Tom McIntosh



Thomas S. McIntosh (born February 6, 1927) is an American jazz composer and trombonist.

Biography
McIntosh was born in Baltimore, Maryland and studied at Peabody Conservatory. He played trombone in an Army band, and eventually graduated from Juilliard in 1958.

Trombonist
He played in New York City from 1956, with Lee Morgan, Roland Kirk, James Moody (1959, 1962), Art Farmer and Benny Golson (1960). In 1964 he played with the New York Jazz Sextet. He also worked with Thad Jones and Mel Lewis later in the 1960s.

Composer
In 1961 he composed "The Day After," a song for trumpet legend Howard McGhee's album "Sharp Edge".

In 1963 he composed music for Dizzy Gillespie's Something Old, Something New album.

The following year his composition Whose Child Are You? was performed by the New York Jazz Sextet, of which he was a member.

In 1969 he gave up jazz and moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in film and television composing. He wrote music for The Learning Tree, Soul Soldier, Shaft's Big Score, Slither, A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich, and John Handy.

Discography

 * 1968: Manhattan Serenade - Earl Coleman - with Jerome Richardson (fl) Billy Taylor (p) Frank Foster (ts) Tom McIntosh Eddie Williams (ts) Gene Bertoncini (g) Reggie Workman (b) Bobby Thomas (d)

Compositions

 * "The Day After" from the Howard McGhee album "Sharp Edge" recorded Dec. 6, 1961

Arrangements
With Bobby Timmons


 * Got to Get It! (Milestone, 1967)

Sideman
With Oliver Nelson


 * The Spirit of '67 with Pee Wee Russell (Impulse!, 1967)

With Shirley Scott


 * For Members Only (Impulse!, 1963)


 * Roll 'Em: Shirley Scott Plays the Big Bands (Impulse!, 1966)

Awards


In 2008, McIntosh received an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.