Tony Monte

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Anthony "Tony Monte" Monte-Bovi (born January 24, 1939 , † November 14, 2016 in New York City ) was an American jazz pianist , keyboardist and arranger of mainstream jazz .

Live and act

New York's Stanhope Hotel, 995 Fifth Avenue

In the course of his musical career, Monte worked mostly as a soloist in large New York hotels such as the Stanhope Hotel on Fifth Avenue and as a companion for singers such as Margaret Whiting , Peggy Lee and Sylvia Syms . From the late 1970s he also played in the trio of Bucky Pizzarelli and in his quartet with Butch Miles , with which the first recordings were made ( Lady Be Good , 1978). In the following years he also worked as a pianist and z. Also as arranger with the vocalists Marlene VerPlanck ( Loves Johnny Mercer , 1978), Helen Ward , Johnny Hartman ( This One's for Tedi , 1980), Joe Derise , Jonathan Schwartz , Terri Cerritto , Betty Johnson , Alex Donner and most recently in 2008 Steven Pasquale and Judy Carmichael .

In the field of jazz he was involved in 36 recording sessions between 1978 and 2008. a. also with Phil Bodner , Karl Schloz and John Pizzarelli . The New York Times (1991) compared him to the supper club pianist Cy Walters and his slender and subdued playing.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Anthony "Tony Monte" Monte Bovi Obituary (online, accessed November 28, 2016)
  2. ↑ New York Magazine, Jan. 6, 1992, Volume 25, No. 1, p. 90
  3. ^ A b John S. Wilson: Sounds Around Town (1991) in The New York Times
  4. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed October 18, 2016)
personal data
SURNAME Monte, Tony
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Monte-Bovi, Anthony
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH January 24, 1939
DATE OF DEATH November 14, 2016
Place of death New York City