music lover, life lover!

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