Tony Cattano

Tony Cattano (1979) is a trombonist and composer. He graduated in Trombone from the "V. Bellini" Music Institute in Catania in 2000.

He approached jazz from a young age, attending seminars led by musicians of international renown: Giorgio Gaslini, Paolo Fresu, Tony Oxley, Franco D'Andrea, Gianluca Petrella.

In 1999 and 2000 he attended the Siena Jazz summer seminars, earning two scholarships — one to represent Siena Jazz and Italy at the 12th international meeting of the I.A.S.J. (International Association of Schools of Jazz) at Berklee School in Boston in June 2001.

From 2001 to 2004 he was a member of "Roy Paci & Aretuska", touring the most important Italian and European pop and alternative music festivals.

Collaborations

He has collaborated with numerous groups, including: Qbeta, Walkway, Antonio Moncada Quintet, Orchestra Jazz del Mediterraneo, Skrunch, As Sikilli Ensemble, Trinkle Trio, Altomaria, Cattano Bros with Carlo Cattano, Massimo Nunzi Jazz Orchestra, Roberto Spadoni Six, Silvia Bolognesi Living Quartet, Paolo Sorge and the Jazz Waiters, Four in Monk, Franco Ferguson, The Inner Room, Pasquale Innarella Jazz Quintet, Mario Raja Big Bang, Silvia Bolognesi Open Combo, Slide Family featuring Gary Valente, Colours Jazz Orchestra, Curva Minore, and many more.

He has performed with: George Gruntz, Bob Mintzer, Maria Schneider, Kenny Wheeler, Tony Scott, David Murray, Gary Valente, Eddie Henderson, Don Byron, Paul Jeffrey, John Tchicai, Keith Tippett, David Liebman, Lawrence "Butch" Morris, Rob Mazurek, Jason Moran, Stefano Maltese, Flavio Boltro, Giovanni Guidi, Mauro Ottolini, Francesco Cafiso, Cristina Zavalloni, Javier Girotto, and others.

He has also recorded and performed with pop and alternative artists including: Qbeta, Mau Mau, Teresa De Sio, Piero Pelù, Samuele Bersani, Mannarino, Nada, Mauro Ermanno Giovanardi, Banda Ionica, Ana Popovic, Mario Venuti, John Cale with Orchestra da Camera di Brescia, Diodato, and Vinicio Capossela.

Festivals

He has performed at numerous Italian and international festivals, including Villa Celimontana Jazz (Rome), Saalfelden Jazz Festival (Austria), Jazz No Jazz (Zurich), Umbria Jazz, MiTo Turin-Milan, Bergamo Jazz Festival, Sudtirol Jazz Festival, Torino Jazz Festival, Parma Jazz Frontiere, "Il Jazz Italiano per le Terre del Sisma" (L'Aquila), San Vito Jazz (Pordenone) and many others.

Teaching

He taught Jazz Trombone and Ensemble at Siena Jazz University from 2012 to 2020.

Since 2021 he has been teaching Jazz Trombone, Composition Techniques and Ensemble at the "G.B. Martini" Conservatory in Bologna.

As leader and co-leader

• Cattano Bros — Cattano Bros (TRP, 2005)
• La gatta nel sacco — Test Quintet (Labirinti Sonori, 2008)
• Vocione — Vocione (Monk Records, 2010)
• Saragolla — Test Quintet (Musica delle Sfere, 2011)
• Sweet Dreams, Baby — Baap! (Monk Records, 2011)
• Amazing Recordings — Collettivo Franco Ferguson (P.P., 2011)
• Live at Moro Jazz Festival — John Tchicai & F. Ferguson Orchestra (2011)
• L'Uomo Poco Distante — Tony Cattano Ottetto (Fonterossa Records, 2015)
• Naca — Tony Cattano "Naca" Quartet (AUT Records, 2016)
• Le Armi di Ares — Vocione (AUT Records, 2016)
• Left Hand Theory — Vocione (2020)

Selected collaborations

• Magic Circus — C. Giglio (1997)
• Triacos — F. Cannizzaro (2000)
• Trois éclats de temps — A. Moncada (2000)
• Reevoluto — Reevoluto (2002)
• Che vita — S. Bersani (2002)
• U.D.S. — P. Pelù (2002)
• The Stars at S. Andrea — Devics (2002)
• First — Orchestra Jazz del Mediterraneo + Pietro Tonolo (2002)
• Hamada Suite — S. Maltese As Sikilli Ensemble (2002)
• Tuttapposto — Roy Paci & Aretuska (2003)
• Crudele — Mario Venuti (2004)
• Indigeno — Qbeta (2004)
• Psicopatologia del serial killer — Skrunch (2005)
• Dea — Mau Mau (2006)
• Cuore a nudo — M. E. Giovanardi (2007)
• Slow Food — Paolo Sorge and the Jazz Waiters (2007)
• Four in Monk — A. Gomellini feat. E. Henderson (2007)
• Varii — Silvia Bolognesi Living Quartet (2007)
• The Lion is Dreaming — S. Maltese feat. Keith Tippett (2009)
• This Floating Space Suite — As Sikilli Ensemble — S. Maltese (2009)
• Nineteen Plus One — Colours Jazz Orchestra feat. Kenny Wheeler (2009)
• The Spiritual Man — Ceglie Open Orchestra feat. John Tchicai (2009)
• Large — Silvia Bolognesi Open Combo (2010)
• Live at Moro Jazz Festival — John Tchicai & Franco Ferguson Orchestra (2011)
• L'ora dell'ormai — Bobo Rondelli (2012)
• A World Apart — Stefano Maltese Open Sound Ensemble (2012)
• A Famous Local Singer — Bobo Rondelli e l'Orchestrino (2013)
• Il Mandorlo — Silvia Bolognesi Almond Tree (2013)
• Venga il regno — Virginiana Miller (2013)
• Americana — Guano Padano (2014)
• Possible Universe — L. B. Morris (2014)
• The Lomax Tapes — Paolo Botti (2015)
• Fino all'ultimo minuto — Quartetto di Livorno (2016)
• Mappe per l'Eden — Dinamitri Open Combo (2019)
• The Call: For a New Life — Nexus (2021)
• F.O.O.L. — Fonterossa Open Orchestra (2020)
• 11 Windows — Giacomo Riggi (2021)
• The Dreamtime — Daniele Cavallanti (2022)
• Overlaps — Carlo Cattano Orchestra (2022)
• Rituals — Carlo Cattano (2024)
• Jungle Duke — Silvia Bolognesi (2025)