Tony Z band members from CD's have featured Bernard Purdie (Drums) Chuck Rainey and Johnny B. Gayden (Bass) Cornell DuPree and Duke Robillard (Guitar) Houston Person and Lenny Pickett (Saxophone) Kim Wilson and Sugar Blue (Harmonica) ............. The current Project will feature
Joe Falconeri (Bass) and a drummer to be named
Influences
TOO MANY TO NAME (BUT) I MUST TAKE THE TIME AND GIVE THEM LOVE AND RESPECT: ... "I Was Born In 1952" The First ..."ROCk n'ROLL" ...Influence was ("Elvis Presley"), First " ...R+B/SOUL"... ("James Brown"), ...First "ORGAN... ("Jimmy Smith"), ...First "JAZZ" PIANO"... ( "McCoy Tyner"),... First "BLUES" ...("B.B.King" and "Bobby Bland"), ...First "FUNK" ...("J.B". AND "Sly Stone") ...First "Country"...("George Jones") "Pop" to me was...("Nat King Cole", "Frank Sinatra","Sammy Davis Jr", "Tony Bennett", "The Platters", "Judy Garland", "Barbra Streisand").......First "Gospel" Aretha Franklin "Amazing Grace Albun......... As I branched out on all these categories I got into more... "ROCK+ROLL"... with ("Louis Jordan", "Chuck Berry", "Jackie Wilson", "Little Richard", ... "Fats Domino"..."The Cream", "Vanilla Fudge", "Jimi Hendrix", "Santana", "Beck", "Jim McCarty", "Grand Funk", "Joe Walsh", "Joe Cocker", "J+E Winter", "E.L.P"., "Yes". )..."R+B/SOUL"... ("Ray Charles", "Aretha Franklin", "O.V.Wright", "Wilson Pickett", "Sam+Dave", "Otis Redding","Eddie Floyd","Curtis Mayfield", "Lou Rawls", "Donny Hathaway", "Johnnie Taylor", "Tyrone Davis", "Percy Sledge", "Ben E. King", "Carla Thomas," "Temptations", "4Tops", "Ike+Tina", "Smokey", "Jerry Butler", "Sam Cooke", "Joe Tex", "Marvin Gaye", "Gladys Knight", "Stevie Wonder", "Harold Melvin", "Teddy Pendergrass", "O'Jays", "Ohio Players", "King Curtis", "Stuff", "Les McCann", "Rascals", "Johnny GTR Watson", )... "ORGAN"... ("Jimmy McGriff", "Jack McDuff", "Groove Holmes", "Charles Earland"," Booker T", "Richard Tee", "Billy Preston", "Larry Young", "Webster Lewis", "Felix Cavaliere", "Mark Stein", "Lee Michaels" ) ..."JAZZ PIANO"... ("Art Tatum", "Duke Ellington", "Count Basie", "Bud Powell", "Theolonious Monk", "Oscar Peterson", "Joe Zawinul", "Cecil Taylor", "Ahmad Jamal""Dave Brubeck" "Chick Corea", "Herbie Hancock"Keith Jarrett )... Other "JAZZ" ... Influences were ("Louis Armstrong", "Charles Mingus", "Miles Davis", "Dizzy Gillespie", "Erskine Hawkins", "John Coltrane", "Charlie Parker", "Cannonball Adderley", "Sonny Rollins", "Roland Kirk", "Stan Getz", "Wayne Shorter", "Paul Desmond", "Charlie Christian", "Grant Green", "Wes Montgomery", "George Benson", "Jazz Crusaders", "Elvin Jones", "Art Blakey") ...Then came the Cosmic Fusion Days with the... ("Mahavishnu Orchestra", "Weather Report", "Jaco Pastorius", "Tony Williams Life Time", "Chic's Return to Forever" "George Duke", "Jan Hammer", "Bob James", "King Crimson", "UK")... "BLUES" ... ("Muddy Waters", "Little Walter", "Elmore James" , "Willie Dixon", "T-Bone", "John LeeHooker", "Magic Sam", "Sonny Boy Williamson", "Buddy Guy", "Jr. Wells", "Albert King","Freddie King" "Otis Rush", "Jimmy Rogers", "Robert Johnson", "Robert Jr Lockwood", "Albert Collins", "Little Milton", "Taj Mahal", "Jimmy Reed", "Hound Dog", "Cleanhead Vinson", "Joe Turner", "Charles Brown", "Otis Spann", "Sunnyland Slim", "Leon Russell", "Johnny+Shuggie Otis","Etta James" "Esther Phillips", "Koko Taylor", "Katie Webster", "Howlin Wolf", "Mance Lipscomb", "James Cotton", "Luther Allison", "Roomfull Of Blues", "Stevie + Jimmie Vaughan")
..."FUNK"... "Larry Graham", "Isleys", "P-Funk", "Chaka Khan/Rufus", "Gap Band", "T.O.P"....."Country",... "Patsie Cline"... "POP For Me"... ( "Luther Vandross", "Steely Dan", "Al Jarreau", "E.W.F." "Prince", "Joni Mitchell") ..... "Gospel"... ("Yolanda Adams", "Blind Boys Of Alabama", "Mahalia Jackson", "Mighty Clouds Of Joy", "Gospel Key Notes", "Take Six", "Gilberto Franca", "Higher Praise Calvary Chapel FTL" )... "Brazilian"... ("Antonio Carlos Jobim", "Gal Costa", "Milton Nascimento", "Elis Regina")... "SomDONOTBLOCKOURADSebody Stop Me"!73.jpg);position:absolute;left:0px;top:0px;height:6306px;width:860px;">
... { OK, I'LL KEEP THIS SHORT} ... I STARTED PLAYING "PIANO" IN [1960], I WAS (8) ... I JOINED MY FIRST "BAND" IN [1965] ... I JOINED "THE PLATTERS" IN [1969] ... I RECORDED AND PREFORMED WITH "TK ARTISTS" IN [1978] ... I JOINED "RONNIE EARL" IN [1988] ... I JOINED "LARRY McCRAY" IN [1990] ... I RELEASED MY FIRST "CD" UNDER THE "TONE-COOL" LABEL IN [1995] ... I JOINED "BUDDY GUY" IN [1995] I RESIGNED IN [2004] ... IT IS NOW [2007] AND I AM CURRENTLY PREFORMING WITH THE WORSHIP TEAM AT "CALVARY CHAPEL FORT LAUDERDALE FL". ... .... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... [DISCOGRAPHY] / [RECORDINGS]
(1)1978-T.K. / Drive-Miami- Miami
(2)1988-Black-Top-Ronnie Earl- Soul Searching
(3)1989-Black-Top-Earl King/Grady Gaines/Ronnie Earl-Blues-a-Rama (Vol-5)
(4)1990-Black-Top-Ronnie Earl- Peace Of Mind
(5)1990-Black-Top-Greg Piccolo- Heavy Juice
(6)1991-Black-Top-Ronnie Earl/Robert Jr. Lockwood- Surrounded ByLove
(7)1992-Alligator-Saffire,The Uppity Blues Women- Broad Casting
(8)1993-Pointblank-Larry McCray- Delta Hurricane
(9)1993-Viceroy-Larry McCray- Rattlesnake Guitar- The Music Of Peter Green
(10)1993-BlackMagic-Little Smokey Smothers/Elvin Bishop- Bossman
(11)1994-Alligator-Son Seals- Nothing But The Truth
(12)1995-Black-Magic-Lee Shot Williams- Cold Shot
(13)1995-Tone-Cool-Tony Z- Get Down With The Blues
(14)1995-Alligator-Billy Boy Arnold- Eldorado Cadillac
(15)1996-Cross-Cut-Little Smokey Smothers- Second Time Arround
(16)1997-Alligator-Dave Hole- Ticket To Chicago
(17)1997-Alligator-Dave Hole- Hound Dog Taylor A Tribute
(18)1997-Tone-Cool-Tony Z- Kiss My Blues
(19)1997-Aye Aye Aye-Julie- So Far So Good
(20)1997-House Of Blues- Jr. Wells- Songs Of The Rolling Stones
(21)1999-House Of Blues-Carl Weathersby- Songs Of Eric Clapton
(22)1999-House Of Blues- Larry McCray- Songs Of Bob Dylan
(23)1999-House Of Blues-Robert Jr.Lockwood- Songs Of Led Zeppelin
(24)2004-Sacred Lily- Frank Bang- Secret Stash
(25)01-09/2004-Pirate/Silvertone-Buddy Guy- Live At Legends
(26)01/10/2004-Pirate/Silvertone-Buddy Guy- Live At Legends
(27)01/11/2004-Pirate/Silvertone-Buddy Guy- Live At Legends
(28)01/14/2004-Pirate/Silvertone-Buddy Guy- Live At Legends
(29)01/15/2004-Pirate/Silvertone-Buddy Guy- Live At Legends
(30)01/16/2004-Pirate/Silvertone-Buddy Guy- Live At Legends
(31)01/17/2994-Pirate/Silvertone-Buddy Guy- Live At Legends
(32)01/28/2004-Pirate/Silvertone-Buddy Guy- Live At Legends
(33)01/29/2004-Pirate/Silvertone-Buddy Guy- Live At Legends
(34)01/30/2004-Pirate/Silvertone-Buddy Guy- Live At Legends
(35)01/31/2004-Pirate/Silvertone-Buddy Guy- Live At Legends
(36)2005 - Carl Harvey Music - Carl Harvey - The Times
(37)2007 - Magnolia - Larry McCray - larry McCray
Hey Tony, Simply amazed....I love it! Thanks so much for your support man. Continued success to you, keep on rockin' and kickin' out them tunes. If I can ever be of any help let me know, until then... thanks again, Peace Rick.
The Groove is Set within your Soul Tony and by letting it Flow you enjoy the Mojo giving by the Powers who give us Dance! Dance on this Great Day and unleash the Love for the Boogie and know I'm close as I feel your Groove! The Winds of Change are near and the Boogie Woogie brings us all together here for the Soul purpose of showing Love for the Arts!
I know there's a pot of Gold Close when you see and feel the energy of Dual Rainbows and it's just like the feeling I get when I hear your Groove! So glad your on this Groove Train I have rolling all over this Rock we Ride!! Let it Flow.
Hello! Just wanted to drop in and let you know that pre-orders for my new jazz standards album "Bittersweet" are now taking place! The first 100 pre-orders will receive a signed and numbered copy! Release date is set for May 19th, but you will get your copy a few days earlier! Kate and I are very excited about the record, and we can't wait for you to hear it. Head over to www.bittersweetthealbum.com to pre-order! Thanks! ~Mark
Thanks for the add, long time I didn't see you, last time it was with Buddy Guy. But I'd never forget the time you played with Ronnie Earl. What a band my godness !!! You're really one of my favorites, a real organ player !!! You're great man !!!
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