Tony Cattano
Appears on:Trombonist and composer.
He approached jazz at an early age, attending various workshops held by internationally renowned musicians.
In 1999, he attended the summer seminars at “Siena Jazz,” where he was awarded a scholarship.
In the summer of 2000, he returned to the Siena Jazz seminars and won another scholarship,
this time to represent the Siena Jazz Association and Italy at the 12th International Association of Schools of Jazz (I.A.S.J.) meeting,
held at Berklee College of Music in Boston in June 2001.
He later joined the group Roy Paci & Aretuska, with whom he performed for three years,
touring extensively and playing at major Italian and European music festivals.
Between 2002 and 2003, he played and recorded with various pop and alternative artists and bands.
He has collaborated with several groups, including:
Qbeta, Walkway (by Nello Toscano), Antonio Moncada Quintet, Skrunch (by Francesco Cusa),
As Sikilli Ensemble (by Stefano Maltese), Reevoluto, Alvaro Wilson, Trinkle Trio (by Paolo Sorge),
Altomaria, Cattano Bros (by Carlo and Tony Cattano), Massimo Nunzi Jazz Orchestra, Roberto Spadoni Six,
Living Quartet (by Silvia Bolognesi), Paolo Sorge and the Jazz Waiters, Four in Monk,
La Rivoluzione dal Basso (by Marco Colonna), Test Quintet (by Stefano Tesei), Bobo Rondelli,
The Inner Room (by Federico Marchesano), Pasquale Innarella Jazz Quintet, Mario Raja Big Bang,
Slide Family featuring Gary Valente, Far Fly Music Community, Colours Jazz Orchestra, Nada,
Curva Minore (Sicilian music crew), The Zippy Code (by Giovanni Guidi).
He has performed with:
George Gruntz, Bob Mintzer, Maria Schneider, Gianni Basso, Kenny Wheeler, Tony Scott,
Gianluca Petrella, Gary Valente, Franco Ambrosetti, Eddie Henderson, Don Byron,
Paul Jeffrey, John Tchicai, Keith Tippett, Tiziana Ghiglioni,
Marcello Rosa, David Liebman, Lawrence “Butch” Morris, Marco Tamburini,
Giancarlo Schiaffini, Rob Mazurek, Javier Girotto, Eugenio Colombo, Pietro Tonolo, Francesco Cafiso,
Giovanni Guidi, Dan Kinzelman, Mauro Ottolini, Cristina Zavalloni, Ettore Fioravanti, Roberto Bellatalla, and many others.
He has released several recording projects under his own name and as co-leader:
Cattano Bros – Cattano Bros. (TRP, 2005)
La gatta nel sacco – Test Quintet (Labirinti Sonori, 2008)
Vocione – Vocione (Monk Records, 2010)
Saragolla – Test Quintet (Musica delle Sfere, 2011)
Sweet Dreams, Baby – Baap! (Monk Records, 2011)
Amazing Recordings – Collettivo Franco Ferguson (P.P., 2011)
Live at Moro Jazz Festival – John Tchicai & Franco Ferguson Orchestra (2011)
L’Uomo Poco Distante – Tony Cattano Octet (Fonterossa Records, 2015)
Naca – Tony Cattano “Naca” Quartet (AUT Records, 2016)
Le Armi di Ares – Vocione (AUT Records, 2016)
Left Hand Theory – Vocione (AUT Records, 2020)
He teaches jazz trombone at the “G.B. Martini” Conservatory in Bologna.