RISING NEW YORK CITY COMPOSER/TRUMPETER
TONY GLAUSI SET TO RELEASE FIFTH ALBUM,
WHEN IT ALL COMES CRASHING DOWN, ON JANUARY 8 |
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Hailed as “a great writer and a terrific trumpet player”
by legendary songwriter Burt Bacharach |
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Track premiere for first single, "Once Upon A Dream," at JAZZIZ |
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For Immediate Release – 2020 threw many for a loop, but it didn’t stop Tony Glausi. In fact, Tony thrives on taking what’s occurring both inside and outside of himself, the negative and the positive, and turning it into stirring, musical treasures that listeners identify with.
Award-winning composer/trumpeter Tony Glausi continues to inspire the music world with his fifth album and its original compositions, masterful arrangements, and exquisite trumpet playing. For the first time, to his listeners’ delight, Tony delivers sincere and alluring vocals, adding yet another enthralling element and providing his audience with the sensation that they are witnessing a musical take place throughout the streets of New York City. When It All Comes Crashing Down is endlessly intriguing with a line-up of tracks both buoyant and wistful that showcase Tony’s talent alongside his pursuit to translate the human experience into music.
While referring to the release of his debut album Identity Crisis in an interview, Tony expressed that even with all the music out there in the world, he felt like he had to make and release his album at that particular time because it so clearly communicated what he was thinking and feeling during the years of its creation. And that’s what it’s still about for Tony, creating music from a truly authentic place that others can relate to. He demonstrates this in his most recent EP, Sabor a Mí, as he depicts the ups and downs of love and how sweeping it can sometimes be (“Hasta la Madrugada”). Tony’s fifth album, When It All Comes Crashing Down, does not fall short of exemplifying the human experience through music as it delves into the pains of divorce (“Alone In The Rain”), family crises (“To Pray”), and leaving behind a religious identity (“Finding My Way Out Of The Maze”).
Few artists have the ability to compose uniquely genuine music and lyrics that stay honest and true to their own life, but with both parents and all four grandparents being musicians themselves, it would have been nearly impossible for Tony to go about without eventually channeling his struggles into brilliant, musical expressions. All produced by Tony Glausi and recorded by Grammy-winning Nolan Thies at The Bunker Studio in Brooklyn, NY, When It All Comes Crashing Down features young New York heavyweights Emmet Cohen (piano), Dan Chmielinski (bass), Bryan Carter (drums), Lucas Pino (saxophone), and will be released January 8th, 2021.
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Among other accolades, Tony won first prize in the jazz division of the 2014 National Trumpet Competition, first prize in the jazz division of the 2017 ITG International Trumpet Competition, and first prize in the 2017 Carmine Caruso International Jazz Solo Competition. Tony has been recognized in several issues of DownBeat Jazz & Blues Magazine for outstanding improvised solos and compositions, and he was the sole recipient of the 2016-17 Laurie Frink Career Grant, an award given every other year to a young brass player in honor of Laurie’s legacy as an incomparably inspiring pedagogue, mentor, and friend.
Growing up in a musical family in Portland, Oregon, Tony began to sing and play the piano at a young age. Citing Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Tracy Chapman, Paul Simon, Queen, Chet Baker, and Earth Wind & Fire amongst his earliest influences, by 10 years old he had started to play the trumpet and compose, later becoming his emphases. Tony now resides in New York and performs and records with the likes of Billboard-charting pianist and singer Peter Cincotti, Grammy-nominated pianist Randy Porter, highly celebrated vocalist Halie Loren, and a wide array of artists based in the city. To date, Glausi has produced numerous records of his own music in physical and digital formats, garnering awards, high-praising press, and an ever growing buzz amongst fans of all ages across social media platforms. As a diversified composer, his works have been commissioned on many occasions to be performed and recorded by world-class musicians. He has toured dozens of countries around the world playing at renowned festivals and clubs including the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, the Leopolis Jazz Festival in Ukraine, the New Morning in Paris, and the Blue Note in New York, while also having performed as a featured guest artist with ensembles such as the United States Marine Corps All Star Jazz Band, the Eugene Symphony, and high school and college bands throughout the states.
Full bio at https://www.tonyglausi.com/about |
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