Dave Tofani

Dave Tofani is an American saxophonist and woodwind player, and composer. As a session musician he has performed on over 500 jazz, pop, and rock recordings such as the clarinet solo on "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye" by Soft Cell.^[1] He played in the ensemble at the Simon & Garfunkel 1981 concert in Central Park, identified by Simon as the saxophone soloist that night for Simon's song “Still Crazy After All These Years.”

Discography

As sideman

• Closeup - Frankie Valli (1975)
• Good King Bad - George Benson (1976)
• Never Letting Go - Phoebe Snow (1977)
• Thighs and Whispers - Bette Midler (1979)
• Candi Staton - Candi Staton (1980)
• Naughty - Chaka Khan (1980)
• Double Fantasy - John Lennon, Yoko Ono (1980)
• Aretha - Aretha Franklin (1980)
• Gloria Gaynor - Gloria Gaynor (1982)
• The Nightfly - Donald Fagen (1982)
• Chaka - Chaka Khan (1982)
• I'll Keep On Loving You - Linda Clifford (1982)
• Pacific Fire - George Benson (1983)
• Passionfruit - Michael Franks (1983)
• No Sound But a Heart - Sheena Easton (1987)
• Bulletproof Heart - Grace Jones (1989)
• Am I Not Your Girl? - Sinéad O'Connor (1992)
• Kamakiriad - Donald Fagen (1993)
• Snowfall on the Sahara - Natalie Cole (1999)
• Songs from the Last Century - George Michael (1999)
• Nature Boy: The Standards Album - Aaron Neville (2003)

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