Mike Carubia

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Mr. Carubia has been a professional musician since age 15 and has been involved in all aspects of the music business. As a performer, Mike has played on six National telethons, recorded over 50 CD’s of industrial and sports library music, numerous commercials, 7 jazz albums and several pop and contemporary recordings. He has performed in orchestras which accompany the worlds best singers including ; Tony Bennett, Vic Damone, Englebert Humperdinck, Sammy Davis Jr, Jerry Vale, Lena Horne, Maxine Sullivan and most recently Frank Sinatra Jr..

Mr. Carubia played five years with the Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band completing a five week World Tour and a two week jazz cruise in the 1980’s. His credits as a substitute trumpet player on Broadway number 25 different shows including: Sugar Babies, Les Miz, 42nd Street, Starlight Express, Sweet Charity, The Wiz, Fosse, Saturday Night Fever and most recently Chicago. Mike was a regular substitute on the Village Vanguard Orch. (Formerly the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orch ) for the period 1982-2004.

As a composer and arranger Mr. Carubia has written and recorded over 175 original compositions for Omni Music, a music source for TV, Radio and Industry. He has also published over 100 Jazz Ensemble arrangements or compositions plus 5 books on improvisation for Warner Bros. Music and Alfred Music & Kendor Music. He now has is own publishing company, Smart Chart Music, which features simplified scorings of Thad Jones’ compositions and originals by himself and 6 nationally known composer. His book “Effective Etudes for Jazz” (Kendor Music) is in it’s 3rd printing and Vol. 2 is being prepared for a Fall 2014 release.

Mr. Carubia taught high school in East Meadow for 8 years, spent 3 years as Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut before spending 15 years at Ward Melville as Jazz Ensemble Director and Theory Instructor. He retired from public school teaching in July of 05 and since then has held adjunct teaching positions at St. Joseph’s College, Nassau Community College and Five Towns College on Long Island NY. He is active as a free-lance trumpet player and arranger in the NY area.

He received is Bachelor of Arts from C.W. Post College and his Masters degree in Theory and Composition from the University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, and attended the Eastman Arrangers Workshop in 1970. He studied arranging privately with Manny Albam and Ray Starling.

Mike played professional baseball for the Baltimore Orioles and the Los Angeles Angels following his graduation from high school. He made the major league roster as a pitcher for the Angels in 1963 but an arm injury forced retirement from the sport in 1967.

Mike Carubia passed away on January 22, 2021.

Publications by Mike Carubia

  • Oo-Bop!

    Oo-Bop!

    Carubia

    Grade: 3

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  • Step On It

    Step On It

    Carubia

    Grade: 3

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  • Dis Is Dat?

    Dis Is Dat?

    Carubia

    Grade: 3

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  • Southern Borders

    Southern Borders

    Carubia

    Grade: 3.5

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  • Backstop

    Backstop

    Carubia

    Grade: 3.5

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  • Chromatically Yours

    Chromatically Yours

    Carubia

    Grade: 3

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  • Hot Rockin'

    Hot Rockin’

    Carubia

    Grade: 3.5

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  • Quiero Más

    Quiero Más

    Carubia

    Grade: 3

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  • To You

    To You

    Jones/arr. Carubia

    Grade: 3

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  • Almost The Blues

    Almost The Blues

    Carubia

    Grade: 3

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  • Barbeque Ribs

    Barbeque Ribs

    Carubia

    Grade: 4

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  • Canal Street Commotion

    Canal Street Commotion

    Carubia

    Grade: 3.5

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  • Readin' Between The Lines

    Readin’ Between The Lines

    Carubia

    Grade: 3.5

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  • Rockamania

    Rockamania

    Carubia

    Grade: 3.5

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  • Ahunk Ahunk

    Ahunk Ahunk

    Jones/arr. Carubia

    Grade: 4

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  • Blues for Miles

    Blues for Miles

    Hubbard/arr. Carubia

    Grade: 3.5

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  • The Little Dipper

    The Little Dipper

    Carubia

    Grade: 3.5

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  • Tip Toe

    Tip Toe

    Jones/arr. Carubia

    Grade: 4

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  • Barbeque Sauce

    Barbeque Sauce

    Carubia

    Grade: 3.5

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  • Developing the Language of Jazz

    Developing the Language of Jazz

    Holford & Carubia

    Grade: 1.5

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  • Manhattan Dance Party

    Manhattan Dance Party

    Carubia

    Grade: 3

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  • March Bopish

    March Bopish

    Carubia

    Grade: 3

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  • Rhoda Map

    Rhoda Map

    Jones/arr. Carubia

    Grade: 3.5

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  • Bad Ol' Blues

    Bad Ol’ Blues

    Carubia

    Grade: 4

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  • Big Dipper

    Big Dipper

    Jones/arr. Carubia

    Grade: 3.5

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