Spike Wilner
Spike Wilner, born Michael Wilner in 1966 in New York City, New York, United
States, is an American jazz pianist, composer, and record producer. Raised in
Manhattan, Wilner began piano lessons as a child, inspired by ragtime after
watching a documentary on Scott Joplin. At age 14, he performed Joplin's “Maple
Leaf Rag” at the St. Louis Ragtime Festival. Wilner studied at The New School
for Social Research under Arnie Lawrence and earned a Master of Music degree in
piano performance from the State University of New York at Purchase in 2007.
While performing at New York venues incl...
