TONY DESMARTEAU


Close your eyes and you won't believe your ears! That can't be only one guitarist...well, it is!
  Drawing upon influences of guitar greats such as CHET ATKINS,
DJANGO REINHARDT, BARNEY KESSEL, and LENNY BREAU, and also
the piano styles of ART TATUM, ERROLL GARNER, and OSCAR PETERSON,
Tony has developed a driving, rhythmic, and melodic style combined with a good
helping of improvisational flair, that will knock your socks off!

  Not only a solo act, Tony also plays regularly with Winnipeg based artists
 TRACY K
 THE SWING CATS
 GERALD LAROCHE
 LIANNE FOURNIER(as one of her "PEARL DRIVERS").

Tony has also performed and/or recorded with: MARILYN LERNER JANE BUNNETT AUDIOMASTER RICK GRATTON PAUL JANZEN CRAZY CORNERS JIM EAVES RON PALEY STEFAN BAUER SWING PATAT MARIE-LYNN HAMMOND MAGGI MAY HUGO TORRES MARGARET SWEATMAN THE NATIONAL BALLET OF CANADA C.B.C.(RADIO and TELEVISION) THE NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA JAYLENE JOHNSON DANIEL KOULACK SID ROBINOVITCH KRIS PURDY ELI HERSCOVITCH SISTER DOROTHY RICHARD MOODY 4TH AVENUE THE WYRD SISTERS THE WELFARE STARLETS/STRANGE ANGELS M'SHUGGA! (...Winnipeg's hot players - fun-filled - R&B/JAZZ band ! )
Tony has also done commercial sessions with players such as; MOE KOFFMAN GUIDO BASSO TERRY CLARK ROB McCONNELL DON THOMPSON PAUL HOFFERT
  Tony also teaches guitar and music: players from as widely varying
backgrounds as HEATHER BISHOP and KURT SCHEFTER (ALANNAH MYLES),
search him out for insight and inspiration! He has also played across
Canada through the ARTISTS IN THE SCHOOLS program with Gerald LaRoche.

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