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Michael Blieden Wolff〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Michael Wolff / Impure Thoughts Biography )〕 (born July 31, 1952)〔 is an American jazz pianist, composer, producer, and recording artist.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music: Private Instrumental Instruction Faculty )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Michael Wolff (I) )〕 He was honored as a Steinway Artist and obtained a Broadcast Music, Inc. award. Wolff has Tourette syndrome; he is the chairman of the Tourette Syndrome Association (TSA)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=TSA Organization and Finances: National Board of Directors )〕 and is involved in mentoring children with Tourette's through the chapters of the TSA.〔 Wolff was the musical director for jazz singer Nancy Wilson and later became the bandleader for the Fox syndicated late night talk show ''Arsenio Hall'' (1989–94), where he met his wife when she appeared as a special guest.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Michael Wolff: Composer/Co-Producer ) 〕 Wolff provided the score and co-produced ''The Tic Code'' (1999). He also co-starred alongside his sons, Nat and Alex, in the Nickelodeon musical comedy series ''The Naked Brothers Band'' (2007-09), earning him a BMI Cable Award for producing the series' music. Wolff was the leader of the jazz band Impure Thoughts. Reconstructed as Wolff & Clark Expedition, it is a jazz-funk group. ==Childhood and family life== Wolff was born in Victorville, California and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana.〔 His family is culturally Jewish and is the son of Lise (Silverman) and Marvin Wolff,〔http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2009-03-26/article/32558?headline=Lise-Blumenfeld-1931-2009--By-Neal-Blumenfeld〕 a medical doctor, who treated Elvis Presley when the Wolffs' settled in Memphis, Tennessee. At age nine, his family moved to Berkeley, California,〔 and began studying classical piano at age eight before playing drums at age 12. While attending Berkeley High School, Wolff had begun playing piano with the University of California Jazz Ensembles under the direction of Dr. David W. Tucker. After graduating from high school, Wolff attended the University of California, Berkeley before enrolling at the University of California, Los Angeles.〔 Wolff's mother remarried psychiatrist Neal Blumenfeld (Wolff's stepfather), who died on December 1, 2013. He has two step-siblings, Mimi and Judy. Wolff married actress Polly Draper in 1992;〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Polly Draper Biography (1956-) )〕 they have two sons together: Nat Wolff and Alex Wolff, who starred in and wrote the music for ''The Naked Brothers Band'' film and series that was created and produced by Draper. Draper also wrote and starred in ''The Tic Code'', a musical drama film influenced by Wolff's life with Tourette syndrome to which he contributed the score.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michael Wolff」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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