Mike Garson

MIKE GARSON. American pianist who provided the piano and keyboard backing on the later Ziggy Stardust tour of 1972–73. His contribution to the song "Aladdin Sane" (1973) gave it an avant-garde jazz feel with lengthy and atonal piano solos. He was David Bowie's longest-serving and most frequent appearing band member, performing for both Bowie's first and last concerts in the United States as well as 1,000 concerts around the globe over the years