Tom Szczesniak

Thomas "Tom" Szczesniak (born January 26, 1948 ) is an American musician ( piano , organ , bass , accordion ), composer , arranger and orchestra leader who worked for many years in Canada as a session and film musician.

Live and act

Szczesniak came to Toronto in 1973 after playing in the US Air Force Band in Washington, DC. He worked mainly as a musician for film and television productions, u. a. for Earth: Final Conflict, Street Legal, The Road to Avonlea, Side Effects, SCTV, The Wolfman Jack Show and The Jim Henson Hour as well as numerous jingles . As a studio musician he worked a. a. for artists like Gordon Lightfoot , Anne Murray , Esthero , Bryan Adams , Little Richard , kd lang and Dionne Warwick . With Ray Parker and Jim Morgan, he released an album in 1999 with the soundtrack for the animated series Les Aventures De Tintin ( Tintin ). He recorded the jazz album Waltz for Bill (2012) under his own name , a tribute to the pianist Bill Evans . With Ray Parker he runs the music production company Parkerszczmith Inc.

Filmography (selection)

• 1986: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (TV series)
• 1987: The Bears (The Care Bears) (TV Series)
• 1991: Tim und Struppi (The Adventures of Tintin) (TV series)
• 1994: Wild CATs (TV series)
• 1999: Blaster's Universe (TV series)
• 2000: Franklin and the Green Knight: The Movie
• 2004: Franklin (TV series)
• 2006: Franklin and the miracle stone (Franklin et le trésor du lac)
• from 2006: Ruby Gloom (TV series)

Web links

• Tom Szczesniak in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Thomas Szczesniak at Discogs (English)
• Tom Szczesniak at Discogs (English)
• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tom Szczesniak  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from allaboutjazz.com , accessed January 11, 2012  
2. ↑ Biography on the website
3. ↑ Review in All About Jazz (2012)