Tony DiGregorio - Composer/Guitarist
• Composed/performed incidental music for experimental theater productions of The Room (composer), The Lady Aoi (composer/performer), and Journey into the Night (composer/performer).
• Scored the Jason King film, The Caprice. Soundtrack of original music for The Caprice performed by Tony DiGregorio with bassist Theo Wilson and drummer John Thomas.
• Performed with the Swing Now Trio (1985-1994) with various special guests such as Charli Persip, Teddy Charles, Max Kaminsky, Chuck Wayne, Gene Bertoncini, Buddy Tate, Tom Harrell, Eddie Barefield, Mel Lewis, Bobby Watson and many others. Performed in the film “Call of the Jitterbug” with The Swing Now Trio.
Worked with Laurel Watson, Hill Greene, Ken Filiano, Theo Wilson, Nicki Parrot, John Rasczka, Dave Hopkins Trio, Marco Katz, Tim Hays and others since 1994; including a performance of Terry Riley's In C with The Styrenes in 2003.
CD:
I Love Pancakes (Bovine Bop 1002) with Tim Hays (alto saxophone), Nathan Paris (trombone), Hilliard Greene (bass), Joe Peterson (bass) and Andy O’Neill (drums). All original compositions.
Was Ist Los Liebe (Bovine Bop 1001) with Mary Anne McSweeney (bass) and John Thomas (drums).
The Caprice
Music
by Tony DiGregorio
Composer
CUNY Queens College
(1980-1985)