Tom McDermott
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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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[edit] Discography
[edit] 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)
- Creole Nocturne (with Connie Jones; Arbors)
[edit] 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
Contact Tom McDermott at tmcd@ix.netcom.com
[edit] External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
- Artist bio at STR Digital
- Article about Tom by Edward A. Berlin of Brooklyn College
- Offbeat Magazine profile, April 2008
- 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
