Tom McIntosh

For other uses, seeTom McIntosh (disambiguation).

Tom McIntosh
McIntosh receives the Jazz Master award from theNational Endowment for the Artsin 2008. The award is the highest honor in jazz in the United States.
Background information
Birth name	Thomas S. McIntosh
Born	(1927-02-06)February 6, 1927 Baltimore, Maryland,U.S.
Died	July 26, 2017(2017-07-26)(aged 90)
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Instrumentalist, composer, arranger, conductor
Instrument	Trombone

Thomas S. "Tom" McIntosh(February 6, 1927- July 26, 2017)was an Americanjazztrombonist, composer, arranger, and conductor.

McIntosh was born inBaltimore, Maryland,the eldest of six siblings. He also had an elder half-sibling by his father. He studied atPeabody Conservatory.He was stationed in West Germany after World War II.He played trombone in anArmyband, and eventually graduated fromJuilliardin 1958. He played inNew York Cityfrom 1956, withLee Morgan,Roland Kirk,James Moody(1959, 1962) and theArt Farmer/Benny Golson Jazztet(1960–61).

In 1961, McIntosh composed a song for trumpeterHoward McGhee.In 1963, he composed music forDizzy Gillespie'sSomething Old, Something Newalbum. The following year his compositionWhose Child Are You?was performed by the New York Jazz Sextet, of which he was a member. He also worked withThad JonesandMel Lewislater in the 1960s.

In 1969, McIntosh gave up jazz and moved toLos Angelesto pursue a career in film and television composing. He wrote music forThe Learning Tree,Soul Soldier,Shaft's Big Score,Slither,A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich,andJohn Handy.

In 2008, McIntosh was named a Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the ArtsMcIntosh was baptized aJehovah's Witnesson August 13, 1960.

Discography

• Manhattan Serenade(1968) -Earl Coleman- withJerome Richardson(fl)Billy Taylor(p)Frank Foster(ts) Tom McIntoshEddie Williams(ts)Gene Bertoncini(g)Reggie Workman(b)Bobby Thomas(d)
• With Malice Toward None: The Music Of Tom McIntosh(IPO, 2003)

As arranger/composer

WithArt Blakey

• Hold On, I'm Coming(Limelight, 1965)

WithIllinois Jacquet

• Bosses of the Ballad(Argo, 1964)

WithJames Moody

• Another Bag(Argo, 1962)
• Great Day(Argo, 1963)
• Moody and the Brass Figures(Milestone, 1966)
• The Blues and Other Colors(Miilestone, 1969)

WithBobby Timmons

• Got to Get It!(Milestone, 1967)

WithMilt Jackson

• Milt Jackson and the Hip String Quartet(Verve, 1968)

As sideman

WithArt Farmer

• Big City Sounds(Argo, 1960) - withBenny Golson
• The Jazztet and John Lewis(Argo, 1961) - with Benny Golson
• The Jazztet at Birdhouse(Argo, 1961) - with Benny Golson
• New York Jazz Sextet: Group Therapy(Scepter, 1966)

WithDizzy Gillespie

• The Dizzy Gillespie Reunion Big Band(MPS, 1968)

WithEddie Harris

• Plug Me In(Atlantic, 1968)

WithJimmy Heath

• Really Big!(Riverside, 1960)

WithMilt Jackson

• Vibrations(Atlantic, 1960–61)
• Big Bags(Riverside, 1962)
• For Someone I Love(Riverside, 1963)
• Ray Brown / Milt JacksonwithRay Brown(Verve, 1965)

WithJohn Lewis

• Odds Against Tomorrow(Soundtrack)(United Artists, 1959)

WithJack McDuff

• Prelude(Prestige, 1963)

WithJames Moody

• James Moody(Argo, 1959)

WithOliver Nelson

• The Spirit of '67withPee Wee Russell(Impulse!, 1967)

WithShirley Scott

• For Members Only(Impulse!, 1963)
• Roll 'Em: Shirley Scott Plays the Big Bands(Impulse!, 1966)

WithJimmy Smith

• Hoochie Coochie Man(Verve, 1966)

Sources

• Leonard FeatherandIra Gitler,The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz.Oxford, 1999, p. 451.

External links

• McIntosh biodata,arts.gov. Accessed November 30, 2022.
• Conversations with NEA Jazz Masters,arts.endow.gov. Accessed November 30, 2022.
• Tom McIntoshatIMDb