Composer Tom McIntosh

[W.Hery]

In article <helge.gundersen-...@hfmac273.uio.no>,
>On Tommy Flanagan's CD "Flanagan's Shenanigans" on Storyville, there's a
>beautiful composition by one Tom McIntosh. From a review of this CD I take
>it that Flanagan has recorded compositions by him earlier, too.
>
>Who is this person?

I don't know much about him, but a 1963 Dizzy Gillespie recording,
SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW (Philips PHS600-091) has three of his
compostions, NOVEMBER AFTERNOON, CUP BEARERS. and THE DAY AFTER. One
side ("something old") consists of old bebop standards, and the other
("something new") has the 3 McIntosh pieces and one other cut.

Bill Hery
AT&T Bell Labs, Whippany NJ
201-386-2362
w.h...@att.com

[James Bourne]

He is (was?) also a trombonist. Born in Baltimore in Feb. 1927. He
contributed at least one tune ("Balanced Scales=Justice") to the Thad
Jones-Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra book. The tracks on Dizzy's album are
good.

[Leon Harris]

w...@sonapub.wh.att.com (W.Hery) wrote:
>
>In article <helge.gundersen-...@hfmac273.uio.no>,
>>On Tommy Flanagan's CD "Flanagan's Shenanigans" on Storyville, there's
a
>>beautiful composition by one Tom McIntosh. From a review of this CD I
take
>>it that Flanagan has recorded compositions by him earlier, too.
>>
>>Who is this person?
>
>I don't know much about him, but a 1963 Dizzy Gillespie recording,
>SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW (Philips PHS600-091) has three of his
>compostions, NOVEMBER AFTERNOON, CUP BEARERS. and THE DAY AFTER. One
>side ("something old") consists of old bebop standards, and the other
>("something new") has the 3 McIntosh pieces and one other cut.
>
>Bill Hery
>AT&T Bell Labs, Whippany NJ
>201-386-2362

Tom McIntosh, (b. 1927, Baltimore, graduated Julliard 1958; Grove). I
first came across his work when he replaced trombonist Curtis Fuller in
the Art Farmer Benny Golson "Jazztet" in the eary sixties. Aside from his
work with the Jones-Lewis band later on, I think his best work on record
is the writing and arranging he did on a series of James Moody records
(Sextet to Big-Band) recorded on several labels (Argo, Cadet, Milestone,
etc) and for the co-op group, the New York Jazz Sextet (Farmer, Moody,
McIntosh, Tommy Flanagan, Richard Davis, Albert Heath) "Group Therapy"
on Scepter
Interesting player and especially as a writer and arranger, Maybe
there's a Mosaic set in his future.

LEH in CHI

[Laurie Sonnenfeld]

>>I don't know much about him, but a 1963 Dizzy Gillespie recording,

>>SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW (Philips PHS600-09-1) has three of his

>>compostions, NOVEMBER AFTERNOON, CUP BEARERS. and THE DAY AFTER. One
>>side ("something old") consists of old bebop standards, and the other
>>("something new") has the 3 McIntosh pieces and one other cut.

>He is (was?) also a trombonist. Born in Baltimore in Feb. 1927. He
>contributed at least one tune ("Balanced Scales=Justice") to the Thad
>Jones-Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra book. The tracks on Dizzy's album are
>good.

You may also hear him play on a recent Chess/GRP issue: Art Farmer/
Benny Golson Jazztet: Blues on Down, GRD-802. His composition
A November Afternoon is on the album, with four compositions by
Golson, one by Randy Weston, one by Art Farmer + more. I believe
there were more Jazztet albums, and more McIntosh compositions and
arrangement (& playing). He sounds good.

Jim Andrews

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[michael j stevens]

Laurie Sonnenfeld <lau...@teleport.com> writes:

> there were more Jazztet albums, and more McIntosh compositions and
> arrangement (& playing). He sounds good.

I had the pleasure of studying somewhat with Tom McIntosh several
years ago at Queens College (the jazz masters program). He is a great
musician and a gentleman as well. He subs for Jimmy Heath there and
has moved back to NYC from California after spending a long time
there writing for films, etc.

[Bob McWilliams]

tom McIntosh's writing has always been one of my personal pleasures.
I first became aware of his work on a wonderful Dizzy Gillespie album
from (I believe) 1963, called "Something Old, Something New", with
some old bop warhorses as the "old" and McIntosh material as the "new."
In particular, I've always been partial, in the "catchy tune" category,
to "November Afternoon."

I have never seen "Something Old Something New" on CD (in general, the
Phillips catalog from that era seems to have disappeared, to my
knowledgeanyhow)It's worthy of reissue, if it hasnt been already.

Bob McWilliams
KANU Lawrence KS
radi...@delphi.com