Tony Bradan

Tony Bradan (born Antonio Alfredo Bradanovich; October 6, 1913 – 23 November 1999) was a Canadian teacher, guitarist, and arranger.

His mother, Maria Filomena Bussanich, was born to Italian parents from Lussinpiccolo, Austria-Hungary (now Mali Lošinj, Croatia).

During World War II, he was musical director of the Army Show and arranger for the Canadian orchestra of the Allied Expeditionary Forces.

[7] Tony also created an instructional book and accompanying 45 rpm record entitled Basic Guitar Lessons (Silvertone).

Bobby Gimby Plays Dixieland[8] (various recordings) with Mart Kenney and His Western Gentlemen[9] Les Foster and Five Fabulous Friends[10] Latin Lustre by Chicho Valle and His Orchestra[11] CBC Television's Summertime '58, The Tony Bradan Quintet (Sept 11, 1958) CBC Radio's The Sound of Guitars, Tony Bradan, various other (1963–1968) Guitariana by Giovanni Liberatore (arranger: Tony Bradan)[12] Tony's students included George Arvola,[13] Neville Barnes,[1] Gary Benson,[1] Ed Bickert,[14] Larry Chown,[15] Art DeVilliers,[1] Bobby Edwards,[1] Mike Francis, Kenny Gill,[1] Warren Greig, Fergus Hambleton, Peter Harris,[1] Andy Krehm,[1] Ihor Kukurudza, Bill Lechow, John Liberatore, Lorne Lofsky,[16] Michael Maguire, Danny Marks,[17] Rob Martin,[18] Kim Mitchell,[19] James Pett, Jeff Peacock, Rob Piltch,[20] Whitney Smith,[21] Richard Stewardson,[22] Bruce Todd, Rainer Wiens, Barton Wigg and Dean Zimmerman.