Elevation Tony Grey

• 1 Guiding Light 08:44
• 2 Chicks Chums 04:39
• 3 Freedom Jazz Dance 07:26
• 4 Floating River Yangtze 07:39
• 5 Galactic Samurai 04:51
• 6 Elevation 04:49
• 7 Walking In, Walking Out 06:48
• 8 Dil Chahata Hai 10:32
• 9 Solar 02:36
• 10 Someday My Prince Will Come 04:45
• Total Runtime 01:02:49

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Besides being some of the greatest musicians ever known, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Hiromi, John McLaughlin, Branford Marsalis, Zakir Hussain, Mike Stern and Steve Lukather all have something else in common. At one time or another, these legendary artists have counted on the supportive, melodic and propulsive bass playing of the amazing Tony Grey. Artists of such stature and virtuosity do not trust just anybody to hold down the foundations of their music. They seek out the best for live performances and recordings. Time and time again they have turned toward the expertise and artistry of Tony Grey.

Now, Tony Grey is set to release his fourth solo album, “Elevation”, on October 15 2013 through Abstract Logix Records. “Elevation” is a beautiful, multi-track showcase of collaboration with a who’s who of guitar and musical greats; featuring the amazing Mike Stern, fretless guitar legend David Fiuczynski, Whitesnake’s Reb Beach, Japanese star Hotei Tomoyasu, and finally, Tony’s illustrious uncle and guitar legend John McLaughlin, who contributes a new and never-before-released composition that he penned for Chick Corea.

Tony wrote all the music for “Elevation”, also arranging his own version of “Some Day My Prince Will Come” featuring Fabrizio Sotti, along with the funky “Chick’s Chums” from Mahavishnu John McLaughlin. Nir Felder, Romain Collin, and Mino Cinelu all lend their musical mastery to Tony’s tracks.

Tony stands out as not only an immensely talented bassist, but one of most formidable writers of the next generation, whose music transcends genres, appealing not only to the attentive, longtime fan, but also creating a musical bridge for those new listeners about to enter the rhythmically-addictive world of Tony Grey.

Elevation marks the return of Bassist, Composer Tony Grey to the Abstract Logix Label after his sophomore release- Chasing Shadows. Brilliantly crafted, this very musical outing features a new and never released composition from John McLaughlin that was written for his friend Chick Corea. Chick's Chums is a great funky tune featuring John himself on the guitar. Elevation features 10 tracks featuring fretless Guitar Whiz David Fiuczynski, Mike Stern, Nir Felder, Tomoyasu Hotei. The wonderful percussionist Mino Cinelu can also be heard on the cut featuring McLaughlin.

Tony Grey, bass
David Throckmortonm, drums
Romain Collin, keyboards
Mino Cinelu, percussion

Recorded basic tracks at Skip Sanders Studio
Engineered by Skip Sanders and Ken Wallace
Mixed by Leon Hughes
Mastered by Scott Kinsey
Produced by Tony Grey

Please Note: We offer this album in its native sampling rate of 48kHz, 24-bit. The provided 96kHz version was up-sampled and offers no audible value!

Tony Grey
Born March 25, 1975 in Newcastle, England. Tony Grey is a multi-instrumentalist, master bassist, composer, producer, published author and award-winning music educator; he studied at the world-renowned Berklee College of Music and graduated in 2001, receiving the prestigious ‘Outstanding Performer’ award.

Tony is a highly regarded musician and educator, known for his melodic playing and technique, his innovative jazz/world-fusion compositions, and his groundbreaking music education curriculum and teaching philosophy. “Let nothing restrict you but the limitation of your own imagination.” - Tony Grey

Tony was raised in a family where music was just another family member. His path toward becoming a musician was born out of an accident that nearly took his life.

At the age of 18 after breaking his back, Tony picked up his first bass guitar. During his recovery he started playing under the watchful eye of legendary guitarist, John McLaughlin.

Tony successfully auditioned for a scholarship to the world-renowned Berklee College of Music in Boston. During his years at Berklee, Tony join the newly formed pop band ‘Bliss’. The group had signed a major record deal with the legendary record producer, Terry Ellis, who in the past discovered Billy Idol, Jethro Tull, Blondie, Huey Lewis and the News and Pat Benatar, to name a few.

Tony spent 18 months touring with the group throughout Asia, appearing on several TV shows, recording three hit singles, filming MTV music videos, and achieving a Top Ten CD.

Tony left the group in order to return to the USA to complete his studies at Berklee. During his last years at Berklee, Tony studied with some of the greatest teachers – Kenwood Dennard, Larry Watson, Bruce Gertz and Rich Appleman.

Tony graduated from Berklee in 2001 with the prestigious “Outstanding Performer” Award. Since graduating, Tony has led many clinics and master classes at Berklee and has appeared in many of the college’s showcase events, including a tribute to US pop legends Steely Dan, hosted by the President of Berklee, and attended by Donald Fagen and Walter Becker of Steely Dan.

Tony has gone on to collaborate and perform with some of the world’s greatest musicians, such as:

John McLaughlin, Hiromi, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Gavin DeGraw, Hotei Tomoyasu, Dennis Chambers, Bill Evans, Shankar Mahadevan, Zach Alford (David Bowie/B52’s), Reeves Gabrels & Jason Cooper (The Cure), Andy Mckay (Roxy Music), Mike Edwards (Jesus Jones), Zakir Hussain, Gregorie Maret, Gary Husband, Mino Cinelu, Brian Blade, Mike Stern, Karsh Kale, Wayne Krantz, Steve Lukather (Toto), Branford Marsalis, Shaggy, Ice-T, M-1 (Dead Prez), Melanie Fiona, Simon Philips (Hiromi/Toto), Dave Holland, Mark Guiliana, Kenwood Dennard (Sting/Miles Davis), Russell Ferrante (The YellowJackets), David Fiuczynski (Screaming Headless Torsos), Larry Watson, Fabrizio Sotti, Ada Rovatti, David Garfield, Frank Mccomb, David Nichtern, Res, Raymond Angry, Gene Lake (David Sanborn), Dave Dicenso, Chris Dave,

Oliver Rockberger, Falu, Reb Beach (Whitesnake), Deantoni Parks, Lionel Loueke (Wayne Shorter/Charlie Haden), Naveen Kumar, and Christian Scott.

In 2004, Tony had the great honor of performing at New York’s Lincoln Centre with David Nichtern’s band ‘Drala’ for his holiness the Dali Lama. ...

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