Anthony Casolari

Anthony Casolari is a Master's grad from UNT's Jazz studies program.  While at UNT, Anthony played in the One, Two, Three, and Four O'clock lab bands as well as the Latin jazz lab.  He worked with Lynn Seaton in both his undergrad and masters at UNT, and also worked with Gudrun Raschen for 4 years during his undergraduate degree.   As a member of the One o'clock lab band and the UNT jazz lecture series program, Anthony got to record bass on Lab 2024, the Two O'clock's album "Born Two Swing!", and perform alongside Helen Sung, Matt Wilson, Anisha Rush, Billy Childs, Steve Davis, Nicole Zuraitis, Helen Sung, Lyle Lovett, Delfeayo Marsalis, Zach Brock, Camille Thurman, Miki Yamanaka, Miguel Zenon, Darmon Meader, Ashlin Parker, Sylvester Onyejiaka, and many more.  Anthony was a member of the 2025 JAS academy big band session where he worked with Christian McBride, Brian Lynch, and Chuck Bergeron for two weeks and then performed alongside Jose James, Alicia Olatuja, Brian Lynch, and Christian Mcbride.  Prior to attending UNT, Anthony worked as an active sideman in the South Florida jazz scene and was fortunate to have been asked to play along side many local greats throughout the state of Florida like Ira Sullivan, Jason Hainsworth, Paul Ayick, Melton Mustafa, Bob Dogan, Billy Ross, and Dr. Lonnie Smith.


I am the bandleader of The AC Unit.  We strive to push the envelope of what jazz is sonically, and how the genre is presented at its very core.  The band takes influence from everything including Jazz, Rock, Classical Music, Metal, Hip Hop, Latin Jazz, Funk, and more.