Born: July 3, 1943 Primary Instrument: Organ, Hammond B3
Tommy Pass is a Trenton, Nj based veteran B3 player who has primarily been on the Philly scene for much of his musical career. He is most often associated with the Bob Smith Organ Trio but has also freelanced and worked with many of the past and present greats such as Richie Cole, Eddie McFadden, Junior Cook, Cecil Payne, Billy James, Eric Alexander, and many others. Tom is still very much actively performing and is retired from the Trenton Public Schools where he served as the Supervisor of Fine and Performing Arts with the responsibility of implementing all of the arts programs in the city schools.
“Every performance reflects the energy, fun, and earthiness of down home music. Certainly not gourmet jazz, but always a serving of some real good “foot tappin” stuff.”
