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Tony Balluff




Clarinetist , Composer , Arranger and Bandleader .

Born in Minnetonka , Minnesota , and raised in the suburbs of Minneapolis . Balluff began playing jazz as early as high school. Already a skilled classical performer, he went on to study at the University Of Wisconsin .

Tony Balluff's tastes in Jazz have run the gamut from early jazz (traditional or Dixieland jazz) to modern jazz. He has settled into a groove by focusing on Dixieland and Gypsy Jazz .

Balluff performs regularly in Minnesota and at major jazz festivals nationally.


CURRENT AND PAST BANDS

  • 32nd Street Irregulars (Leader)

  • The Bill Evans New Orleans Jazz Band

  • Brass Messengers

  • The Charlie DeVore New Orleans Jazz Band

  • Fidgety Feet (Leader)

  • The Freight House Jazz Band (Leader)

  • Parisota Hot Club

  • The Southside Aces

  • Twin Cities Hot Club

  • Special appearances with local, national and international bands



COMPOSITIONS

  • Brown Sugar at Midnight

  • C.S. Stomp

  • March of the Nomads

  • My Red Alma



ARRANGEMENTS

  • Stuck On Me

  • Why Don’t You Do Right

  • Just a Closer Walk with Thee

  • ---Many other Spirituals , Dixieland, Big Band and modern tunes done in a Dixieland style


  • For Whom the Jingle Bells Toll

  • ---Many other Christmas Songs in a Dixieland style