Results for "Tony Campise"

Tony Campise

Born: January 22, 1943

Prolific Austin composer, first call pianist Rich Harney dies suddenly at 66

March 21, 2020

jny: Austin is mourning the loss of one of its finest and most beloved musicians, pianist Rich Harney. Harney passed away on January 5, 2020, just before a Sunday night trio gig at The Elephant Room. Born in Champaign, Illinois, Harney was a prolific composer first inspired by the recordings of Oscar Peterson. Influences include Thelonious ...

For the Grand Prize: April Is . . . ?

by Jack Bowers
April 4, 2010

Did you know that April is Jazz Appreciation Month? Neither did I until I chanced upon a press release to that effect. According to the Smithsonian Institution's Smithsonian Jazz website, there are “celebrations in all 50 states and 40 countries." If I'm not mistaken, New Mexico is one of those 50 states, and no one here ...

Jazz Great Tony Campise Dies at 67

March 8, 2010

Local jazz saxophone great Tony Campise, who was nominated for a Grammy in 1992 for his “Once In a Blue Moon" LP, died Sunday morning at University Medical Center Brackenridge a day after having a brain hemorrhage. Campise, 67, never fully recovered from an October fall outside a Corpus Christi hotel, where he hit the back ...

Once In A Blue Moon

By Tony Campise

Label: TES
Released: 1990