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"Thomas Marriott is one musician who personifies what is special about the Seattle attitude. A trumpet player whose music can fit into any decade, he is both historically traditional and in the moment. Although his new album "Both Sides Of The Fence" has had 3,300 radio spins over the past eight months, he is not content to exploit the success of that particular sound."
-Bill White, The Seattle PI, November 29th, 2007
FLEXICON - NOW AVAILABLE ON ORIGIN RECORDS!
Thomas' new album "Flexicon" is out and burning up the charts at #10 on the JazzWeek weekly radio jazz airplay chart. "Flexicon" features Thomas alongside Mark Taylor (saxophone), Jeff Johnson (bass), Matt Jorgensen (drums), Bill Anschell (piano / Rhodes) and special guest Joe Locke on Vibes.
Click here to preview the new CD: Track 1 - Take It To The Ozone
NEW TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED
Thomas will be starting off 2010 playing in some great international venues. Here's what's on the line-up:
January 5-10 - Bern, Switzerland, with Ray Vega & the East West Trumpet Summit
January 23rd - U of O Jazz Festival, Eugene, Oregon - Featured Artist
March 11-14 - National Trumpet Competition, Virginia - Featured Artist
April 5-10 - New Zealand International Jazz Festival -Featured Artist
For the complete schedule of shows, click on "shows" above.
THOMAS MARRIOTT FEATURED IN NEW BOOK
A new book by author Cicly Janus about jazz music in the 21st Century features a profile of Thomas. You can pre-order a copy by going here: The New Face of Jazz: An Intimate Look at Today's Living Legends and the Artists Of Tomorrow
Other News
THOMAS MARRIOTT AT THE EARSHOT JAZZ FESTIVAL
On October 25th, 2009 Thomas brings his all-star band to bear on some of his own but rarely played original compositions. This will be the first time in 25 + years of studying music that Thomas has played a show featuring only his own original compositions. The band features New York pianist Travis Shook, saxophonist Mark Taylor, Jeff Johnson on Bass and Matt Jorgensen on drums. Show starts at 8:30. More information and tickets available at www.earshot.org.
HORACE SILVER TRIBUTE - Thomas performed a tribute to pianist Horace Silver with an all-star band over labor day weekend. On September 4th and 5th Thomas performed this tribute at The Cellar in Vancouver, B.C. with tenor saxophonist Cory Weeds and the Cellar house band. On Sunday, September 6th the band played in Seattle at the New Orleans Creole Restaurant in Pioneer Square. The band includes pianist Travis Shook, Matt Jorgensen on drums, Cory Weeds on tenor and Phil Sparks on bass.
In January, Thomas was awarded his sixth Golden Ear award by Earshot Jazz and it's readers. Thomas and the Willie Neslon Project won for "Best Outside Jazz Group" of 2008.
Also due out in 2009 is Marriott's forthcoming album "Quiet Places." This drummer-less album features a plethora of Seattle talent including: Dawn Clement, Bill Anschell, Marc Seales, Doug Miller, Julio Juaregui, Carlos Cascante, Marco de Carvalho, & Chuck Deardorf.
On February 20th & 21st, Tula's hosted the East Coast - West Coast Trumpet Summit. These two nights featured Thomas Marriott and New York trumpeter Ray Vega along with New Stories Trio. The weekend was recorded for later release on Origin Records.
In April, Thomas was back into the studio to record two albums with pianist/organist Gary Versace. One album will be with B-3 organ, and the other with quintet featuring all original music by Marriott. Look for this album to be released in 2010 2008 started with bang for Thomas when he was named Best Northwest Instrumentalist by the readers of Earshot Jazz in early February. He also won the the Best Northwest Recording award for his 2007 album "Both Sides Of The Fence," which spent months on the national jazz charts, peaking in the top ten at number nine.
2008 meant a great deal of time on the road for Thomas. He played in some great clubs across the country including:Andy’s Jazz Club (Chicago), Dazzle (Denver), The Cave (Portland), The Cellar (Vancouver, B.C.), Yardbird Suite(Edmonton, AB), & Pearl's (San Francisco). Also on the 2008 itinerary were some great festivals: Portland Jazz Festival, Gene Harris Jazz Festival, Ballard Jazz Festival, Sedona's (Arizona) Jazz On The Rocks Festival, Earshot Jazz Festival, Tacoma Jazz Festival, Juan De Fuca Festival, Anacortes Jazz Festival, Port Townsend Jazz Festival & Bumbershoot.
Thomas was busy with recording sessions in 2008, playing on a number of albums released this year. Among them are Hadley Caliman's album "Gratitude," Matt Jorgensen's "Another Morning," Dan Heck's "Compositionality," Richard Cole's album "Shade," "Orbacron" with Greg Keplinger & Rick Mandyck, as well as the hugely popular album "Force of Four" by Joe Locke. "Force Of Four" spent 15 straight weeks on the charts, peaking at number 5.
Thomas also released his own album "Crazy: The Music Of Willie Nelson" in February of 2008. It was named among the Top Albums of 2008 by Jazz Times Magazine. To read a review of the album you can go here:http://www.jazztimes.com/
In May, Thomas had the opportunity to play with some of his old friends from his days on the road with Maynard Ferguson at an alumni tribute to Maynard in St. Louis. You can watch a great video of a rehearsal here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?
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