I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V3.6! TONY AXTELL, a native Minnesotan, graduated from the Musician's Institute Of Technology in Los Angeles, CA with a degree in bass studies. A true multi-instrumentalist, he is an accomplished bassist, keyboardist, drummer, guitarist, vocalist, and a prolific composer, arranger and producer. Tony produces several CDs per year on his own and in collaboration with his partner Matthew Zimmerman of Wildsound Studios, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Throughout his 28 year career, Tony has toured and recorded nationally and internationally with an array of artists including, jazz vocalist and Grammy nominee, Mark Murphy, Japanese artist/keyboardist/producer and multi-award winner, Toshi Hinata (JVC), R&B funk group TKO the "KAJ Orchestra"(Prince), fusion group "Samoa"(ProJazz), artist/guitarist Jimi Behringer (Go Jazz), artist/vocalist Diana Grasselli, Japanese artist/pianist Yukiko Isomura (Victor Records Japan), artist/keyboardist/producer Ricky Peterson, artist/vocalist/writer Kimberly Michaels and pop artist/vocalist icon Donny Osmond. Currently, Tony is keeping quite busy, not only touring with Garrison Keillor's "A Prairie Home Companion" as the front of house sound engineer, but also continually moving forward with his own writing and production, as well as many other musical projects and performance settings. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here is a video directed & edited by Jeff Peabody as well as lyrics written by Marissa Dodge entitled "In A Single Moment" from the 2003 release "SEPTEMBER LIGHT" featuring the collaborations of Tony and Japanese pianist/composer Yukiko Isomura.
