Gary Thomas Quartet
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2010-01-01
GARY THOMAS - tenor sax & flute
PAUL BOLLENBACK - guitar
ED HOWARD - double bass
JEFF BALLARD - drums
Gary Thomas was born in 1961 in Baltimore, Maryland where still lives and works as director and chair of jazz studies, jazz saxophone and flute at the Peabody Institute.
However Thomas has not resorted to teaching for lack of gigs.
In fact tenor saxophonist Gary Thomas has remained an oddly kept secret despite
travelling the globe as both a leader and sideman, with performance and recording credits alongside the likes of Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Jack DeJohnette, John McLaughlin, Dennis Chambers, Pat Metheny, Terri Lyne Carrington, Jim Hall, Dave Holland, Nana Vasconcelos, Ron Carter, Vinnie Colaiuta, Billy Hart, Wynton Marsalis, David Sanborn, Joe Lovano, Geri Allen, Joshua Redman, Bobby McFerrin, Sam Rivers, Vanessa Williams, Betty Carter, George Benson, McCoy Tyner, Randy Brecker, James Newton, Jeff Watts, Marvin "Smitty"Smith, Patrice Rushen, Kevin Eubanks, Greg Osby, John Scofield, Tony Williams, Kenny Garrett, Jimmy Smith, Steve Coleman, John Patitucci, Ravi Coltrane and many others.
In addition to 11 recording dates as a leader, his work on more than 80 recordings as a featured sideman reflects his status as one of the most coveted saxophonists on the jazz scene today.
