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Bio:
Fresh
out of school Tony White formed his first touring band, SPECTRUM.
The band also featured the outstanding bassist MICHAEL MANRING.
Spectrum toured the U.S., eventually opening up for B.J. THOMAS,
and DR. HOOK.
He soon left that group to be co-founder of the band CHEERS. One
of Atlantic City's most sucsessful groups. The band won ATLANTIC
CITY'S MAGAZINE Lounge Act of the year for 3 consecutive years.
At this time he also became a member of Philadelphia's
busiest horn section, THE ALLIED
HORNS.
Tony moved back to the New York area in the early 90's, and at this
time he got a call to play with 10,000 MANIACS. He toured extensively
with the group, including dates with, PAUL McCARTNEY, MICHAEL STIPE,
EN VOUGE, BOYS 2 MEN, SOUL ASYLUM, DON HENELY, KENNY LOGGINS, P.M.
DAWN, THE WALLFLOWERS, WORLD PARTY, ZAP MAMMA, etc... His arrangement
of "TO SIR WITH LOVE" performed by NATALIE MERCHANT and 10,000 MANIACS
along with MICHAEL STIPE was featured on the MTV INAUGURAL BALL,
and was later put out on a live CD, with proceeds benefiting the
ROCK THE VOTE campaign.
During this time, Tony also had the opportunity to play with PRESIDENT
BILL CLINTON. The first time being at a pre-election rally at
Garden State park in Cherry Hill N.J., and again at the first inaugural
at the Great Southern Ball.
Tony released his self-titled recording debut in 1997, co-produced
by DAVID IVORY, (BLUE ORCHID 2503) to rave reviews (see reviews).
The disc features 8 original compositions and covers a wide and
varied musical spectrum. His next release will soon be out, as he
continues to compose, produce, and perform. Tony plays all the woodwinds,
piano, guitar, bass and drums, as well as having a collection of
various flutes and percussion instruments from around the world,
which he utilizes in his home recording studio.
Tony
has had the honor of playing with Bachir Attar and the Master Musicians
of Jojucha on numerous occasions. He has played festivals in the
United States and Europe with the Master Musicians. This ancient
Moroccan music came to the western world through people like, Paul
Bowels, Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones, William Burroughs and
Ornette Coleman to name a few.
Tony has also been playing with the group HITCHHIKER.
The group was featured on the RYKODISK CD KEROUAC; KICKS, JOY, DARKNESS.
HITCHHIKER has performed numerous times at the KNITTING FACTORY
in New York, including performances with legendary composer, multi-instrumentlist
DAVID AMRAM. MR. AMRAM was the first to fuse jazz and the spoken
word along with JACK KEROUAC.
Recently
Tony traveled to the Czech Republic where he headlined at various
festivals throughout the country and played the Jazz Club Velenska
in the city of Prague.
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Credits:
FILMS :
Bus Stop –Tony White - Composer
Stop at the Sun- Tony White - Composer
Soulmates- Tony White - Composer
Come Fly With Me-Tony White - Composer
Stagefright- Tony White Music - Supervisor
Origins- Tony White - Music Supervisor
TELEVISION:
The A Team Challenge- Tony White-Composer and Music Supervisor
Tony's music can be heard on, MTV, HBO, FX, Bravo, ABC, MSNBC, NPR..........
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