Tommy Igoe's Top 5 Influential Records

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This week’s guest is Tommy Igoe. Tommy is a world-class musician / producer / author / creator based in San Francisco, CA. He is the top-selling author in his field with four #1 titles on Amazon.com. He began drumming before the age of 2, started classical piano at 10, won every music competition available to him in High School, simultaneously winning two High Percussion awards with the legendary Bridgemen Drumlines.

In 1997, Tommy wrote the drum set book for Disney’s epic Broadway production of the “The Lion King” where he served as principal drummer and conductor. He has played drums on three Grammy award winning recordings and was voted the World’s #1 Jazz Drummer in the 2014 Modern Drummer Reader’s Poll. He has created two ongoing weekly musical residency at iconic Jazz clubs in New York and San Francisco. His New York band, The Birdland Big Band, is the most popular weekly music event in the city for the last 9 years. His most recent and exciting project is the Tommy Igoe Groove Conspiracy, a 15-piece supergroup from the San Francisco that has quickly become an integral part of the San Francisco cultural landscape.

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TOMMY'S BIG FAT FIVE 👇🏻

Album - Apple Juice

Artist - Tom Scott

Release Year - 1981

Key Track(s) - Instant Relief

Drummer - Steve Gadd

Album - Buddy Rich Swinging New Band Band

Artist - Buddy Rich

Release Year - 1996

Key Track(s) - West Side Story Medley

Drummer - Buddy Rich

Album - Blue Matter

Artist - John Scofield

Release Year - 1987

Key Track(s) - Blue Matter

Drummer - Dennis Chambers

Album - Manhattan Burn

Artist - Paquito D'Rivera

Release Year - 1987

Key Track(s) - All The Things You Are

Drummer - Ignacio Berra

Album - Live in Concert (in London)

Artist - Stan Kenton

Release Year - Recorded in 1972

Drummer - John Von Ohlen

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