Thomas Snow is a

pianist A pianist ( , ) is an individual musician who plays the piano. Since most forms of Western music can make use of the piano, pianists have a wide repertoire and a wide variety of styles to choose from, among them traditional classical music, ja ...

, bandleader, composer, and educator from

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Biography

Tom Snow is a graduate from the

New England Conservatory of Music The New England Conservatory of Music (NEC) is a private music school in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the oldest independent music conservatory in the United States and among the most prestigious in the world. The conservatory is located on H ...

(M.M. 2005) and the Berklee College of Music (B.M. 1991). Tom has studied improvisation and piano with

Danilo Pérez Danilo Pérez (born December 29, 1965) is a Panamanian pianist, composer, educator, and a social activist. His music is a blend of Panamanian roots with elements of Latin American folk music, jazz, European impressionism, African, and other music ...

Michael Cain Michael Cain (born April 2, 1966) is a pianist and composer. Biography Cain attended several universities starting with the University of North Texas. Although initially a jazz major, he found that classical music was occupying more of his ...

, and

Jerry Bergonzi Jerry Bergonzi (born October 21, 1947) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and educator. Early life and education Bergonzi received a B.A. in Music Education from the University of Massachusetts Lowell in 1971 and is the founde ...

. Tom has played with many jazz musicians including

Dave Holland David “Dave” Holland (born 1 October 1946) is an English jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader who has been performing and recording for five decades. He has lived in the United States for over 40 years. His extensive discography r ...

Ken Peplowski Ken Peplowski (born May 23, 1959) is an American jazz clarinetist and tenor saxophonist. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, and known primarily for playing swing music. For over a decade, Peplowski recorded for Concord Records. In ...

Greg Abate Greg Abate (born May 31, 1947)Yanow, ScottGreg Abate Biography, Allmusic, retrieved 2011-02-05 is a jazz saxophonist, flautist, composer, and arranger. He grew up in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. In the fifth grade he began to play clarinet. Career ...

, Bruce Gertz, Larry Coryell,

Nick Brignola Nicholas Thomas "Nick" Brignola (July 17, 1936 – February 8, 2002) was an American jazz baritone saxophonist. Biography Brignola was born on July 17, 1936 in Troy, New York. He was born into a musical family in which his father played the tu ...

, Phil Wilson, Mike Turk, Gray Sargent, John Lockwood, Dick Johnson,

Herb Pomeroy Irving Herbert Pomeroy III (April 15, 1930 – August 11, 2007) was an American jazz trumpeter, teacher, and the founder of the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble. Early life Pomeroy was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States. He began playing ...

, and

Les DeMerle Lester William DeMerle (born November 4, 1946, Brooklyn) is an American jazz drummer, vocalist, and bandleader. Career DeMerle first picked up drums at age ten. He studied drums and percussion with Bob Livingstone in New York from 1960 to 1965, j ...

. His career has included both traveling throughout Australia and the

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with Irish tenor John McNally and long-term engagements at the Ritz-Carlton Resort in Amelia Island, Florida, The Balsams Grand Resort Hotel,

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, and the

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. Tom Snow is also on faculty at

Bates College Bates College () is a private liberal arts college in Lewiston, Maine. Anchored by the Historic Quad, the campus of Bates totals with a small urban campus which includes 33 Victorian Houses as some of the dormitories. It maintains of nature p ...

and lives in

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with his wife and two sons.

Discography

;Solo albums * ''Friends'' * ''Christmas at Mast Cove'' * ''Some Other Time'' * ''Northern Standard Time'' (1997) ;As leader * 2001 Mast Cove Galleries (MCG 100201) * 1997 Invisible Music (IM2003) As session pianist: * Listening Post: The Ludington van Voorst Quartet, 2004 * Engine One, Ladder Twenty Four * Dave Packard and Friends, 2002 * The Dream's On Me Carol Jackson, 2001 * Dames Rocket Kate Schrock, 2000 Kakelane 0400 * CD Sampler Vol. 1 Jim Jose, 1999 Wrench Records, WR 108 * Blues On My Back Troy Truner, 1999 Telarc, CD 83448 * Amphora Mark Kleinhaut, 1999 Invisible Music, IM 2005 * Scheme A Dream Every Sunday, 1998 Spaboop Music * Feel The Love Motor Booty Affair, 1997 * Vegas Wig Publishing * Jazzin' Maine Christmas 1995 Invisible Music * Tracy Maclean and Friends Live at Crickets 1995 Malarkey Music

External links

Tom Snow's homepage
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