Tony Guerrero
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Tony Guerrero is a musician, composer, writer and producer. His career as a jazz
trumpeter has spanned over twenty years, starting with the release of his first CD, Tiara in 1988. He has since released seven solo albums, several of which garnered critical praise, Top20 jazz radio play, and earned him a worldwide audience. His songs have been recorded by jazz artists around the world, including contemporary stars Brian Bromberg
and Greg Vail and he has toured as a headliner and guest artist throughout the world, including Europe, Asia, South America, South Pacific and all over the United States. He has played on albums from dozens of other artists and recorded and/or performed with artists as diverse as Freddie Hubbard
, Tom Scott
, Brian Wilson
, Billy Idol
, Slash
, Phil Keaggy
, David Pack
, and countless others. His work as a producer has placed him in a wide variety of styles from jazz, rock, country, Christian and musical theater.
Tony's latest CD releases are "Blue Room"-2010 (which spent about five months on the national jazz charts) "Apasionado"-2008, a collection of original Latin/Brazilian themed music featuring Grant Geissman, Bill Cantos, Brian Bromberg, Eric Marienthal and more, and "This IS The Hi-Fi Quintet"-2008, a band project paying homage to the retro-lounge music of the 50s-60s. Both CDs are available on iTunes and via his website, as are many of his recordings.
From 1999 until 2010, Tony served as the Director of Creative Arts and/or Music Director for Saddleback Church
(Rick Warren
, pastor) where he oversaw hundreds of musicians, singers and artists in everything from weekly services to concerts and productions. In 2005 & 2006, Saddleback Church premiered a large scale musical theater production of The Journey, a Christmas musical co-written by Tony, and 2007 saw a new original production called "The Christmas Station". Tony recently served as music director for Rick Warren's "Saddleback Civil Forum On the Presidency" with John McCain and Barack Obama. He is frequently asked to speak on various aspects of church music in conferences and at churches around the world.
As an author, Tony has written monthly articles for Worship Leader Magazine and has published his own book entitled Attracting Quality Musicians. He has also had several of his cartoons published in various publications over the years. Tony also maintains a large collection of Louis Armstrong
memorabilia at his home in Southern California which he shares with his wife Candice and their two children, Ella and Nico.
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
trumpeter has spanned over twenty years, starting with the release of his first CD, Tiara in 1988. He has since released seven solo albums, several of which garnered critical praise, Top20 jazz radio play, and earned him a worldwide audience. His songs have been recorded by jazz artists around the world, including contemporary stars Brian Bromberg
Brian Bromberg
Brian Bromberg is an American jazz bassist and record producer who performs on both electric and acoustic instruments...
and Greg Vail and he has toured as a headliner and guest artist throughout the world, including Europe, Asia, South America, South Pacific and all over the United States. He has played on albums from dozens of other artists and recorded and/or performed with artists as diverse as Freddie Hubbard
Freddie Hubbard
Frederick Dewayne "Freddie" Hubbard was an American jazz trumpeter. He was known primarily for playing in the bebop, hard bop and post bop styles from the early 1960s and on...
, Tom Scott
Tom Scott (musician)
Tom Scott is an American saxophonist, composer, arranger, conductor and bandleader of the west coast jazz/jazz fusion ensemble The L.A. Express.-Biography:Scott was born in Los Angeles, California...
, Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson
Brian Douglas Wilson is an American musician, best known as the leader and chief songwriter of the group The Beach Boys. Within the band, Wilson played bass and keyboards, also providing part-time lead vocals and, more often, backing vocals, harmonizing in falsetto with the group...
, Billy Idol
Billy Idol
William Michael Albert Broad , better known by his stage name Billy Idol, is an English rock musician. A member of the Bromley Contingent of Sex Pistols fans, Idol first achieved fame in the punk rock era as a member of the band Generation X...
, Slash
Slash (musician)
Saul Hudson , known by his stage name Slash, is a British-American musician and songwriter. He is best known as the former lead guitarist of the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he achieved worldwide success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. During his later years with Guns N'...
, Phil Keaggy
Phil Keaggy
Phil Keaggy is an American acoustic and electric guitarist and vocalist who has released more than 50 albums and contributed to many more recordings in both the contemporary Christian music and mainstream markets...
, David Pack
David Pack
David Robert Pack , is a Grammy Award Winning Artist, Producer & Music Director of Global Events. His career began as the front man, vocalist and guitarist with the rock group Ambrosia popular in the 1970s and 1980s.-Career:...
, and countless others. His work as a producer has placed him in a wide variety of styles from jazz, rock, country, Christian and musical theater.
Tony's latest CD releases are "Blue Room"-2010 (which spent about five months on the national jazz charts) "Apasionado"-2008, a collection of original Latin/Brazilian themed music featuring Grant Geissman, Bill Cantos, Brian Bromberg, Eric Marienthal and more, and "This IS The Hi-Fi Quintet"-2008, a band project paying homage to the retro-lounge music of the 50s-60s. Both CDs are available on iTunes and via his website, as are many of his recordings.
From 1999 until 2010, Tony served as the Director of Creative Arts and/or Music Director for Saddleback Church
Saddleback Church
Saddleback Church is an evangelical Christian megachurch located in Lake Forest, California, situated in southern Orange County, affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention. The church was founded in 1980 by pastor Rick Warren...
(Rick Warren
Rick Warren
Richard Duane "Rick" Warren is an American evangelical Christian minister and author. He is the founder and senior pastor of Saddleback Church, an evangelical megachurch located in Lake Forest, California, currently the eighth-largest church in the United States...
, pastor) where he oversaw hundreds of musicians, singers and artists in everything from weekly services to concerts and productions. In 2005 & 2006, Saddleback Church premiered a large scale musical theater production of The Journey, a Christmas musical co-written by Tony, and 2007 saw a new original production called "The Christmas Station". Tony recently served as music director for Rick Warren's "Saddleback Civil Forum On the Presidency" with John McCain and Barack Obama. He is frequently asked to speak on various aspects of church music in conferences and at churches around the world.
As an author, Tony has written monthly articles for Worship Leader Magazine and has published his own book entitled Attracting Quality Musicians. He has also had several of his cartoons published in various publications over the years. Tony also maintains a large collection of Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong , nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana....
memorabilia at his home in Southern California which he shares with his wife Candice and their two children, Ella and Nico.