Ron Anthony
| Ron Anthony | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Ron Anthony |
| Born |
16 December 1933 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Guitar |
 https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/ron-anthony Oral History, Ron Anthony reflects on his first guitars. Interview date March 9, 2011, NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) Oral History Library] |
Ron Anthony (born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on December 16, 1933)[1] is a renowned American jazz musician. He is also a music teacher.
He studied guitar with Jerry Condorato becoming a musician. He was also the first teacher of Ron Affif his nephew. In 1955 I became a member of the 7th Army Jazz Band in Stuttgart, Germany. He studied at Duquesne University majoring in string bass with a piano minor for a year and then moved to New York. In 1962 he joined the George Shearing Quintet for 2 years, rejoined the group also later in 1971 until 1975.
In 1965, he moved to Los Angeles where he started doing television and session work in addition to a lot of jazz club dates with various groups including his own group the Ron Anthony Quintette. He also worked with Frank Sinatra from 1986 to 1995 playing live on Sinatra's album Duets I & II. Since then, he has been freelancing around the world with his own group the Ron Anthony Quintette, teaching and recording albums.
Discography
Albums
- Same Time Same Place (as Ron Anthony Quintette)
- It's Always 4 AM (as duo Ron Anthony / Dave Carpenter)
- Collaborations
- Rare Form and As Requested (as member of George Shearing Quintette)
- The Memory of All That (a tribute album to Frank Sinatra (featuring members of the Sinatra rhythm section, Bill Miller and Lou Levy (piano), Ron Anthony and Al Viola (guitar), Chuck Berghofer (bass) and Jo Labarbera (drums)
- Jazz Guitar From A to Z (Ron Anthony with Barry Zweig (guitar), Dave Stone (bass) and Joe La Barber (drums)