Tony Quintiliani Bio
Alto, Tenor & Soprano Sax, Vocals & Percussion
Tony Quintiliani has been playing the saxophone for almost 30 years and has been performing professionally in the greater New England area for over 20 years. Tony studied at the Berklee College of Music as well as privately with John Payne, Bill Thompson and Dennis Taylor.
Tony began his career working with the popular local Boston R&B/Motown act "Sally and the Sophisticatz" throughout 80's and later continued with such bands as "The Wrecking Crew," "The Whitewalls," "The Big Bad Wolf," "The Swinging Johnsons," "Something Blue," "The Love Dogs," "Blue Heaven," "The Bruce Marshall Group," "The Feel," "Comic Strip," and "Clutch Grabwell." Tony formed his own jazz group "Q'd Up" which performed in several jazz clubs in the Boston area for over 2 years.
His performances have played a part in opening acts for such well known artists as "The Beach Boys," "John Pousette- Dart," “America,” "Wilson Pickett," "Junior Walker," "Eddie Money," "David Cassidy" and "Johnny Winter." He has also performed on stage with blues legend "Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown." He is currently a member of the acoustic rock group "The Jon Frattasio Band" with whom he has been a veteran performer at Jimmy Buffett's "Margaritaville Café" in Key West as well as venues in Boston and on Cape Cod.
Tony Quintiliani’s most recent jazz recording endeavor "Circle of Riffs" covers a wide variety of jazz styles from sweet ballads to samba to funk and includes original music co-written by Tony. Here he offers many new original tunes (as well as the classic standard "Stardust"). Tony plays all of the saxophones with equal intensity and authority. His cd is sure to please any fan of the instrument for years to come. Tony Q. brings a positive, crisp and passionate jazz-flavored funky groove to Jon Frattasio’s unique acoustic sound and this week at the Margaritaville Cafe is sure to be no exception.
Tony Q the Sax Man Tony Q and Jon Frattasio in Key West, FL
See more about Tony at www.tonyqsax.com
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