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TONY

I am here for Dating, Friends and Networking

About Me

Hi, I'm a single Italian-American male. I live in NYC. Love JAZZ, World Music, Blues, Film, Art, Mythology via Joseph Campbell, Psychology, Photography. Love live Jazz, food of every ethnicity and an occassional good cigar. I ALSO love JUNE JUNE. She's my 5 year old God Daughter and I hope you watch the videos of her here in the videos section of my web site playing piano. She also plays cello and percussion instruments, and speaks fluent Cantonese, Mandarin, Tagalog, Thai and English! She recently learned how to make pasta and thinks that ravioli are dumplings. A Chinese God Daughter with an Italian Godfather. What a mix. I hope I don't rub off on her. IF MY SLIDESHOW DOESN'T WORK, PLEASE HIT THE REFRESH BUTTON ON YOUR BROWSER

My Interests

Jazz, Blues, Jazz, Food, Jazz, Reading: mostly non-fiction in categories of Psychology, Mythology, Philosophy, Jazz etc. etc. etc Check out the VIDEOS secion of my profile. Lots of videos that I take of Jazz performances regularly and of course, the videos of my God Daughter JUNE JUNE ! ! ! ! !

I'd like to meet:

People who like any of the ONE HUNDRED SONGS on this Playlist! .. .. .. .. .. ..

Music:

ROBERTA GAMBARINI ! ! ! JAZZ, particularly Bop, Be-Bop, Hard Bop, Big Band. WORLD MUSIC. The best JAZZ guitarist who ever lived DJANGO REINHARDT! ! ! CLASSICAL: especially J.S.Bach, The Goldberg Variations by Gould. The Cello Suites by Pablo Cassales. Mozart's Piano Concertos. CLASSIC ROCK. DYLAN! BLUES especially JOHNNY WINTER! Drummers who know that the bass player is also a time keeper and don't bury his/her solo.

Movies:

My favorite is CIMEMA PARADISO!!!!then again, sometimes its A Clockwork Orange, sometimes it's all of Lina Wurtmuller's films like Seven Beauties and the original "Swept Away" with Giannini. Sometimes it's all of Scorcese's films and documentaries, who knows, depends on the mood. Foreign, Indy and Classic American Film. ALL of Fellini's Films, especially La Strada. The Tin Drum. 2001 A Space Odyssey. The Godfather Trilogy, Goodfellas, all of Werner Herzog's films. Farewell My Concubine, Hang the Red Lantern, Pulp Fiction, The Hidden Fortress right before watching Star Wars, on and on and on..

Television:

Jeopardy! That's IT! I get my news from the Internet. Would NEVER trust the media for real information about national or international events.

Books:

LOTS of non-fiction, particularly Psychology, Mythology and History. Carl Jung's Autobiography: "Memories, Dreams, Reflections"..

Heroes:

MUSICIANS! ARTISTS! All those involved in this labor of love.

My Blog

Check out this video: JOSEPH PEREZ video by Tony Sabbarese

Check out this video: JOSEPH PEREZ video by Tony Sabbarese ..Add to My Profile | More Videos I'M A BIG FAN OF JOSEPH PEREZ!!! I took this video of Joseph on July 4th, 2008 in NYC!THE FOLLO...
Posted by TONY on Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:20:00 PST

MICHAEL DEASE you MUST see him perform live, You MUST hear his CDs ! ! !

MICHAEL DEASE!!! Don't miss this trombonist!!!I saw Micheal Dease perform here in NYC both at "The Blue Note" with the Dizzy Gillespie Alumni Big Band, and at "The Garage" with his own group. He blew ...
Posted by TONY on Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:27:00 PST

Choinure Boys - - - "Swingin’ and Truckin"

CHECK OUT THIS GROUP!!!!!! http://www.myspace.com/choinure Choinure Boys Swingin' and Truckin'American classical popular music presented by young ?Japanese musicians. The group was formed in Fukuoka, ...
Posted by TONY on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:28:00 PST

WHO’S ON FIRST???????

FROM MY ERA GROWIG UP. WHEN SEX AND VIOLENCE WASN'T NEEDED TO CREATE GREAT COMEDY!!!Check out this video: Whos on first? ..Add to My Profile | More Videos...
Posted by TONY on Sun, 08 Jun 2008 11:40:00 PST

Where did the word "JAZZ" come from????

The Word "Jazz"Excerpted from Jazz Anecdotes by Bill Crow, Oxford University Press, 1990 Many attempts have been made to pin down the origin of the word, "jazz," none completely successful. Some schol...
Posted by TONY on Sat, 31 May 2008 06:25:00 PST

Alejandro Aviles - Saxophonist.Composer

I've am very fortunate to see Alejandro Aviles perform live here in NYC. Most recently this past Monday night with the Howard Williams Big Band. He is absolutely amazing, and I really think you should...
Posted by TONY on Wed, 21 May 2008 01:18:00 PST

MARK SGANGA - You MUST hear this guitarist!!!!

I went to see Kenny Shanker last night in NYC. I'm a big fan of Kenny's and he is one of the GREATEST Alto Sax players around today. He is also great ..boards as well and I just learned that he is als...
Posted by TONY on Wed, 21 May 2008 06:56:00 PST

Phil Woods & Grace Kelly "The Hat"

Description: Phil Woods bestows his hat upon Grace Kelly at Pittsfield Jazz Festival. "I first met Grace Kelly at the 2006 summer jazz program at Stanford University. I was amazed at her precocity an...
Posted by TONY on Sat, 17 May 2008 05:28:00 PST

I saw Valery Ponomarev last night!!! Great Musician, great guy!

      "In much the same way that we remember where we were and what we were doing when Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, Ponomarev recalls the exact moment he first heard m...
Posted by TONY on Wed, 14 May 2008 03:09:00 PST

POST OFFICE ISSUES FRANK SINATRA STAMP!!!!

..TR style="BORDER-RIGHT: 69c 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: 69c 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: 69c 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: 69c 1px solid; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse"> POST OFFICE ISSUES FRANK SINATRA STAMP!!!!!! ...
Posted by TONY on Mon, 12 May 2008 11:30:00 PST