Steve Tavaglione
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Biography
Steve "Tav" Tavaglione is an American woodwind and EWI musician. He taught himself to play saxophone and performed early on with a jazz trio at his uncle's bowling alley. His first professional appearance was with Sly and the Family Stone at the first Annual American Music Awards. In 1976, he co-founded the Latin fusion group Caldera with Jorge Strunz, Eduardo del Barrio, Dean Cortez, Carlos Vega, and Mike Azevedo. Signed to Capitol Records, the band released four albums, including their self-titled debut, whose song "Out Of The Blue" reached number 95 on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart in 1977, and Time and Chance, which reached number 46 on the Billboard Best Selling Jazz LPs chart in 1978. Tavaglione has also contributed as a studio musician to recordings by Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, John Pisano, Scott Kinsey, Diana Ross, George Benson, and Lee Ritenour, among others, and has performed on numerous television and film soundtracks, including works by Thomas Newman and Mark Isham.
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- The Chimes at Midnight featuring John Beasley
- Stendec Transmissions featuring Walt Fowler
- Planet Mongo featuring Walt Fowler
- Disco Extract featuring Walt Fowler
- Gone to Croatoan featuring Walt Fowler
- Underwater featuring Walt Fowler
- Twilight featuring Walt Fowler
- The Organization of Chaos featuring Walt Fowler
- Stone Flower featuring Herbie Hancock
- Hungry Dogs featuring Michael Landau
- Astral Travel featuring Walt Fowler
- Ayala featuring Bob Sheppard
- I Can Let Go Now by Steve Tavaglione
- I Can Let Go Now featuring Chad Wackerman
- Creatchy Stomp OTB featuring Paul Jackson, Jr.
- Tsunami featuring Allan Holdsworth
