David Tofani

David Tofani enjoyed an extended career as a fresh York-based program musician that included periodic forays into saving under his very own name. We were young in Williamsport, PA, he was drawn to jazz by hearing records possessed by his uncle and used the clarinet at age group nine. He started playing the saxophone at 12 and got piano lessons beginning at 13. By age 15, he was playing within the John Nicolosi Orchestra. He was recognized to the renowned Juilliard College of Music at 17 and shifted to NY to attend; ultimately, he gained a masters level there. In the meantime, he began to play periods, you start with the orchestra for the Bell Phone Hour tv series. And he became a member of the Lee Konitz-Hall Overton Jazz Quintet. He also performed New York night clubs with his very own jazz music group. Upon his graduation from Juilliard, he was drafted in to the military and spent 3 years playing within the U.S. Armed forces Academy Music group at West Stage. He then came back to NY and released a full-time profession as a program musician. On the following three years, he performed on over 600 albums and 100 soundtracks by his estimation, his customers including jazz superstars such as for example George Benson, Jim Hall, Earl Klugh, Pal Affluent, and David Sanborn. He also made an appearance on albums by such pop superstars as John Lennon (Increase Illusion), Simon and Garfunkel (The Concert in Central Recreation area), Frank Sinatra (L.A. Is certainly My Female), Steely Dan (Two Against Character), and Barbra Streisand (The Concert), and performed on such soundtracks as Beauty as well as the Beast, Sleepless in Seattle, as well as the Wiz. Tofani started a solo profession with the launch from the jazz recording Manhattan Carnival. He adopted it in 2001 with An American Backyard.