Bio

Tony Lombardozzi has been active on the Jazz scene since the 1970’s. He has performed extensively with some of the legends of jazz such as: Clark Terry, Kenny Baron, Bill Baron, Art Davis, Don Freidman, Avery Sharp, Giacomo Gates, Ed Blackwell, Bill Watrous, Milt Hinton, Ernie Wilkins, Earl May, Ray Drummond, Brian Torff, Greg Bandy and more

Some of the venues that he has appeared at include the Detroit Jazz Festival, Syracuse Jazz Festival, International Festival of Arts and Ideas, TheHartford Jazz Festival, Lake George Jazz Festival, Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola, The Blue Note, The New Haven Jazz Festival, JVC Jazz Festival, Jazz at the Wharf, The Jazz Festival at Avery Point, Jazz at Lincoln Center and Jazz at the Pilot Pen Jazz. Since 1997 Tony has recorded and performed internationally with Jazz Vocalist Giacomo Gates. He can be heard on Giacomo Gates latest CD/DVD Luminosity on Double Dave Records.

He has been on the Wesleyan University Music faculty since 1986 where he is the director of the Jazz Ensemble and the Jazz Guitar Instructor and has participated and conducted Jazz Clinics and Master Classes at Yale University, Berklee School of Music, New York University