My Cousin Tone' is a jazz band of talented and extraordinary musicians. The band plays classic jazz, jazz blues, hard bop, and jazz soul from the era when Blue Note, Prestige, Verve, and Riverside all produced a collection of jazz tunes that will live on forever. Our sets includes jazz vocals from the Great American Songbook. The band benefited from the fantastic guidance and arrangement talents of Dick Griffo , the legendary alto sax player formerly with Woody Herman and now honors his memory along with the memory of Jim Kurzdorfer, the great bassist and original member of Spyro Gyra who served as a mentor. Come and re-live the era of jazz greatness.
The band is noted for having regular and special guests for each gig. Our special guests line up is a "whose who" of the WNY jazz scene and has included:
Andy Peruzzini, Trumpet, Tim Martin, Sax, Bernard Kunz, Guitar, Mathew Harris, Sax, Phil Nyhus, Trumpet, Dick Griffo, Sax, Mari McNeil, Vocals, Melissa Kate, Vocals, Jim Sansone, Trumpet, Tim Clarke, Trumpet, Kelly Buchheger, Sax, and more.
