Tom Grant was born in Portland, Oregon, to a musical family. His father was a tap dancer who owned a record store in Portland, and his brother, Mukunda Goswami, was an avant-garde jazz pianist (as Michael Grant) until becoming a pioneer from the beginning of the Hare Krishna movement.
Grant learned to play piano and drums when he was young. After graduating from the University of Oregon, he traveled to New York City in 1970 with Native American saxophonist Jim Pepper. This led to Grant touring and recording with jazz greats Woody Shaw, Charles Lloyd, and Tony Williams.
Grant cut his first solo record for Timeless in 1976, and in 1979 he formed his own band. Beginning in 1983, Grant started recording a series of jazz-influenced pop albums that have variously been called "New Adult Contemporary", "Quiet Storm", "Contemporary Jazz" and "Smooth Jazz"; each have been best-sellers in the lite jazz market.[citation needed]He has composed music for TV and radio.[citation needed]
grant, jazz, musician, grant, born, february, 1946, american, smooth, jazz, jazz, fusion, pianist, vocalist, grantborn, 1946, february, 1946, portland, oregon, united, statesgenresjazz, fusion, smooth, jazzoccupation, musicianinstrument, piano, vocalsyears, ac. Tom Grant born February 22 1946 is an American smooth jazz jazz fusion pianist and vocalist Tom GrantBorn 1946 02 22 February 22 1946 age 78 Portland Oregon United StatesGenresJazz fusion smooth jazzOccupation s MusicianInstrument s Piano vocalsYears active1971 presentLabelsChase Music Group Verve Shanachie Windham Hill Nu WrinkleWebsitewww wbr tomgrant wbr com Contents 1 Biography 2 Discography 2 1 Studio albums 2 2 Compilation albums 2 3 As sideman 3 References 4 External linksBiography editThis section relies excessively on references to primary sources Please improve this section by adding secondary or tertiary sources Find sources Tom Grant jazz musician news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message Tom Grant was born in Portland Oregon to a musical family His father was a tap dancer who owned a record store in Portland and his brother Mukunda Goswami was an avant garde jazz pianist as Michael Grant until becoming a pioneer from the beginning of the Hare Krishna movement Grant learned to play piano and drums when he was young After graduating from the University of Oregon he traveled to New York City in 1970 with Native American saxophonist Jim Pepper This led to Grant touring and recording with jazz greats Woody Shaw Charles Lloyd and Tony Williams Grant cut his first solo record for Timeless in 1976 and in 1979 he formed his own band Beginning in 1983 Grant started recording a series of jazz influenced pop albums that have variously been called New Adult Contemporary Quiet Storm Contemporary Jazz and Smooth Jazz each have been best sellers in the lite jazz market citation needed He has composed music for TV and radio citation needed Grant has been featured on CNN citation needed and was a guest on a March 1993 episode of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 1 Discography editStudio albums edit Mystified 1976 You Hardly Know Me 1980 Tom Grant 1983 Heart of the City 1984 Just The Right Moment 1985 Take Me to Your Dream 1986 Night Charade 1987 Mango Tango 1988 Edge of the World 1990 In My Wildest Dreams 1992 The View From Here 1993 Instinct 1995 Have Yourself a Merry Little 1996 Lip Service 1997 Tune It In 2000 Santa Claus Is Going To Town 2001 Solo Piano 2003 Nice Work If You Can Get It 2004 Side By Side 2005 Winter Warm 2007 Life is Good 2008 Delicioso 2009 There s a Kitty Under the Christmas Tree 2014 2 The Light Inside My Dream nu Wrinkle 2015 3 Sipping Beauty nu Wrinkle 2017 Blue Sapphire with Phil Baker 2019 Compilation albums edit Hands The Tom Grant Collection 1994 Reprise 2001 As sideman edit With Charles Lloyd Autumn in New York Destiny 1979 References edit The Tonight Show With Jay Leno Original Airdate Thursday March 25 1993 Archived from the original on 2007 10 09 Retrieved 2007 07 16 There s a Kitty Under the Christmas Tree Tomgrant com 30 October 2014 Retrieved 2020 03 18 The Light Inside My Dream Tomgrant com 7 July 2015 Retrieved 2020 03 18 External links editOfficial website nbsp Tom Grant at AllMusic nbsp Tom Grant at IMDb nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tom Grant jazz musician amp oldid 1141206638, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
