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Jazz Faculty: Tony Moreno

Tony Moreno

Jazz Percussion Faculty



Performances

NYU Jazz percussion faculty member Tony Moreno has toured with artists including Dave Phillips and Freedance; Mal Waldron Trio; Fred Favarel (w/ Richie Beirach and Jean-Jaques Avanel); Barry Harris Trio; Gene Shimosato (w/Matt Garrison and Ravi Coltrane); Billy Harper (w/ Dean Johnson and Dave Kikoski); Sal Nestico; The Lounge Lizards; Jurgen Friedrich Trio; European Jazz Orchestra (Parma FrontiereJazz); Marc Mommaas and Global Motion.

Selected recordings

1. Fred Favarel Group: The Search (AA Records) w/Richie Beirach, Peter Herbert, Dave Pietro(NYU Jazz faculty), John O’Gallagher, Tim Ries, Oscar Noriega, Mark Feldman and Erik Friedlander.
2. Bruce Arnold (NYU Jazz faculty): A Few Dozen (Muse Eek)
3. Frank Kimbrough: Noumena (Soulnote) w/ Scott Robinson and Ben Monder.
4. Riccardo Luppi and Stefano Battaglia: Mnemosine (Black Saint) w/ Paolino Della Porta.
5. Juergen Friedrich Trio: Surfacing (Naxos) w/John Hebert
6. Kendra Shank: Reflections (Jazz Focus) w/ Frank Kimbrough and Dean Johnson.
7. Dave Phillips & Freedance: (Naxos) w/John O’Gallagher and Rez Abbasi.
8. Gene Shimosato: One World Tribe (King Records) w/ Lonnie Plaxico, Ravi Coltrane and Takuya Nakamura.
9. Haze Greenfield: Providence (Owl) w/Jaki Byard and Dean Johnson
10. Penelope Tobin: When (Dodgem) w/Mark Feldman, Dean Johnson, Chico Freeman,etc.
11. Steve Doyle: Presence (Axis) w/ Dave Stryker and Chris Potter
12. Rez Abbasi: Modern Memory (Cathexis) w/ Tim Hagens, Gary Thomas, Michael Formanek and Scott Whitfield.
13. Jayson-Erik Caste: You Taught My Heart To Sing (Maeonides) w/Russ Lossing, Billy Drewes and Dean Johnson.
13. Peggy Stern: Actual Size (Sony) w/Ron Horton, Harvie S., Memo Acevedo, Bernard Purdie, Art Baron, John McKenna and Arther Kell
14. Roberto Bonati: Circles (Nueva Recordings) w/Mario Piacentini and Paul McCandless.
15. Steve Amirault: Reflecting Images (Nu-Jazz) w/Sean Conly
16. Mark Mommaas and Global Motion: (Sunnyside) w/Nicolai Hess, John Hebert and Rez Abbasi
17. Mario Piacentini Trio: Canto Atavico (Splasch) w/Roberto Bonati
18. Sean Conly: The Invisibles w/Ben Monder, Tony Malaby and John O'Gallagher
19. Quartetto: Moire Signum w/Stefano Battaglia, Paulino Della Porta and Riccardo Luppi
20. Diane Hubka: Look No Further ( Challenge/A-Records) w/ John Hart. Frank Kimbrough, Dean Johnson amd Scott Whitfield
21. Spooky Actions: Music of Webern (Muse-Eek) w/Bruce Arnold, John Gunther and Peter Herbert

Video/DVD

The Lounge Lizards: "Live in Tokyo" (CBS-Sony)
Barry Harris: European Concert (RTVE)

Clinics/Teaching

Clinics presented throughout Europe including: Germany (Hannover Conservatory), Italy (Conservatorio di Parma, Scuola di Musica Moderna-Milan), France, Denmark (Vallekilde Summer Program and Rhythmtek Conservatory of Copenhagen), Spain (Taller de Musicos-Madrid); Maine Jazz Camp (Summer Program: drum master classes, ensembles and Faculty concerts)

Professor Moreno received a degree in Jazz Performance from NYU Steinhardt's Jazz Studies Program.

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