Tom McDermott

Tom McDermott

Tom McDermott is a pianist and composer born in St. Louis, Missouri, USA in 1957. He began studying piano at six and became a professional musician at age sixteen; a Masters in Music degree from Washington University in St. Louis followed in 1982. Two years later he moved to New Orleans and became noted for the styles of jazz linked to the town, especially Dixieland jazz and ragtime. He was in the group "Dukes of Dixieland" thru much of the 1990s. In l994 he co-founded and wrote some of the first arrangements for the New Orleans Nightcrawlers, an innovative brass band. He has released seven CDs, receiving praise from the New York Times, Rolling Stone, the Los Angeles Times and others. Since 2001 he has devoted much time travelling to Brazil, where he has studied and recorded Brazilian choro.

McDermott is also a journalist, writing primarily about music and travel.

Discography

As a leader

*All the Keys and Then Some (STR; reissued in 2008 by Parnassus)
*Louisanthology (STR)
*The Crave (STR)
*Danza (with clarinetist Evan Christopher; STR)
*Choro do Norte (STR)
*Live in Paris (STR)
*Creole Nocturne (with cornetist Connie Jones; Arbors)

As sideman

*New Orleans Nightcrawlers (Rounder)
*New Orleans Nightcrawlers: 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
*Irma Thomas: Simply Grand (Rounder)

Contact Tom McDermott at tmcd@ix.netcom.com

External links

*youtube.com (tom mcdermott solo)
* [http://www.strdigital.com/mcDermott.htm Artist bio at STR Digital]
* [http://depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/isam/sp99art7.html Article about Tom by Edward A. Berlin of Brooklyn College]
* [http://offbeat.com/artman/publish/article_3007.shtml Offbeat Magazine profile, April 2008]
* [http://www.peopleofneworleans.com/video/24/ People of New Orleans] - Video interview with Tom McDermott playing the Maple Leaf Rag at the end (Quicktime and Windows Media formats).
* [http://www.ragtime.nu/mcdermott.htm Ragtime site]
* [http://www.satchmoz.at/mcdermott_e.htm Satchmoz]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Tom McDermott — est un pianiste et compositeur américain né à Saint Louis dans le Missouri en 1957. Il commence le piano à l âge de six ans et devient musicien professionnel à seize ans. Il obtient en 1982 un diplôme Master de musique à l université Washington… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Tom Watson (golfer) — Tom Watson Tom Watson …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Tom Watson (golfeur) — Tom Watson Tom Watson …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Tom watson (golfeur) — Tom Watson Tom Watson …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Tom Kite — Personalia Nationalität: Vereinigte Staaten …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Tom Longboat — with the Ward Marathon Trophy Personal information Full name Thomas Charles Longboat Nationality …   Wikipedia

  • Tom Ewell — Dans Madame porte la culotte (1949) Données clés Naissance …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Tom Everett Scott — Données clés Naissance 7 septembre 1970 ( …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Tom Watson — Tom Watson …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Tom Kite — Tom Kite …   Wikipédia en Français

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”