| Since leaving the Yale School of Music in 1987 as a Tuba Major (Classical). Tony began his career playing in NYC clubs back in 1979 (Lush Life, Sweet Basil’s, Village Gate, The Vanguard, the Greenwich House, The Public Theatre, Alternate Museum, etc) and festivals (JVC, South Seaport, etc.) at the age of nineteen. | ||
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In addition to being a featured performer with Jazz Legend the late Max Roach, Tony has shared the stage with some of the greats as Jerry Gonzalez, Delfeayo Marsalis, Bob Belden, Christian McBride, Cecil Taylor, Vincent Herring, Joshua Redman, Javon Jackson, the late Lester Bowie, John Faddis, Charlie Haden, Eddie Henderson, Billy Harper, John Zorn, Steve Turre, Virgil Jones, the late John Stubblefield, Joe Lavano, Howard Johnson, the late Ray Draper, Muhal Abrahams, the late Leroy Jenkins, the late Julius Hemphill, Henry Threadgill, Andrew Cyril, the late Fred Hopkins, and the late David Townsend, and more. | |
| Tony has been a cast member of Juan Darien by Academy Award Composer Elliot Goldenthal and Tony Award Winning Director Julie Taymor, a regular in the Tony award winning play, Jelly’s Last Jam, featuring the late Gregory Hines, Other performances include Off-Broadway on stage performances of “One Mo’ Time” and “Further Mo’“. Tony, a scholar to the Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television program at USC. He studied extensively with the late Dr. Norman “Buddy” Baker (A former music director of Disney studios). Tony’s composition, orchestration, and producing credits include recordings by Be Be Winans (Atlantic Records), Terry Dexter (Warner Bros.), John Purcell (Pony Canyon, Japan), The World Saxophone Quartet (Justin Time Records, Canada), Debut CD of Anthony Montgomery(Universal/Germany), etc. Owner of his own published material (384), Brass quartets published by TAP Music (Iowa), and Jazz compositions published by ENJA Music, Germany. Film scoring credits included: Rumbling of the Earth (Filmmakers Library), Shadows of the Dead (Horizon Entertainment/First Look Entertainment.), and The Incredible Dyke (Independent). | ||
AWARDS Selected as an evaluator/ panelist for the New Jersey Council on the Arts for organizational grants Received the only tuition scholarship from George Lucas to the Advanced Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television Program at the University of Southern California as a visiting scholar Obie Award, JUAN DARIEN Member of the Tony Award Winning Broadway production of “Jelly’s Last Jam” Grammy Award Winner with the McCoy Tyner Big Band for Verve CD, “Journey” Received the High School Teacher’s Certificate- State of New Jersey Received the Francis Louis Kirchoff Tap Scholarship Award for two years at Yale University, New Haven, CT Received the National Endowment for the Arts Scholarship Award for student performers, Yale University, New Haven, CT Received the Alumnae Award for outstanding contribution to the Yale environment, Yale School of Music Received two year New York Philharmonic fellowship to the Aspen Music Festival Received the Yale Cultural Center Award of Merit for contributions to the undergraduate Community Member of ASCAP/BMI and National Music Publishers Association |
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"Brass Sky" Composed/Orchestrated Tone East Music |
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