- Born
- 6 February 1927
Baltimore - Died
- 26 July 2017
Boston - Country
- United States
Biography
Tom McIntosh was a jazz musician who played trombone. Tom McIntosh was born on 6 February 1927 in Baltimore and died on 26 July 2017 in Boston. The music is usually filed under jazz. Honours include NEA Jazz Masters.
Thomas S. McIntosh (February 6, 1927 – July 26, 2017) was an American jazz trombonist, composer, arranger, and conductor. McIntosh was born in Baltimore, Maryland, 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's Something Old, Something New 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.
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Frequently asked questions
What instrument did Tom McIntosh play?
Tom McIntosh is known for playing trombone.
When and where was Tom McIntosh born?
Tom McIntosh was born 6 February 1927 in Baltimore.
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