Ready for Success with Tony Quarrington, Eclectic swinging standard-like originals

This new band of veteran players got together to do what ended up being a year-long residency at Toronto’s Imperial Pub, recently closed after 81 years. To the band’s already large repertoire of jazz standards ( and not so standards) Tony Quarrington and Zoey Adams brought a whole bunch of original songs from their 8 previous recordings. These take in a lot of genres, from sassy swing to moody ballads to sensuous Latin, and are sometimes sung in Spanish or French.

Tony Quarrington guitar, vocals

Zoey Adams. vocals

Bruce Tatemichi piano, sax, flute

Chester Manoharan, electric bass

Pierre LeGendre, drums

READY FOR SUCCESS is a new band of veteran musicians who have recently completed a year-long Friday residency at the renowned Imperial Pub (now defunct). They are a five-member jazz band who perform some standards, but mainly focus on original instrumental tunes and songs by members Tony Quarrington (guitar/vocals) and Zoey Adams (vocals). These two have released seven albums of their compositions, and in 2025 they joined forces with the trio of Bruce Tatemichi (piano/sax/flute), Chester Manoharan(bass), and Pierre LeGendre (drums). Besides their long residency, they have performed at the Tranzac, My House in the Junction, and Momiji. As yet unreleased is a live recording made at the Imperial in its last weeks.