Tom Ferguson

The Tom Ferguson Trio: Say When

by Jack Bowers
November 1, 2002

Piano trio Jazz as it should be played, with intelligence and brio, by Tom Ferguson and his empathetic teammates, bassist Tom Warrington and drummer Steve Houghton. For Ferguson, known primarily as an accompanist and educator, the debut is as long overdue as it is welcome, and we can thank TNC Records for coaxing the sixty (or seventy?)–something artist into a studio. After retiring in 1981 from his position as director of Jazz Studies at Arizona State University, Ferguson, a past ...