Tommy Pederson

Pullman Gerald "Tommy" Pederson (August 15, 1920, Minnesota; January 16, 1998) was an American trombonist and composer – prolific in jazz, big band, and classical genres. He had performed and recorded with big bands and artists that included Gene Krupa, Tommy Dorsey, Nelson Riddle, Doc Severinsen (late 1960s), and Frank Sinatra. He was also a prolific studio musician for movie soundtracks, television and radio shows, and other recordings – sometimes playing as many as six studio sessions a day.^[1]

Selected compositions

Blue Topaz, for solo bass trombone (with five tenor trombones and one bass trombone).
Cogent Caprice, for solo tenor trombone and six trombones (four tenor and two bass trombones)
Hubub In Honduras, for bass trombone and three tenor trombones
The Orators, concerto for solo bass trombone and solo tenor trombone with three tenor trombones and one bass trombone accompaniment
Ten Christmas Carols, for trombone quintet
The Crimson Collop, for two bass trombones
Teens 'n' Trombones, duets for tenor/bass and bass/bass trombones
Ten Duets for bass trombone
Ten Duets for tenor and bass trombone
Ten Pieces for tenor and bass trombone
Ten Pieces for two bass trombones
Etudes for bass trombone
Unaccompanied Solos, for tenor trombone
Unaccompanied Solos, for bass trombone
Book I – trombone duets (c 1990)
Book II – trios (c 1990)
Book III – quartets for trombones (c 1990)
Book IV – Quintets – scores (c 1990)
Book V – scores – sextets (c 1990)
Book VI – trombone septets: 5 tenor & 2 bass (c 1990)
Book VII – Concertos for trombone: with trombone accompaniment and trumpets (c 1990)
Hollywood trombones (c 1990)
Trombone music: Tommy Pederson book II (revised): trios 1990

Discography

With Georgie Auld

In the Land of Hi-Fi with Georgie Auld and His Orchestra (EmArcy, 1955)

Selected video samples

Compositions

Blue Topaz on YouTube, performed by Ben van Dijk, et al., at the Slide 2005 Slide Factory

Pederson performing

Flight of the Bumblebee on YouTube

References

↑ Michelle Poland Devlin, DMA, The Contributions of Tommy Pederson (1920-1998) to Trombone Performance and Literature in the Twentieth Century, Doctoral Dissertation, University of North Carolina, Greensboro (2007).

Jazz

General topics	Outline of jazz "Jazz" Jazz band Big band Improvisation Jam session Scat singing Swing performance Jazz bass Jazz drumming Jazz guitar Jazz piano Jazz violin Vocal jazz

Genres	Acid jazz Asian-American jazz Avant-garde jazz Azerbaijani jazz Bebop Bossa nova Cape jazz Chamber jazz Cool jazz Crossover jazz Dixieland Folk jazz Free jazz Gypsy jazz Hard bop Indo jazz Jazz blues Jazz-funk Jazz fusion Jazz rap Kansas City jazz Latin jazz M-Base Mainstream jazz Modal jazz Neo-bop jazz Nu jazz Orchestral jazz Organ trio Post-bop Punk jazz Ska jazz Smooth jazz Soul jazz Stride Swing Trad jazz West Coast jazz Yass

Musicians	Bassists Clarinetists Drummers Guitarists Organists Percussionists Pianists Saxophonists Trombonists Trumpeters Violinists Vocalists Vibraphonists

Musicians by genre	Bebop Chamber jazz Cool jazz & West Coast jazz Hard bop Jazz blues Jazz fusion Scat Smooth jazz Soul jazz Swing

Standards	Pre-1920 1920s 1930s 1940s post-1950

Discographies	Blue Note BYG Actuel Cobblestone CTI ECM ESP-Disk Flying Dutchman Freedom Groove Merchant Impulse! India Navigation JMT Landmark Mainstream Milestone MPS Muse Prestige Riverside Strata-East Winter & Winter Verve

Festivals	Beaches (Toronto) Cape Town Copenhagen Jakarta Monterey Montreal Montreux Newport New Orleans North Sea Saint Lucia

Culture	Clubs Contrafacts Institutions & organizations Jazz poetry Jazz royalty Rare groove

History	Bibliography of jazz Pre-1920 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s