Mike has played jazz piano for 20 years. His influences include Bud Powell, Horace Silver, Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, and Kenny Barron, grounding his playing in the bebop and hard bop traditions. Mike works throughout the Midwest at clubs and festivals in a variety of formats, including solo, combos, and with vocalists. Mike has four young children and lives in Neenah, Wisconsin.

The Kal Bergendahl Project (KBP) is a six-piece instrumental jazz-funk band.  The vibrant unit features some of SE Wisconsin’s most familiar jazz faces displaying extraordinary musicianship and technical precision.Blending free-flowing funk and memorable melodies; the ensemble is driven by a stellar horn section. Groove and melodic hooks are constantly weaved in their deeply focused musical landscape of Jazz-Funk, R&B and Soul. By exercising the vocabulary of popular music in the environment of jazz, KBP has a youthful, pop edge permeating their sound.​“Melody, melody, melody.” says composer…

The first of a new series at Gibson Music Hall dedicated to paying tribute to the legendary artists of the jazz idiom. In our first performance we'll be featuring the music of Bud Powell with Mike Kubicki - Jazz Piano and his trio.

Join us down at Gibson Music Hall for the third installment of our monthly jazz session. The first set will feature the music of Jazz legend, Joe Henderson played by house band Jose Encarnacion on sax,Mark Furnesson bass, and Mike Malone on drums. The second set is open to anybody who wants to come jam with the band.