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Thom Keith

Thom Keith was born in Rochester, New Hampshire during the first Nixon administration. He grew up in a home filled with the sounds of Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Coltrane, Walt Dickerson, Air, and David Murray courtesy of a very musical family. At the age of 11, he took up the alto saxophone, later switching to tenor, and still later, bari.

Much schooling and a varied education from the school of life lead him into the field of secondary education. Other factors reinvigorated his musical pursuits in recent years and his chief hobby has turned into a second career �" that of the weekend warrior Jazz musician.

Thom has studied with the likes of Richard Gardzina, Jeff Coffin, and Chel Illingworth.

Thom currently lives in southern New Hampshire with his wife in plenty of privacy. Until 2012 he hosted Prime Cuts on the Maine Public Broadcasting Network. The station opted to cut the show in favor of public affairs programming, airing at midnight. Please speak up before Jazz disappears entirely.

Thom served on the board of directors of The Maine Jazz Alliance as well as co-founding Avant Coast, which endeavors to provide opportunities to experience music in a way that includes a variety of approaches and points of view.

Gear

Selmer Mark VI baritone; Selmer Mark VI tenor; King Silver Sonic tenor; Conn Transitional alto; CE Winds saxello; RPC mouthpieces; Vandoren ZZ reeds (tenor/alto/soprano); La Voz and/or Rico baritone reeds


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Take Five With Thom Keith

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Meet Thom Keith: Thom Keith was born in Rochester, New Hampshire during the first Nixon administration. He grew up in a home filled with the sounds of Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Coltrane, Walt Dickerson, Air, and David Murray, courtesy of a very musical family. At the age of eleven, he took up the alto saxophone, later switching to tenor, and still later, baritone.Much schooling and a varied education from the school of life lead him into the field ...

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New Release! Thom Keith/Larry Gelberg - Discussions: Live at Lotus Moon

New Release!  Thom Keith/Larry Gelberg - Discussions: Live at Lotus Moon

Source: Avant Coast

Larry Gelberg and Thom Keith met through the world-wide web. Initially, they were trying to form a saxophone quartet, but the collaboration was to happen in other settings later on. This marks the first time the two have appeared in public with a live band, after collaborating on numerous recordings over the past half decade. Digging a little deeper, it was Larry who informed Thom of the Craigslist ad that eventually led to the formation of Trio Encompas, and by ...

Brad Winter - CADENCE TRIO ENCOMPAS... occupies a middle ground between ensembles like the DKV Trio and Mark Helias' Open Loose. LIVE ON THE VAUGHAN MALL (Avant Coast 4) is a vigorous performance of tunes... that— as noted below—seem to be the trio's staples. The group plays expansively, creatively, and with good humor as well. Keith sounds especially lusty on his baritone on the opener. But they sound most at home, and convincing, on slinky mid-tempo tenor numbers like Yrrehs Mas and the wonderfully grooving Seafoam. At times the material is a bit too similar but this is an enjoyable release.

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Lunar Tick

From: Live From The Moon
By Thom Keith

The Seagulls Of Kristiansund

From: Discussions: Live at Lotus Moon
By Thom Keith

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