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Spike Wilner was born in the city of Manhattan. Spike was inspired to play ragtime piano at a young age after seeing a docudrama on the life of Scott Joplin. This led to a life-long passion for piano playing, ragtime and jazz music. Spike entered into the first class of the now legendary New School For Social Research's Jazz and Contemporary Music Program, then led by the late Arnie Lawrence. In this original class, Spike met and befriended many of today's prominent members of the current jazz scene. This included: Brad Mehldau, Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein, Jesse Davis, Chris Potter, Jorge Rossi, Sam Yahel, Joe Strasser, Roy Hargrove, John Popper (of the Blues Travlers), Eric Schenkman (of the Spin Doctors) David Grausman and others.

In 1994, Spike began to work a regular gig at Smalls Jazz Club. This became his permanent musical home and eventually led to his current position there as a partner and manager of the club. Spike now spends most of his time at Smalls and still plays there regularly with his group.

In May of 2010, Spike launched the record label SmallsLIVE which focuses on high quality audio recordings of performances from Smalls Jazz Club. With 28 diverse and exciting titles currently available, SmallsLIVE anticipates a production of 1 project per month.

The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music is a division of the New School offering bachelor degrees in Jazz performance in the heart of New York City, the Jazz capital of the world. | http://www.newschool.edu/jazz/