Anthony Geraci

Anthony R. Geraci (born 1954) is an American blues and jazz pianist, organist, singer and composer. A keyboard player with a professional career in excess of 40 years, Geraci has played on stage with Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Otis Rush, Chuck Berry, Big Mama Thornton, Big Joe Turner, and Jimmy Rogers, and has recorded work with Big Walter Horton, Ronnie Earl, Big Jack Johnson, Zora Young, Sugaray Rayford, Debbie Davies, and Kenny Neal among others. Otis Rush was a fan of the recording. Over this period, the Bluetones also backed Memphis Slim for a few concerts in the Boston area. In 1994, the album Take It from Me, billed as by Little Anthony & Sugar Ray Garcia, was issued by Tone-Cool Records. The album was credited to Anthony Geraci and the Boston Blues All-Stars.

In July 2020, Daydreams in Blue, was released on Shining Stone Records. The album contained a dozen tracks. The poignant song, "Ode to Todd, Ella, and Mike Ledbetter", remembered friends and family. Daydreams in Blue peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Top Blues Albums Chart.

In 2022, Geraci signed with Blue Heart Records for release of Blues Called My Name.

Over the past decade he has fronted various performing groups. These include Anthony Geraci and the Boston Blues All-Stars; the Proven Ones that featured Kid Ramos, Willie J. Campbell, Jimi Bott and Brian Templeton; and Little Anthony & The Loco-Motives.

Geraci has performed at many festivals including the Montreux Jazz Festival (Switzerland), North Sea Jazz Festival (Netherlands), and Montreal International Jazz Festival (Canada).

Anthony Geraci and the Boston Blues All-Stars were a 2021 Blues Music Award nominee in the 'Band of the Year' category, whilst Geraci himself was nominated for the sixth consecutive time in the 'Instrumentalist Piano (Pinetop Perkins Piano Player Award)' category. and saw Geraci finally rewarded as that year's Pinetop Perkins Piano Player. Geraci won his second 'Pinetop Perkins Piano Player' citation at the 2023 Blues Music Awards.

Discography Albums