New York-based jazz musician
Tony Scherr plays acoustic and electric bass and guitar in a variety of (often downtown) line-ups. He played with
Woody Herman while a teenager, and later performed in Russ Gershon's
Either/Orchestra and
John Lurie's
Lounge Lizards.
Scherr has toured the U.S., Japan and Europe, and now has a recording studio based out of his home. He has worked frequently with reedist
Michael Blake, in the
Lounge Lizards, on Blake's
Kingdom of Champa and in the groove quartet,
Slow Poke, whose debut CD
Scherr also engineered. Other artists
Tony Scherr has worked with include
Sophie B. Hawkins and
Maria Schneider. ~ Joslyn Layne