Thomas S. "Tom" McIntosh (February 6, 1927 - July 26, 2017) was an American jazz trombonist, composer, arranger, and conductor.
McIntosh was born in
Baltimore, Maryland
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, the eldest of six siblings. He also had an elder half-sibling by his father. He studied at Peabody Conservatory. He was stationed in West Germany after World War II. He played trombone in an Army band, and eventually graduated from Juilliard in 1958. He played in New York City from 1956, with Lee Morgan, Roland Kirk, James Moody (1959, 1962) and the Art Farmer/Benny Golson Jazztet (1960–61).
In 1961, McIntosh composed a song for trumpeter Howard McGhee. In 1963, he composed music for
Dizzy Gillespie
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer. He was a trumpet virtuoso and improviser, building on the virtuosic style of Roy Eldridge but addi ...
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Something Old, Something New
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'' album. The following year his composition ''Whose Child Are You?'' was performed by the New York Jazz Sextet, of which he was a member. He also worked with Thad Jones and Mel Lewis later in the 1960s.
In 1969, McIntosh gave up jazz and moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in film and television composing. He wrote music for '' The Learning Tree'', '' Soul Soldier'', '' Shaft's Big Score'', ''
Slither
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John Handy
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In 2008, McIntosh was named a Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts McIntosh was baptized a Jehovah's Witness on August 13, 1960.
Art Blakey
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Bosses of the Ballad
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Moody and the Brass Figures
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The Blues and Other Colors
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Got to Get It!
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Milt Jackson
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Art Farmer
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Big City Sounds
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Benny Golson
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The Jazztet and John Lewis
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Dizzy Gillespie
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The Dizzy Gillespie Reunion Big Band
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Plug Me In
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Really Big!
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Milt Jackson
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Big Bags
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Jack McDuff
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Prelude
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