Tony Yang Trio

Tony Yang - Guitar
Oscar Edwards - Drums
Will Marken - Saxophone


Dedicated to jazz, Tony has spent years immersed in the jazz repertoire and performing regularly around Melbourne. Since 2023, he has been a member of the Melbourne Youth Jazz Orchestra. He earned second place in the VCASS Outstanding Soloist Competition, making history as the first jazz guitarist to receive the award. Tony has also been featured as a soloist with the Daryl Mackenzie Jazz Orchestra and was selected as a finalist for the James Morrison Scholarship, performing at Mount Gambier.

His primary musical influences include guitarists James Sherlock and Mike Moreno, trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, and saxophonist Wayne Shorter. Tony has studied extensively with Melbourne jazz guitarist James Sherlock, and under the mentorship of Mike Moreno, a faculty member at the Manhattan School of Music. He has also studied with other notable Melbourne jazz musicians, including saxophonist Tony Hicks and pianist Mark Fitzgibbon.

You may also like the following events from Tony Yang:

• This month, 22nd January, 10:00 am, Tony Yang Quartet featuring James Sherlock in Brunswick

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