Tony Scherr

Tony Scherr at the Moers festival 2011

Tony Scherr (* around 1965 in New Haven , Connecticut ) is an American jazz musician ( double bass , electric bass , also guitar , banjo ) who also worked as a singer-songwriter .

Live and act

Scherr started playing a children's bass when he was five. After switching to guitar as a teenager and playing in local garage bands with his brother Peter, he returned to the bass and toured with Woody Herman and His Orchestra for several years before moving to New York in the late 1980s. There he played with jazz musicians such as Al Gray , Maria Schneider , Dakota Staton , John Scofield , Stanley Turrentine , Steve Kuhn , after which he appeared as a singer and guitarist with his own songs. In the 1990s he was a. a. involved in the recordings of Joey Baron , Steven Bernstein , Al DiMeola , Allan Chase , Wolfgang Muthspiel , Brad Shepik , Ned Rothenberg , Scott Wendholt and Michael Blake . For many years he was a member of the Sex Mob formation , as well as in the Ursa Minor bands and in Anton Fier's rock band The Golden Palominos. In the 2000s he also worked with Norah Jones , Bill Frisell , Jenny Scheinman , Nikolaj Hess , John Lurie ( The Legendary Marvin Pontiac: Greatest Hits ) and his brother, bassist Peter Scherr . In the field of jazz he was involved in 78 recording sessions between 1986 and 2019, including with Hermine Deurloo . Scherr lives in Brooklyn.

personal data
SURNAME	Scherr, Tony
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American jazz musician (double bass, electric bass, also guitar, banjo)
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH	New Haven , Connecticut