Conversations with Tommy Igoe: On Leading a Band

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ABOUT TOMMY IGOE
Tommy Igoe is one of the world's most prominent drummers and bandleaders. He began drumming at the age of 2 and has gone on to craft a unique and diverse career, traveling the world with Art Garfunkel, Blood Sweat and Tears, Dave Grusin, Stanley Jordan, and the New York Voices amongst many others others.

For the last six years, his Birdland Big Band has been the most popular weekly music event in New York City, maintaining it's Friday residency at the iconic Birdland Jazz Club. In 1997, he created the drumset book for "The Lion King" on Broadway also serving as principal drummer and conductor. Igoe is dedicated to world-class music education, writing some of the world's best-selling books and DVD's and is a globally in-demand clinician.

He currently lives in San Francisco where his new band, The Tommy Igoe Big Band, enjoys a weekly residency at the Rrazz Room.