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[[Image:TomMcDermottEvanChristopher3May06.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Tom McDermott (left) with clarinetist [[Evan Christopher]], 2006.]] |
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| ⚫ | '''Tom McDermott''' is a jazz pianist born in [[St. Louis, Missouri]], USA in [[1957]]. He began studying piano at six and became a professional musician at age sixteen. He earned his masters in music at [[Washington University in St. Louis]] in [[1982]]. In [[1984]] he moved to [[New Orleans]] and became noted for the style of jazz linked to the town, especially [[Dixieland]] [[jazz]] and [[ragtime]]. He was in the group "Dukes of Dixieland" in the [[1990s]]. However he has done other styles, including [[Brazilian jazz]]. |
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| ⚫ | '''Tom McDermott''' is a jazz pianist born in [[St. Louis, Missouri]], USA in [[1957]]. He began studying piano at six and became a professional musician at age sixteen. He earned his masters in music at [[Washington University in St. Louis]] in [[1982]]. In [[1984]] he moved to [[New Orleans]] and became noted for the style of jazz linked to the town, especially [[Dixieland]] [[jazz]] and [[ragtime]]. He was in the group "Dukes of Dixieland" in the [[1990s]]. However he has done other styles, including [[Brazilian jazz]]. His arrangements for such groups as the [[New Orleans Nightcrawlers]] combine traditional New Orleans style with very distinctive modern innovations. |
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==Discography== |
==Discography== |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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*[http://www.strdigital.com/mcDermott.htm Artist bio at STR Digital] |
*[http://www.strdigital.com/mcDermott.htm Artist bio at STR Digital] |
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*[http://depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/isam/sp99art7.html Article about Tom by Edward A. Berlin of Brooklyn College] |
*[http://depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/isam/sp99art7.html Article about Tom by Edward A. Berlin of Brooklyn College] |
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Revision as of 00:06, 6 May 2007
- There is also Tom McDermott JR. the politician
Tom McDermott is a jazz pianist born in St. Louis, Missouri, USA in 1957. He began studying piano at six and became a professional musician at age sixteen. He earned his masters in music at Washington University in St. Louis in 1982. In 1984 he moved to New Orleans and became noted for the style of jazz linked to the town, especially Dixieland jazz and ragtime. He was in the group "Dukes of Dixieland" in the 1990s. However he has done other styles, including Brazilian jazz. His arrangements for such groups as the New Orleans Nightcrawlers combine traditional New Orleans style with very distinctive modern innovations.
Discography
As a leader
- All the Keys and Then Some (STR)
- Louisanthology (STR)
- The Crave (STR)
- Danza (STR)
- Choro do Norte (STR)
- Live in Paris (STR)
As sideman
- New Orleans Nightcrawlers (Rounder)
- Funknicity (Rounder)
- New Orleans Nightcrawlers: Live at the Old Point
- Tim Laughlin: Isle of Orleans
- Kevin Clark: New Orleans Jazz Brunch
- Matt Perrine: Sunflower City
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tom McDermott.
- Artist bio at STR Digital
- Article about Tom by Edward A. Berlin of Brooklyn College
- People of New Orleans - Video interview with Tom McDermott playing the Maple Leaf Rag at the end (Quicktime and Windows Media formats).
- Ragtime site
- Satchmoz
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