Tom McIntosh
Thomas "Tom" McIntosh (born February 6, 1927 in Baltimore , Maryland , † July 26, 2017 in Boston , Massachusetts ) was an American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger of hard bop .
Life
Tom McIntosh studied singing at the Peabody Conservatory in 1944 , then learned to play the trombone, and graduated from the Juilliard School of Music in 1958 . From 1956 he worked as a professional musician, played in 1959 with James Moody , 1960 in the Art Farmer / Benny Golson -Jazztet, then again from 1962 with Moody and from 1964 in the New York Jazz Sextet . From 1966 McIntosh worked in the Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Big Band , in 1968 he played with Dizzy Gillespie at the Berlin Jazz Days. In the late 1960s he moved to the west coast and concentrated on composing for film and television. He returned to the east coast in the 199s and began a career as a music educator and director of the Thelonious Monk Institute at the New England Conservatory of Music . In 2003 he presented his first album under his own name, With Malice Towards None .
In 2008 he received the NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship .
Selection discography
- The Complete Argo / Mercury Art Farmer / Benny Golson Sessions
- The Jazztet - Big City Sounds (Argo) (Farmer, Golson, Tom McIntosh (tb), Cedar Walton (p), Tommy Williams (b), Albert Heath (dr), 16, 19 & 20 September 1960)
- The Jazztet The Jazztet and John Lewis (Argo) ((Farmer, Golson, Tom McIntosh (tb), Cedar Walton (p), Tommy Williams (b), Albert Heath (dr), John Lewis (arr), 20. – 21 December 1960, January 9, 1961)
- The Jazztet At Birdhouse (Argo) (Farmer, Golson, Tom McIntosh (tb), Cedar Walton (p), Tommy Williams (b), Albert Heath (dr), Live Chicago, Birdhouse, May 15, 1961)
literature
- Carlo Bohländer , Karl Heinz Holler, Christian Pfarr: Reclam's Jazz Guide . 4th, revised and supplemented edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-15-010355-X .
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide of Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | McIntosh, Tom |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | McIntosh, Thomas (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 6, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Baltimore , Maryland, United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 26, 2017 |
| Place of death | Boston , Massachusetts, United States |