Miguel Atwood-Ferguson

Based in Los Angeles, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson is a multi-instrumentalist, arranger, composer, producer, conductor, and educator who has worked with countless artists and ensembles spanning many genres of music. He has contributed to hundreds of recordings and soundtracks, including albums by <a href="spotify:artist:1eYhYunlNJlDoQhtYBvPsi" data-name="Ray Charles">Ray Charles</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6CWTBjOJK75cTE8Xv8u1kj" data-name="Feist">Feist</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:29XOeO6KIWxGthejQqn793" data-name="Flying Lotus">Flying Lotus</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3jK9MiCrA42lLAdMGUZpwa" data-name="Anderson .Paak">Anderson .Paak</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1XkoF8ryArs86LZvFOkbyr" data-name="Mary J. Blige">Mary J. Blige</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4frXpPxQQZwbCu3eTGnZEw" data-name="Thundercat">Thundercat</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:43JlwunhXm1oqdKyOa2Z9Y" data-name="Hiatus Kaiyote">Hiatus Kaiyote</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0i1s9WcIu0PrUvHzALgofo" data-name="Seu Jorge">Seu Jorge</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1tP3R35TdPW8BMwmTPOoVZ" data-name="Arthur Verocai">Arthur Verocai</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:5W10uJRsbt9bROJDKoI1Wn" data-name="Moses Sumney">Moses Sumney</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2RP4pPHTXlQpDnO9LvR7Yt" data-name="Lianne La Havas">Lianne La Havas</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:0cmWgDlu9CwTgxPhf403hb" data-name="Bonobo">Bonobo</a>.

Atwood-Ferguson has backed such artists as <a href="spotify:artist:5cM1PvItlR21WUyBnsdMcn" data-name="Robert Glasper">Robert Glasper</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1HY2Jd0NmPuamShAr6KMms" data-name="Lady Gaga">Lady Gaga</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3jK9MiCrA42lLAdMGUZpwa" data-name="Anderson .Paak">Anderson .Paak</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2EExdpjU4SK3xnJHO5paJf" data-name="Henry Mancini">Henry Mancini</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1l7ZsJRRS8wlW3WfJfPfNS" data-name="Christina Aguilera">Christina Aguilera</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:00FQb4jTyendYWaN8pK0wa" data-name="Lana Del Rey">Lana Del Rey</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:77tT1kLj6mCWtFNqiOmP9H" data-name="Daryl Hall &amp; John Oates">Daryl Hall &amp; John Oates</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:5pKCCKE2ajJHZ9KAiaK11H" data-name="Rihanna">Rihanna</a> on live TV for programs such as the Grammys, Conan O&#39;Brien, The Disney Young Musicians Orchestra, American Idol, Jay Leno and The Tonight Show, MTV, and Jimmy Kimmel.

In 2009 he composed and conducted Suite for Ma Dukes, an orchestral reimagining of the music of <a href="spotify:artist:0IVcLMMbm05VIjnzPkGCyp" data-name="J Dilla">J Dilla</a> for 60 musicians including <a href="spotify:artist:4OydvmAsJa7r6W8Q0xwkI7" data-name="Posdnuos">Posdnuos</a> (<a href="spotify:artist:1Z8ODXyhEBi3WynYw0Rya6" data-name="De La Soul">De La Soul</a>), <a href="spotify:artist:0lEssBAxQl2In4RpaB1C2Y" data-name="Talib Kweli">Talib Kweli</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6e7BQ0gM6o8ecMXRZkXxlZ" data-name="Karriem Riggins">Karriem Riggins</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4frXpPxQQZwbCu3eTGnZEw" data-name="Thundercat">Thundercat</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:39g75EmRFeFbvHhsGjUpLU" data-name="Amp Fiddler">Amp Fiddler</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0XzVyZOZF7FIsQ7VbBZ9Yy" data-name="Shafiq Husayn">Shafiq Husayn</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:72zigmOdJbIsz0iIRhCBvp" data-name="Illa J">Illa J</a>.

In 2023, after amassing more than 600 credits for writing, arranging, performing, producing, conducting, and more, Atwood-Ferguson released Les Jardins Mystiques, Vol. 1 in 2023, his debut solo album. Contributors to the project include <a href="spotify:artist:6HQYnRM4OzToCYPpVBInuU" data-name="Kamasi Washington">Kamasi Washington</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4frXpPxQQZwbCu3eTGnZEw" data-name="Thundercat">Thundercat</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4UpA1KitN1RgIZVyWDbZ0U" data-name="DOMi &amp; JD BECK">DOMi &amp; JD BECK</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3AaY5O1qS0tcNPHwwMwplt" data-name="Jeff Parker">Jeff Parker</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:55Ox89YvyME4t8bYTIJsRu" data-name="Carlos Niño">Carlos Niño</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0aDq59Z2MJTahQmYIX3kBY" data-name="Austin Peralta">Austin Peralta</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2mv4xHxofvyWTp2ViBqgZb" data-name="Bennie Maupin">Bennie Maupin</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6eUuHlpgi01I8qjGRFenvB" data-name="Gabe Noel">Gabe Noel</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2eoVP5QgTopsYgTS7H1CKs" data-name="Jamael Dean">Jamael Dean</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0QHhJKAxduMM3TmyLX5xJb" data-name="Jamire Williams">Jamire Williams</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4d40dIPzGVpcruHPkaUfnG" data-name="Burniss Earl Travis II">Burniss Earl Travis II</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1RLjVRaoIxtiVZiV6NNIBX" data-name="Deantoni Parks">Deantoni Parks</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6E2QUbsHDVzmrf1TVfGdwf" data-name="Josh Johnson">Josh Johnson</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:1caVPl46Ta6C8DYns5AAuo" data-name="Marcus Gilmore">Marcus Gilmore</a>.