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Dan Thomas
A dedicated performer and educator, Dan hails from Canada, and has been in the United States for nearly a decade. He was a regular on the West Coast jazz scene. Besides being a busy performer, Mr. Thomas holds positions as professor of Jazz Studies in the music department at the University of Missouri - Kansas City as well as being on faculty at Penn Valley Community College, and Rockhurst University.
Mr. Thomas, a regular in the Kansas City jazz scene, can be seen at Jazz Festivals throughout the United States and Canada. He performs regularly in a variety of settings from small jazz combos, classical chamber groups, to big bands. He is a frequent clinician and guest artist at High School and University Jazz Festivals.
Dan Thomas plays and endorses Vandoren products.
Contact: (816)-960-0794 ? (816)-805-9606 Website: www.danthomas.info E-mail: [email protected]
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The Dan Thomas Quintet: City Scope
by Jack Bowers
City Scope is the debut album as leader for Dan Thomas, a Canadian-born saxophonist who now lives in Kansas City, MO. His talents as player and composer are lavishly praised in the liner notes by friend and colleague Bobby Watson, whose influence is readily apparent in Thomas’s music, especially in his approach to the alto sax, wherein Thomas borrows a few of Watson’s licks but avoids sounding like a carbon copy of his better-known comrade. Other likely role models who ...
read moreJazz This Week: Jazz St. Louis All-Stars and Sean Jones, Dan Thomas and Voyage, Miles Davis Jazz Festival, and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
While not every week here in St. Louis can be as packed with touring jazz and creative music talent as was the end of Jazz Appreciation Month last week, our local and regional musicians nevertheless are serving up plenty of noteworthy performances over the next few days. So, let's go to the highlights... Tonight, the funky organ trio Downstereo will be doing their regular weekly performance at Atomic Cowboy; Miss Jubilee will sing at Thaxton Speakeasy, and saxophonist Jim Stevens ...
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Dan Thomas and Voyage Playing Friday, May 3 and Saturday, May 4 at Robbie's House of Jazz
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Kansas City-based saxophonist Dan Thomas is returning to St. Louis to play at 8:00 p.m., Friday, May 3 and Saturday. May 4 at Robbie's House of Jazz. Thomas, a native Canadian who is associate director of jazz studies and co-chair of the division of jazz studies at UMKC's conservatory of music, will play with his band Voyage, which also includes Wayne Hawkins on piano, Forest Stewart on bass, and Mike Warren on drums. The group will be promoting their eponymous ...
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Jazz This Week: Jim Pugh, Jeremy Haynes, Amina Figarova, Jazz St. Louis Gala, Jeff Coffin, Chris Botti, Dan Thomas, and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
There's jazz and creative music happening early and often throughout this week in St. Louis, and so to help make sure that you don't miss anything, here's a special early edition of the weekly highlights post: Tonight, trombonist Jim Pugh is in town for a free concert at at Maryville University presented by the St. Louis Low Brass Collective. Pugh is best known for his work with Woody Herman and Chick Corea, but also has been a top studio trombonist ...
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Jazz This Week: Joey Defrancesco, Dan Thomas, Harry Miller, Montez Coleman, Genesis Jazz Project, and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week's lineup of jazz and creative music performances in St. Louis is headed by organist Joey DeFrancesco (pictured), who this evening will open a four-night gig continuing through Saturday at Jazz at the Bistro. DeFrancesco, considered by many to be the reigning champ of the blues-drenched jazz organ style pioneered by the late Jimmy Smith, has played in St. Louis numerous times in recent years, and thus likely needs no further introduction to most local jazz fans. That said, ...
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Saxquest to Host Free Events with Oasis Saxophone Quartet, Dan Thomas, Trio Chymera
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Saxquest, the south side shop that sells and repairs woodwind instruments and also houses a museum of vintage saxophones, has announced several additions to their schedule of free workshops and performances featuring visiting musicians. In addition to the event at 2:00 p.m. this Saturday with trumpeter Terell Stafford previously mentioned in this post, Saxquest also will host a performance and clinic by the Oasis Saxophone Quartet at 1:00 p.m. this Sunday, November 4. The Oasis Sax Quartet (pictured) is dedicated ...
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