Anthony Mazzella is a professional concert guitarist, recording artist and producer.
BILLBOARD Magazine describes him as "
the new generation of guitar hero" and
GUITAR ONE magazine voted him "
one of the top ten guitarists in the country". Anthony released 8 CD's, tours internationally, made guest appearances on major artist’s releases, receives airplay on national radio and satellite television, and has an independent film soundtrack to his credit. He is an established presence in the genre of instrumental music and has many new projects on the horizon.
Anthony began his performance career as a concert guitarist in
New York City . He quickly built up a strong following performing in most every live music club in
Manhattan including:
The Bitter End, CBGB's, Cat Club, Cafe Wah etc. Anthony then landed a headlining spot at
The BLUE NOTE NYC just one year after street performing in front of it and spent the following years touring colleges & universities all over the USA . He then went on to performing on stages all over the world as a solo artist and as the concert guitarist for world music master
Omar Faruk Tekbilek. He has opened for headlining artists,
James Brown, Tower of Power , The Commodores, and Spyro Gyra. His original music is composed with a fusion of world influences consisting of acoustic and electric fingerstyle, classical, flamenco, jazz, funk, R&B, celtic, ambient, rock, medieval & middle-eastern. He also plays a one-of-a-kind Ten String Guitar that he designed and was built by his father. On this unique instrument, Anthony displays his abilities in fingering bass lines and chords with his left hand while simultaneously playing melodies on the fret board with his right. In 1997 he recorded his debut solo CD titled
“The Birth”. In 2000 he recorded a CD titled
“States of Being” with a freestyle trio based in the Washington DC area. In 2001 he recorded
"BRIO" with
platinum selling recording artist Chris Spheeris and was an awarded
“best acoustic instrumental album of 2001" by NAV. In 2002 he recorded his second solo CD titled
“Unity”. In 2004 he recorded
“The Soulmate Called God” with teachings of enlightenment by Ivonne Delaflor. In 2006 he collaborated with
three time Grammy nominated recording artist William Eaton, together they composed and recorded a CD for the
Electric Harp Guitar Group.
