xaphoon Brian Wittman ERNIE TOLLAR - Saxophones & Flutes, and Composition Performing from Cairo to Kapuskasing, Ernie finds connections in world cultures. Jazz collaborators include Dave Restivo, Shelly Berger, Robi Botos, Yvette Tollar, Space Trio with Paul Fitterer and John Gzowski, NOJO, New and Used, Desert City Drift, Kenny Wheeler, Joe Lovano, Hugh Marsh, Don Thompson, David Piltch, and Don Byron. World music credits include performances with Trichy Sankaran's Trio, Greek/Arabic ensembles Maza Mezé, Pavlo, Jesse Cook, Indo-Jazz group Tasa, Altin Yildiz Gypsy Orkestar, Maryem Tollar, Rick Shadrach Lazar and Spare Parts. Ernie has studied South Indian classical music with mrdangam virtuoso Trichy Sankaran and N. Ramani 'Flute', Arabic music with Alfred Gamil, Dr. George Sawa, Ibrahim Kawala and continues to study in these areas. He has recorded on many CD's incl. Tasa, Trichy Sankaran's Trio, David Restivo, The Sicilian Project, MazaMeze, and Maryem Tollar. Ernie Tollar! 's Discography as a soloist on Sax, Nay and Bansuri Flute's includes Juno Award winning and nominated cd's in the Jazz and World music categories. (The Sicilian Project, Yvette Tollar) In the Recording Studio: Ernie has worked for an array of producers including: Jonathon Goldsmith, Steve Webster, Michael Phillip Wojewoda, Claude Desjardins, Eric Robertson, Ron Allen, Shelly Berger, Danny Greenspoon and Ken Whiteley, and sessions for Keen, Pirate, Rosnick MacKinnon, Tom Third, and Jim Blight, Mickeymar
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