
Person
Michael Landau
Sound · Born 1958-06-01 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
Michael Christopher Landau (born June 1, 1958) is an American musician, audio engineer, and record-producer. He is a session musician and guitarist who has played on many albums since the early 1980s with Boz Scaggs, Minoru Niihara, Joni Mitchell, Rod Stewart, Seal, Michael Jackson, James Taylor, Helen Watson, Luis Miguel, Richard Marx, Steve Perry, Pink Floyd, Phil Collins on "Two Hearts" and "Loco in Acapulco", Roger Daltrey, Stevie Nicks, Glenn Frey, Eros Ramazzotti, Whitney Houston, and Miles Davis. Landau, along with fellow session guitarists Dean Parks, Steve Lukather, Michael Thompson and Dann Huff, played on many of the major label releases recorded in Los Angeles from the 1980s-1990s. He has released music with several record labels, including Ulftone Music and Tone Center Records, a member of Shrapnel Label Group. In addition to his session work, Landau has led several bands, including Raging Honkies and Burning Water. In the early 1980s, he was in the band Maxus with Robbie Buchanan, Mark Leonard, Jay Gruska, and Doane Perry. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Landau, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for

James Taylor: Squibnocket
Guitar

Der große Bellheim
Original Music Composer

Macho Man
Music

Killing Cars
Original Music Composer

James Taylor | Austin City Limits Festival
Self - Guitar

Bibos Männer
Original Music Composer
Filmography
- 2015James Taylor | Austin City Limits FestivalSelf - Guitar
- 2006James Taylor: SquibnocketGuitar
- 1993Der große BellheimOriginal Music Composer
- 1986Bibos MännerOriginal Music Composer
- 1986Killing CarsOriginal Music Composer
- 1985Macho ManMusic
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