Tom Schuman

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Tom Schuman


Thomas William Schuman (born January 31, 1958) [1] is an American jazz pianist, smooth jazz keyboardist and was the longtime co-leader, composer and arranger [2] of 13 Grammy nominated contemporary jazz group, Spyro Gyra. He has been the keyboardist for Spyro Gyra since he was 16 years old (before the release of their first album). He has performed on all of Spyro Gyra's albums to date and has written or co-written over sixty Spyro Gyra compositions since the album Catching the Sun (MCA, 1980). [3] At the end of 2022, Schuman announced his resignation from Spyro Gyra, effective March 2023, in order to move to Europe. [4]

Tom also produced 7 solo albums on his own label http://jazzbridge.com. He also built and engineers his own recording studio https://jazzbridge.com/schubox-bcn.

Discography

Solo

With Spyro Gyra


With Gamalon

With Jason Miles

With Steve Oliver

With others


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References

  1. "Tom Schuman music, videos, stats, and photos". Last.fm. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
  2. "Spyro Gyra Official Site - Biographies - Tom Schuman". Archived from the original on 2010-02-18. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
  3. "Band Bios – Spyro Gyra" . Retrieved 2020-01-14.
  4. "Tom Schuman, Spyro Gyra - Keyboard Chronicles Episode 70" . Retrieved 2023-07-03.
  5. "Tom Schuman | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 November 2016.