User:Tony Morales~enwiki

Second-generation drummer. His father, Lloyd Morales, has worked with various big bands and singers for the last 30 years, including Frank Sinatra, Les Brown, Barbra Streisand and Dean Martin.

Tony was born in Los Angeles, Ca., went to Eagle Rock High School, and was a member of the school's award-winning jazz big band. After that, I went on to record over 30 records and/or perform live with:

* Rippingtons * Rickie Lee Jones * David Benoit * Patti Austin * Diane Schuur * The Benoit/Freeman Project * Kilauea * Pocket Change * Peggy Lee * Eric Marienthal * Stan Ridgeway * Grant Geissman * The Grandmothers (Zappa's old band) * The Fowler Brothers * Nelson Rangell * Full Swing * Carl Anderson

Film and television credits include:

* Two "Charlie Brown" specials * "The Young and the Restless" (featured on-camera with the band). * "Into the Night" (with The Rippingtons) * "Arsenio Hall" (with the Benoit/Freeman Project) * "KTTV's 35th Anniversary Special" (with Full Swing) * "Dream On" (the HBO series) * "Cheers" * "The Pink Panther" cartoons * "The Mask" (Jim Carrey movie) * "Encyclopedia Brown" (for HBO) * "Frasier" * "All My Chidren"

In 1996 Tony went to work for SGI Silicon Graphics Inc. as a webmaster where he now manages SGI's web presence.