Music Style Smooth Jazz/Smooth R&B

Artist History FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tony Adamo & Ernie Watts, two-time Grammy Award Winner, go #1 Singer/songwriter, Tony Adamo and two-time Grammy award winner, Ernie Watts have gone to the top of the Smooth Jazz Chart at soundclick.com. The song ‘Midnight Caf�,’ featuring Ernie Watts and produced by Jerry Stucker, went to #1 July 14,2003 and # 4 on their Jazz Chart. This is the fourth #1 hit at soundclick.com for Adamo off his Rhombus Record release, DANCE OF LOVE. Ernie Watts, the tenor saxophonist extraordinaire, has honed his unique sound to perfection. Ernie has played with the who’s who of the music industry’s elite: Quincy Jones, Cannonball Adderley, Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, Pat Metheny and Lee Ritenour to name a few. This summer finds Adamo and his producer Jerry Stucker finishing up new music and vocal tracts for his next CD release. The renowned Tower of Power Horns, Paul Jackson, (Headhunters) one of the world’s greatest base players and percussionist Roberto Quintana are contributing to this outstanding musical effort. Tony Adamo is listed under artist, Adamo at soundclick.com. Adamo’s website is found at http://www.jazznow.com/Adamo/adindex.html

Group Members Tony Adamo

Instruments Singer/Songwriter

Albums Dance Of Love

Press Reviews FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 22, 2002 Contact: Roc Armani - urbanzonrecords@earthlink.net Singer/songwriter, Tony Adamo broke down the music barriers on the worldwide web in 2002. Adamo has taken full advantage of the Internet for promotional and distribution purposes. Adamo’s music has consistently gone #1 five different times on five different Internet smooth jazz charts over the last six months. Rhombus Records has signed Adamo to a distribution deal based on the strength of his music on the worldwide web. As of today, December 22, 2002, after two months, the song “Passport” from Adamo’s new CD release, DANCE OF LOVE, is still #1 on Soundclick.com’s smooth jazz charts and # 2 on their straight ahead jazz charts. “Ecstasy,” another song Tony co-wrote with his producer Jerry Stucker, was also #1 on Soundclick.com’s smooth jazz chart. “Ecstasy,” like “Passpor,” consistently topped artists such as Lee Ritenour, Patti LaBelle, Joyce Cooling, Eric Merienthal and Bobby Matos. Adamo’s music caught the listening ear of John Beaudin of Smoothjazzcanada.com, Canada’s most respected smooth jazz site. Mr. Beaudin is also the drive time announcer at 103.1 the Breeze in Calgary, Canada. Mr. Beaudin liked Adamo’s music so much he interviewed him in November of 2002 and has referred to Adamo as “a refreshing new voice in smooth jazz.” Interview found at www.smoothjazzcanada.com. November was a hot month for Tony Adamo. Jazzreview.com November’s Newsletter picks of the month were Gerald Albright, Chico Hamilton, and Tony Adamo! Lee Prosser, also of Jazzreview.com, said “Tony Adamo is a gifted jazz vocalist/songwriter, and his new CD release, DANCE OF LOVE, is a big winner in the smooth jazz and jazz vocals category. A wide listening audience of the jazz community will find this collection of original material both entertaining and enjoyable. Tony Adamo has a fine singing voice, and at times, sounds like British singer David Bowie. Tony Adamo is the David Bowie of the smooth jazz set and Adamo has quite the unique voice.” Review found at www.jazzreview.com. Also in November, Derick Winterberg, of www.thesmoothjazzsite.com made Tony the new artist discovery for that month. Winterberg’s review stated, “If you want to hear some true smooth jazz vocals, you need to get yourself a copy of DANCE OF LOVE, by newcomer Tony Adamo.” Review found at www.thesmoothjazzsite.com. On his new CD release, DANCE OF LOVE, Adamo has stellar musicians backing him up. Coming from the great band, Tower of Power, are Mic Gillette, Skip Mesquite and Stephen ‘Doc’ Kupka holding down the horn section. Also joining Tony are Ernie Watts on sax, Rodney Franklin on keyboards, Sandy Griffith as backup vocals, Jerry Stucker on guitar, Kenneth Nash on percussion , and John Castalupes on bass. Adamo’s new CD, DANCE OF LOVE can be purchased online at www.towerrecords.com , www.amazon.com , www.barnes&noble.com and at www.rhombus-records.com. Tony’s web page is http://www.jazznow.com/Adamo/adindex.html. For more information on this new artist contact Roc Armani at uubanzonerecords@earthlink.net. Review by Lee Prosser of www.jazzreview.com Review: Tony Adamo is a gifted jazz vocalist/songwriter, and his new CD release, DANCE OF LOVE, is a big winner in the smooth jazz and jazz vocals category. A wide listening audience of the jazz community will find these collections of original material both entertaining and enjoyable. Tony Adamo has a fine singing voice, and at times, he sounds like British singer, David Bowie. Tony Adamo is the David Bowie of the smooth jazz set, and Adamo has quite the unique voice. There are 12 selections on DANCE OF LOVE. Some of the songs include “Ecstasy,” “Hey Lou,” “Rhythm Of Your Love,” “When Love Comes Over You, “Live For Your Love,” “Real Life,” among others. A nice change of pace is in store for the jazz listening audience with Tony Adamo’s fine singing. DANCE OF LOVE is excellent entertainment. Musicians: Tony Adamo, lead vocals, songwriter and executive producer. Jerry Stucker, guitar and musical producer. Ernie Watts, saxophone. Rodney Franklin, piano. ‘Doc’ Kupka, baritone saxophone. Mic Gillette, trumpet and trombone and horn arrangements on “No Strings Attached,” “Mystery,” and “Rhythm of Your Love.” Skip Mesquite, tenor saxophone. Kenneth Nash, percussion. Sandy Griffith, background vocals. Record Label Website: http://www.rhombus-records.com Artist’s Website: http://www.jazznow.com/Adamo/adindex.html Tony Adamo Dance of Love (Rhombus) Smooth jazz is designed to mellow your day. It works even better than that when the singer adds passion and a genuine storyteller’s charm. Tony Adamo creates interest and holds you to it through his suave manner. Most of the songs leave a romantic reminder that surrounds itself with contemporary instrumental sounds and background vocals. Adamo, who recalls the deep baritone of Lou Rawls and the vibrant passion of Tom Jones, makes life easy for loves who just want to agree on something for the moment. His portraits include wordless scatting and lyrical interpretation. Although several selections hamper an otherwise terrific program, Adamo leaves the impression that smooth jazz was designed with the magic of his vocal interpretations in mind. Horns add to the mix, and Ernie Watts enhances ‘Hey Lou’ and ‘Midnight Caf�.’ Soprano and alto saxophonist Melecio Magdaluyo contributes to several selections, as backup singer Sandy Griffith lends strong support for the entire program. You can catch a video of Adamo in action at www.moosepix.com Jim Santella Reprinted with the permission from L.A. Jazz Scene

Location Santa Clara, Ca - USA

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