Tom Cummings

Vibraphone

Tom Cummings is undoubtedly one of the finest musicians in the Northern Hemisphere. True Artistry is only the beginning of his virtuosity. He has performed at the Berlin Jazz Festival, the Montreaux Jazz Festival, and is invited each year to play at the North Sea Jazz Festival where his busy schedule has afforded him two appearances. Cummings has also performed in Vienna, Innsbruck, Salsburg, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Munich and the Hague. He received a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Houston, and also spent five years at the University of Missouri Conservatory.

Tom Cummings is an expert in percussion and has played many shows including West Side Story, Evita, Sound of Music, Oklahoma and Oliver, to name a few. He has also performed with celebrities such as Natalie Cole, Ray Charles, Dionne Warwick, Henri Mancini, Freddie Hubbard, Bill Watrous, Kirk Whalum, Carl Fontana, Jimmy Ford, Arnett Cobb, and the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Tom's teaching experience is vast. He is in faculty at Houston Community College's Westchester Campus and formerly taught at Sam Houston State University and San Jacinto College as well as the University of Houston.

An active adjudicator and clinician, Tom Cummings makes his home in Katy, Texas.

Tom Cummings appears courtesy of Alto Records, Inc.

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