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Kulturhaus, Jazzmeile Gotha, Germany, 2008
Thüringische Landeszeitung
vom 08.10.08 Seite ZAGO308
Gotha
Harmonisch und rhythmisch einfallsreich - Gotha. (tlz/wifi) Mit Barmusik im
besten...
Harmonisch und rhythmisch
einfallsreich
Gotha. (tlz/wifi) Mit Barmusik im besten Sinne haben Olaf Jäger (Piano)
und
Tony Natale (Schlagzeug) die diesjährige Thüringer Jazzmeile in
Gotha
eröffnet. Jägers perlendes Spiel auf den Tasten und Natales treibender
Beat,
das war die rechte Würze, mit der das Duo Carne Con Chilli die Zuhörer
im
Foyer des Kulturhauses unterhielt auch wenn sich beide aus einer Ecke des
Raumes heraus produzieren mussten (siehe Leserbrief).
Der Pianist aus Behringen und der Amerikaner aus Gotha haben sich als Carne
con Chilli einer würzigen Mischung aus Jazz, Blues, Ragtime und
Boogie-Woogie verschrieben. Da brauchte es nicht den für klassischen
Jazztrios nötigen Bass. Das erledigt Jäger mit seiner Linken und
Natale mit
zurückhaltendem, dann vorwärts treibendem Schlag. Die Logik ihres
Arrangements, ihr harmonischer wie rhythmischer Einfallsreichtum gefielen.
Bildunterschrift:
Mal dezent, dann vorwärts treibend: Tony Natale. Mit seinem Duo-Partner
Olaf
Jäger (Piano) trat der in Gotha lebende Schlagzeuger aus den Saaten zur
diesjährigen Thüringer Jazzmeile im Kulturhaus-Foyer auf.
Foto: Fischer
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BILLBOARD
MAGAZINE Tony most recently was performing with New York City's legendary blue's artist "Michael Powers." This performance was in Harlem, New York, December 5, 2008. What an honor, pleasure and fun it was to perform with Michael again after all these years.
While in NYC, I also got a chance to perform with Tommy Major and Entrain at the Cutting Room in NYC. Jon Paris at BB Kings NYC, Billy Hector at the West Side Tavern, Point Pleasant, New Jersey, also with John Eddie, Kenny Arronson, Mark Daine, Steve Count, Claire Daly, Bill Sims, Vince Conigliaro and with many others. What a enjoyable time it was seeing and performing with these long time friends and musicians again. |
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MOJO
- ONYX ROOT LISTED IN 2005 TOP TEN BEST BLUES ALBUMS Michael Powers and Tony, Harlem, New York, December 5, 2008. |
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BLUES
REVUE BLUESWAX
Tony performing with Michael Powers and Pinky Mendez (bass warrior). Performances were on every monday evening at Terra Blues, 149 Bleecker Street, NYC. November 2008 through to January 5 2009. What a fantastic time! |
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New York City, January 2009, Backstage at Terra Blues with Pinky Mendez (bass warrior). Getting ready for our monday night performance with Michael Powers.
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October 23, I had lunch with nine other excellent drummers at the Jane Street Tavern, down town NYC. We had a good laugh together exchanging road stories, telling jokes and I made some new friends too. From
left: Alan Jax Bowers, Dennis Diken, Jonathan Mele, Chris DeRosa, Kenji
Tajima, Tony Natale, Billy Ward, unknown, Louie Appel, and Joe
Franco.
I also got a chance to have dinner with my former teacher, roomate, running partner, Kenwood Dennard and keyboardist Delmar Brown. It was fun catching up with these friends. |
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"CARNE CON CHILLI" CONCERT AT THE MUSIC-FILM-THEATER IN BLANKENBERG, GERMANY, JANUARY 17, 2009. OLAF AND TONY BURNING IT UP!!! |
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"CARNE CON CHILLI" Performing the Jazzmeile concert at the Kulturhaus, Gotha, Germany, October 2008. BURNING IT UP at the Kulturhaus! Foto: Fischer |
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"Carne Con Chilli" 2007 CD release "Road Dog." 12 tracks of tony and olafs original songs. Spicy reggae, jazz, latin, booggie woogie, funk, cha cha cha music. Produced by Tony Natale and Olaf Jäger at Drum Track Studio, Gotha, Germany. Olaf Jäger-Keyboards Tony Natale-Drums Featuring Bassist Charles Sammons on "Searching."
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Music Messe Frankfurt 2008 "Vic Firth Drum Stick Booth" with some very famous drummers. Dom Famularo, Tony Natale, Nicky Gebhard, Peter York, Wolfgang Hoffner.
Photo by Marco Soccolli |
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Music Messe Frankfurt 2008 "Vic Firth Drum Stick Booth" with some of the very famous drummers of today. Wolfgang Hoffner, Vic Firth, Tony Natale, Mike Terrana.
Photo by Marco Soccolli |
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Music Messe Frankfurt 2007 Vic Firth Drum Booth with some of the very famous drummers of today. Mark Dyke, Neil, Gean, Dennis Chambers, Paul Frederick, Mikkey Dee, Tony Natale, Dom Famularo, Dennis Poschwata, Randy Black, Tommy Igoe, Dirk Brandt, Gas....
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SuperStars Live Eldorado Casino, Shreveport, Louisiana. October 11 to December 18, 2005. From top left: Jeff Scott as Buddy Holly and Everly Brothers, Bernie Jessome as Everly Brother and Roy Orbinson, Juliette Mahon, Cindy Dardas , Meg Ryan, Tara Gathright, Lesley Basham, (the lovely superstar dancers), Geri Mingori as Janis Joplin and Stevie Nicks, Don Thomson as Garth Brooks. Mark Grifith (guitar), Tony Natale (drums), Rich Janice (Keyboards and musical director), Brenda Bass (trumpet, keyboard, percussion) and Rick Slick Willis (bass). We performed 6 nights a week with 2 shows per night. That worked out to 240 shows in twenty weeks. Dave
Michaels - Producer Hossana Da Costa - dance choreographer and costume designer. Doug Ebey photo's and sound. |
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"Wisdom" 5/03
"You may not
know the subtle progress that you are making. Therefore, do not stop."Amma
Forgiveness is the strongest weapon...tn
Better than a thousand useless words is one single word that gives peace. Buddha
Who can trace the invisible path of the man who soars in the sky of liberation, the infinite Void without beginning, whose passions are peace, and over whom pleasures have no power? His path is as difficult to trace as that of the birds in the air. Buddha
Be not the slave of your own past-plunge into sublime seas, dive deep, and swim far, so you shall come back with self-respect, with new power, with an advanced experience, that shall explain and overlook the old. Ralph Waldo Emerson
If a man should conquer in battle a thousand and a thousand more, and another man should conquer himself, his would be the greater victory, because the greatest of victories is the victory over oneself; and neither the gods in heaven above nor the demons down below can turn into defeat the victory of such a man. Buddha
"Excellence is the result of caring more than others think is wise, risking more than others think is safe, dreaming more than others think is practical, and expecting more than others think is possible."John Maxwell
It is better to get your hands
dirty and eat, then to be to proud to work and starve. Hard work means prosperity
only a fool idles away his time. (proverbs)
" There's so
much to learn, so much to learn it's not even funny, and wasting time is not
going to do it."
Gary Chester
"Integrity is one of several paths. It distinguishes
itself from the others because it is the right path and the only one upon
which you will never get lost." M.H. McKee
"The great thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in what
direction we are moving."- Oliver Wendell Holmes
"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God." Matthew 5:9
"We must come to see that peace is not merely a distant goal we seek, but it is a means by which we arrive at that goal. We must pursue peaceful ends through peaceful means."- Martin Luther King, Jr.
How you spend your money , is apart of who and what you are supporting in our world. T. Natale.
"You may not know the subtle progress that you are making. Therefore, do not stop."Amma
"Wisdom is a funny thing it keeps repeating itself"....T. Natale
"Feed the poor and starve the war".... T Natale
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