Tony Dagradi

Anthony Arnold "Tony" Dagradi (born September 22, 1952) is an American jazz saxophonist.

He studied under Pepper Adams, Andy McGhee, Kidd Jordan, and Tony Aless in his youth, and was a student at Berklee College of Music (1970-1972).

The following year he founded the ensemble Inner Visions, which included Ed Schuller and Gary Valente as sidemen.

After touring with Archie Bell and the Drells, he relocated to New Orleans in 1977 and freelanced regularly with jazz and blues musicians in the city.

In 1978 he cofounded Astral Project, a group which has been active on the New Orleans jazz scene for over forty years.