Introducing, Tony Newton TNT Xtreme
Tony Newton is a truly original and unique music artist. Newton has
a tradition steeped in many hit recordings, distinctive creative expression,
and extreme talent. From funk to fusion, from rock to jazz, if you
are looking for true musicianship and creative artistry, you have
found a wellspring of innovative musical talent. Tony describes TNT
Xtreme as. Motown meets Hendrix meets Miles.
Tony
comes out at the top of his game, embracing a long history of working
with top name music artists on recordings and tours. Tony and TNT
Xtreme emanate tidal waves of real musical magic and creative energy.
To witness Tony and his very talented musician artist associates at
work is to see and have an unparalleled musical vision and experience.
In live concert and on recording, you will tap into a deep and unending
flow of inner creative and kinetic energy, inspiring the very best
in you and your own human potential. TNT Xtreme defines a new
era of musicianship and music that will give your heart and soul food
for satisfaction.
At
the core of TNT Xtreme is music visionary, legendary composer-bassist-keyboardist-vocalist-producer,
Tony Newton, a musician's hall of fame member who has performed
on over 25 gold and platinum hit recordings. Acclaimed for
his dynamic work with the famed jazz-rock-fusion group, the Tony
Williams Lifetime, Newton, one of the original architects of jazz-rock-fusion
penned the classic compositions, Snake Oil, Red Alert, and
others. In addition to being a prime Motown bassist-music director,
he performed on many historic hit recordings and tours with Stevie
Wonder, Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson(music Director),
the Temptations, Aretha Franklin, The Funk Brothers and more,
as well as working with veteran rock guitarist, Gary Moore
in the British group G-Force. Tony also performed and composed
with legendary guitarist and friend, Robby Krieger from the
mega-group, The Doors, on Robby's solo CD, "Cinematrix". Newton
has a long musical history, participating on many hit recordings and
tours, throughout his long and prolific musical career.
TONY
NEWTON TNTXtreme is a music-making machine that can also soar through
the heavens of musical artistry and creative expression to explore
new improvisational territory. In concert or on recordings,TONY NEWTON
TNT Xtreme in your life will reward you with a multitude of real musical
treasures!
Mean
Streets Rock Magazine of Los Angeles states, "Tony Newton is a monumental
master and true music visionary!"
QuantumArtists@Yahoo.com
"Antonio
Newton, super genius, will go down in history as one of the most vital
path-forgers of our era" …Music critic Randali of Mean Street
Magazine.
Tony
Newton, has experience in certain areas that make it almost impossible
to play anything else; and that anything else is what I didn't want
to hear anyway. He worked eight years with Motown, so he had to play
a certain way. Like Allan Holdsworth, he not only plays long beautiful
lines, but at the same time he plays very rhythmically. Some bass
players are busy playing the bass as if it's another guitar. That's
fine with me, except that it wasn't what I wanted for the band..…Tony
Williams
History
notes that a fallen apple was the inspiration for Sir Isaac Newton's
Theories of universal gravitation. But legendary fusion master-musician-composer
Antonio (Tony) Newton, founder of Los Angeles-based White Dove
world-rock-fusion orchestra vanguard, -- never had much time for apple
orchards. Recording studios and concert stages were his classrooms.
John Lee Hooker, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson,
Gary Moore and Allan Holdsworth were his classmates. Drawing
from this wealth of experience and professional relationships, Newton
has emerged as a multifaceted composer/producer and musician (vocals,
electric bass, and keyboards) and applied his pioneering concepts
in harmony theory and composition to successfully integrate a variety
of musical genres. Strap yourself in for some heart stopping, spirit
moving, mind-bending musical expression.
Profusely
creative, high energy, innovative, sensitive yet dynamic would be
a few terms that could describe the artistry of music prophet Antonio
(Tony) Newton, who stands as one of the most progressive, creative
and influential music artists of this contemporary music era! Chances
are you've heard Newton, a performer on over 25 million selling
Gold recordings. Born and raised in Detroit MI., Newton
began his career first on piano at age seven, beginning professionally
at the tender age of thirteen, playing bass guitar with blues
legends John Lee Hooker, T-Bone Walker, Little Walter and other classic
artists on the urban blues circuit. This was not without receiving
initial recognition as an accomplished saxophone and woodwinds player
in various orchestras and ensembles. Newton gained swift acclaim as
one of the Midwest's most prominent bassists through his association
with Motown records. Newton was discovered by Motown executive Hank
Cosby while playing in Detroit Blues clubs at the age of 16.
He was chosen to replace James Jamerson as touring bassist
with Smokey Robinson and the Miracles so that Jamerson could concentrate
on studio recording exclusively. Within two years Newton became Music
Director for Smokey. He also toured with all of the Motown artists
such as: Diana Ross and the Supremes, Martha and the Vandellas,
Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Four Tops, Temptations, Michael Jackson
and the Jackson 5, Spinners, and others. While at Motown from
time to time, playing with the "Funk Brothers" he left his
trademark of solid, hard driving, and deftly clever grooves on such
timeless hits as "Where Did Our Love Go", "Baby Love", "Stop In
The Name Of Love", "Nowhere to Run" on the east coast, and on
the west coast, "ABC', "Never Can Say Goodbye", "Don't Leave Me
This Way", and many others. Also a little unknown fact is that
Newton and James Jamerson played together as 2 basses simultaneously
on the above Motown Hits. Newton was also the bassist for the famed
1965 European Motown Review tour, mentioned in the film, "Standing
in the Shadows of Motown" (not Bob Babbit).
In
the following years, Newton gained swift acclaim as a prominent bassist
in the music industry through his fat bass sound, infectious lines,
and solid grooves on many hit recordings for Motown, Holland-Dozier-Holland,
Warner Bros, CBS, Atlantic and others, continuing in the tradition
and inheriting the musical bass torch of his mentor and friend, Motown
staff bass legend, the late, great funk brother, James Jamerson.
Newton (known as the baby funk brother, being the youngest at 16)
went on to establish himself as one of the most versatile musician-composers-producers
in his field. He recorded and toured with rock, pop and r & b's
most celebrated figures -- Michael Jackson, Aretha Franklin,
Smokey Robinson (whom he served as bassist and music director,) Stevie
Wonder, Gladys Knight, Little Richard and many others. Newton
was staff bassist for the talented songwriting-producing team Holland-Dozier-Holland
and their Invictus-Hotwax label playing on several hits for artists,
Freda Payne, 100 Proof, 8th Day, and others. Tony played
on other Detroit recording studio-labels classic hits ie: Stax "The
Dramatics, What You See is What You Get", "Johnny Taylor's, Part Time
Lover", and more. He also gained recognition as one of the
founding fathers of fusion, as bassist-composer-vocalist in the acclaimed
jazz-rock fusion group: "The Tony WiIIiams Lifetime" penning
the fusion classics, "Snake Oil", and "Red Alert", sweeping
the globe with their intense, high-energy, complex style, cited historically
in the "Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll."
He was also an integral member of British hard rock group "G-Force"
with veteran guitarist Gary Moore. The multi-talented
Newton fondly remembers these times as "special" when reflecting back
as this is when he met and worked with Sharon Arden-Osborne,
his then manager, and Ozzie Osborne showing up at some
of G-Force's English concert tour gigs (The Osborne's beginnings).
Newton's prolific talents include writing and producing classic rock
songs and instrumentals. These include, "You Kissed Me Sweetly",
and "I Trust Your Loving", "Dancing." Newton, degreed in classical
composition and piano from LACC and Mt. St. Mary's College, of Los
Angeles, his formidable keyboard artistry featured in the Novaphonic
series music catalog, are used in many film and video soundtracks,
i.e.: "The Martin Luther King Awards," and "Fields of Wrath",
The Cesar Chavez plight of farm workers story. Newton
is also a former touring music director, keyboardist, and producer-writer
("Hold On") for Grammy Award winning vocalist, Thelma Huston.
Performing professionally for over 3 legendary decades, from rock,
funk, soul, fusion and new age jazz, from soundtracks to a Summit
Symphony in seven movements, from inspiring solo piano and keyboard
performances to masterly, heart thumping, power packed, high energy
bass grooves, like we said earlier, chances are you've heard contemporary
adult music artist-icon Antonio Tony Newton
Continuing
in the commercial rock tradition of his former group, Interscope
recording artists "Newton's Law," however now using the addition
of expanded orchestrations and arrangements, as well as a new level
of high-energy intensity, hip-hop rhythms and complex instrumental
compositions along with masterful hit crafted songs of romance, love,
and personal challenges in life complete this powerful music formula.
Being a true creative recluse, in his spare time, Newton, a prolific
composer-songwriter of a massive body of musical works including the
landmark "NOVAPHONIC SOUND" theory series, an innovative scientific
music harmony discovery by Newton, is also an avid computer enthusiast
and author-writer of over fifteen books on music, computer tech, philosophy
and self-help. Additionally, he lectures, conducts workshops as well
as teaches privately and at local schools and community colleges occasionally.
Additionally,
Newton's bass work is featured on Academy Award winning movie soundtracks
to include "Breathless" and "An Officer and a Gentleman". Performing
professionally for over 3 legendary decades, from rock, funk, soul,
fusion and new age jazz, from soundtracks to a Summit Symphony
in seven movements, from inspiring solo piano and keyboard performances
to masterly, heart thumping power-packed, high energy bass grooves,
like we said earlier, chances are you've heard legendary bassist Antonio
(Tony) Newton. Tony came full circle returning to his Detroit roots
hit making music and legendary musician friends the "Funk Brothers,"
getting the call from Jack Ashford touring the world with them for
the past year and a half.
A
master of both music and word, Newton's lyric content reaches deep
philosophical levels of prose and meaning while musically achieving
new frontiers of creative compositional expression in sound, form,
style and technique. Rock hard and ferociously funky songs like "Love
and Money", "One People One Planet", a World Peace offering,
along with high-energy impact instrumental compositions such as Newton's
searing rock production-arrangement of classic master composer, Gustav
Holst's "Mars" from his legendary epic Symphony, "The
Planets," along with powerful Newton originals "Sunset
Crusin" and "Hollywood Bop", finds the "INIMITABLE"
ANTONIO TONY NEWTON delivering a dynamic and enlightening
blend of emotionally charged, heartfelt musical performances providing
eclectic music lovers worldwide with a profound and exciting listening
experience in recordings or concert "on point" with innovative 21st
century master
*
Music with vision - NA Music Guide,
* Antonio Newton, a monumental master MS Magazine, Los Angeles
his very talented musician artists at work is to see and have an
unparalleled musical vision and experience. In live concert and
on recording, you will tap into a deep and unending flow of inner
creative and kinetic energy, inspiring the very best in you and
your own human potential. TNT Xtreme defines a new era of musicianship
and music that will give your heart and soul food for satisfaction.
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Motown." Click on the "GROOVEMASTER" image to view a
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