HOME BASE REGION: Chicago, IL
 
INSTRUMENT:  Lead Bass, Bass
 
COLLEAGUES: George Duke, Kirk Whalum, Rick Braun, Norman Brown, Al Jarreau, Jonathan Butler, Brian Culbertson, Steve Cole, Nick Colionne, Chaka Khan, Boney James, Jeff Lorber, Paul Jackson Jr., Bob Baldwin, Larry Carlton, Kenny Lattimore, Chante Moore, Gerald Albright, Jeffery Osbourne
 

PAST APPEARANCES: Jazz Fest West, Catalina Jazz Festival, BB Jazz Festival, Las Vegas Jazz Festival, Genuine Jazz Festival (CO) Carolina Jazz Festival (NC), Chene Park (Detroit), Atlanta Jazz Festival Centennial Park (ATL), the Georgia Dome (ATL) KSBR Anniversary Concert (orange county CA), Soul Train Cruise, Warren Hill Smooth Jazz Cruise, Smooth Cruise (Brian Culbertson – Host), The Chicago Theater (numerous times), DuSable Theater Chicago, Smooth Jazz Summer Nights Jazz Fest (Penn's Landing, Philadelphia), United Center (Chicago Bulls National Anthem), Catalina Jazz Fest, Java Jazz Fest (w/ Jeff Lorber), Brian Culbertson's Napa Valley Jazz Getaway, etc.

COLLABORATIONS: Michael Manson has performed and/or recorded with all of the following; Kirk Whalum, the late George Duke, Rick Braun, Norman Brown, Al Jarreau, Jonathan Butler, Brian Culbertson, Steve Cole, Nick Colionne, Chaka Khan, Boney James, Jeff Lorber, Paul Jackson Jr., Bob Baldwin, Larry Carlton, Kenny Lattimore, Chanté Moore, Gerald Albright