David Tronzo

• Name — David Tronzo • Born — 13 December 1957 • Birthplace — Rochester, New York, U.S. • Genre — Jazz, pop, rock, experimental • Occupation — Musician • Instrument — Guitar • Years Active — 1972–present • Associated Acts — The Lounge Lizards, Spanish Fly

David Tronzo was born in 1957 in Rochester, New York. He was drawn to music at age eleven and decided on guitar by age thirteen and taught himself. By age fifteen he was playing gigs. "I was playing five nights a week, though I really just had three good notes and five good chords." He credits rock music as an early influence. He lived in New York City from 1979 to 2002. As Visiting Artist at Berlin's Hochschule der Künste (HdK), his technique on the slide guitar was documented in two doctoral theses in Germany, in 1995 and 2001. He has also been an Artist in Residence at the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Maine. He appeared in the movie Talking Guitars as himself in 2007. His work has also appeared on the soundtracks of two films: Short Cuts in 1993 and Excess Baggage in 1997. Tronzo has been an associate professor at the Berklee College of Music since 2003.

• Roots (Knitting Factory, 1994) • Night in Amnesia with Reeves Gabrels (Upstart, 1995) • Crunch (Love Slave, 1999) • Scratchy Monsters, Laughing Ghosts with Stephen Vitiello (New Albion, 2005) • The Light and Other Things (Creative Nation Music, 2007)

• Queen of All Ears, Lounge Lizards (Strange & Beautiful Music, 1998) • Redemption, Slow Poke (Intuition, 1999) • At Home, Slow Poke (Palmetto, 2007) • V16, V16 (2003) • The Sonic Temple Monday and Tuesday, V16 (2007) • Vancouver '08, V16 (2008) • 100 Years of Flight, Club D'Elf (KUFALA, 2005) • Gravity All Nonsense Now, Club D'Elf (KUFALA, 2005) • Now I Understand, Club D'Elf (Accurate, 2006) • Electric Moroccoland/So Below, Club D'Elf (Face Pelt, 2011)

• Another Hand, David Sanborn (1991) • Life's Too Short, Marshall Crenshaw (1991) • Live at the Knitting Factory, John Zorn (1992) • Phillip Johnston's Big Trouble, Phillip Johnston (1992) • Last Day on Earth, John Cale/Bob Neuwirth (1994) • Time Was, Curtis Stigers (1995) • Travel On, Julian Dawson (1995) • Walking on Locusts, John Cale (1996) • An American Diary Vol. 2, Mike Mainieri (1999) • Candy and Dirt, Heather Eatman (1999) • Tender Trap, Janis Siegel (1999) • Written in Red, Louise Taylor (2000) • Real, Heather Eatman (2001) • Dime Grind Palace, Sex Mob (2003) • You Inspire Me, Curtis Stigers (2003)