Tony Catania - saxophone
Anders Svanoe - saxophone
Brad Townsend - bass
Nick Zielinski - drums
Tony Catania is an improvising tenor saxophonist and a very active member of the Milwaukee and Madison creative and improvisational music scene, having performed with The Tony Catania Trio, Anders Svanoe’s Teleporting Rhythmic Orchestra, The Devin Drobka Trio, Bell Dance Songs, Graph Trio, Ben Malone Group, Formation series, Seed Sounds, Argopelter, Field Report and Mke Unrehearsed.
Tony’s most recent project is a Quartet entitled “Night Cow” consisting of two saxophones/bass/drums that perform his original compositions. In the last 3yrs this trio has released two trio albums (“Sitting and Staring” on cd & “Fairly Certain” on vinyl). Most recently, Tony released a solo and duo album focusing on improvised song and free improvisations entitled “Solo Ad Libitum / Three Pieces for Electro-Acoustic Duo / Portal” in collaboration with Nicholas Elert and Jay Mollerskov....
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Tony Catania - saxophone
Anders Svanoe - saxophone
Brad Townsend - bass
Nick Zielinski - drums
Tony Catania is an improvising tenor saxophonist and a very active member of the Milwaukee and Madison creative and improvisational music scene, having performed with The Tony Catania Trio, Anders Svanoe’s Teleporting Rhythmic Orchestra, The Devin Drobka Trio, Bell Dance Songs, Graph Trio, Ben Malone Group, Formation series, Seed Sounds, Argopelter, Field Report and Mke Unrehearsed.
Tony’s most recent project is a Quartet entitled “Night Cow” consisting of two saxophones/bass/drums that perform his original compositions. In the last 3yrs this trio has released two trio albums (“Sitting and Staring” on cd & “Fairly Certain” on vinyl). Most recently, Tony released a solo and duo album focusing on improvised song and free improvisations entitled “Solo Ad Libitum / Three Pieces for Electro-Acoustic Duo / Portal” in collaboration with Nicholas Elert and Jay Mollerskov.
Brad Townsend is currently a lecturer of double bass at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater where along with teaching double bass, conducts the Improvisors Orchestra. His diverse performance experience encompasses jazz, orchestral, chamber and experimental. Recent collaborative performances and recordings include Arp of the Covenant, Astro, Mantis, Banzat, Tomato Box, Madison Symphony and many others.
Anders Svanoe
Playing mainly the baritone, but also the soprano, alto, and tenor saxophones, Anders got his start in music taking piano lessons, singing in church choirs and playing saxophone in the public school band. In 1991 Anders graduated from Luther College and in 1994 he completed his Masters Degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In the mid 1990s Anders studied with Frank Morgan while Frank lived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Frank taught me everything about the saxophone, especially the importance of sound. Another key component to Anders’ post-graduate education was his meetings with multi-instrumentalist and composer Roscoe Mitchell. Since 2001 Anders has played and recorded with Roscoe in various contexts ranging from duos to large ensembles.
As a member of the Transatlantic Art Ensemble, The Roscoe Mitchell Big Band, and a guest with Roscoe Mitchell’s Note Factory, Anders has performed with a “who’s-who” in the jazz/contemporary improvised music scene: Evan Parker, Corey Wilkes, Craig Taborn, Philipp Wachsmann, Jaribu Shahid, Barry Guy, Tani Tabbal, Paul Lytton, Vijay Iyer, Ari Brown, Mwata Bowden, Spencer Barefield, Gerald Cleaver and many others.
Anders has also performed with The Cab Calloway Orchestra, Greg Abate, Jon Irabagon and the award winning Tony Castañeda Latin Jazz Sextet. He has opened for Grammy Award Latin Jazz legend, Pancho Sanchez and composer/percussionist Gerry Hemingway.
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