Thomas Talbert

Tom Talbert Tom Talbert Add article description Thomas Robert Talbert (August 4, 1924 Crystal Bay, Minnesota – July 2, 2005 Los Angeles) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and band leader.[1] Biography He was born on August 4, 1924, in Crystal Bay, Minnesota, and grew up listening to big band music on the radio.[2] He got started as a band leader when he was drafted in the Army in 1943, becoming composer for a military band at Fort Ord, California, performing for War Bond drives throughout California.[2] In the late 1940s, he led his own big band on the West Coast, much of his work foreshadowing what became known as West Coast jazz before moving to New York in the…

GENRES: Jazz, Composer