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Tony Jefferson

After many years as a world class drummer, Tony Jefferson segued into the world of singing. His diverse experience as a drummer and his passion for woodwinds led him to explore musical realms that inform his approach to singing.

Some of Tony’s recent vocal performances have been: The Kitano Hotel in New York City, The Princeton Jazz Festival in New Jersey, Storm King Art Center, NY, The Dobbs Ferry Summer Music Festival, NY and the Hopper House in Nyack, NY and two tours for Jazz @ Lincoln Center/US State Dept with Paul Beaudry & Pathways. The tours included Central America, South America (2010) and Central Asia (2011).

Tony has stepped out from behind the drums to sing as a guest vocalist at the Iridium, Smoke and the Blue Note in Manhattan. Tony has been featured as a guest singer with Cameron Brown’s Here & Now Band with Sheila Jordan and Don Byron. The band toured Germany and Austria in 2010.

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Album Review

Eric Person: Blue Vision

Read "Blue Vision" reviewed by Jack Bowers


What are the odds that a Person who plays jazz saxophone would meet another Person who plays jazz saxophone, that they would become fast friends and find they were so musically compatible that they would not only perform together but decide to record an album featuring their two horns as the front line? Meet alto saxophonist Eric Person who in 2009 performed onstage for the first time with tenor saxophonist Houston Person, his senior by almost three decades but someone ...

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Eric Person: Blue Vision

Read "Blue Vision" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic


A veteran of Chico Hamilton, Dave Holland, and The World Saxophone Quartet, saxophonist Eric Person knows a sweet gig when he plays one. This well earned and hard earned knowledge unequivocally guarantees that Blue Vision, Person's soulful homage to late night organ trios, church, and sax legendHouston Person, is about as cool a blue session that you'll hear any time in the near future. Blue Vision has one wafting in and out of the daily routine then returning ...

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Tamuz Nissim: Capturing Clouds

Read "Capturing Clouds" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


Vocalist Tamuz Nissim is in constant musical movement. The past three years have each seen a recorded release of 2017's Liquid Melodies (Self Produced), followed by 2018's Echo of a Heartbeat (Street of Stars), that very much set the stage for the present Capturing Clouds. All three recordings have in common guitarist George Nazos, whose musical empathy with Nissim has evolved over the three recordings to a beautifully lyrical maximum on George Harrison's “Here Comes the Sun" that closes Capturing ...

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August Is Vocalists Month At The Sunday Renaissance Jazz Brunch In Harlem

August Is Vocalists Month At The Sunday Renaissance Jazz Brunch In Harlem

Source: Greg Thomas

Vocals Month at Harlem's Renaissance Jazz Brunch The weekly Harlem brunch that has a reputation for fantastic food and top notch music, the Renaissance Jazz Brunch, features a month of singers: Tony Jefferson, Lainie Cooke, Whitney Marchelle, Nat Adderley Jr. (and a special Motown Revue), and Dennis Jeter. For reservations: 866-317-1152. TONY JEFFERSON AUGUST 3 As a drummer, Tony has performed and recorded with many jazz artists including Lonnie Smith, John Abercrombie, Lou Donaldson, Frank Wess, Eddie Harris, Don Friedman, ...

“Not only is Tony a wonderful drummer, he is also a wonderful singer with a very original sound.” —Sheila Jordan

“On his debut CD as a singer you can hear Tony Jefferson’s lifetime experience as a seasoned musician as well as the history of great jazz singers emanating throughout his performance.”

~Alvester Garnett

“I've had the pleasure of listening to Tony Jefferson's vocal tracks, and I was thoroughly entertained with his effortless swing and attractive tone quality." —Marion Cowings

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Blue Vision

Self Produced
2022

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Capturing Clouds

Street of Stars
2020

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Heat Song

Street of Stars
2020

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Make Believe

From: Heat Song
By Tony Jefferson

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