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Tom Lagana George Garzone Tom Baldwin Dominic Smith LISTEN - click on links below Vol.1 – Spring ‘14 Schematic – Spring ‘11 Outra Vez Brigas Nunca Mais Holland Tunnel W.W.H.D All Or Nothing At All Dents Bossa Moderna Para Machucar Armando's Rhumba Meu Coracao WATCH Tom Lagana performing in Annapolis, MD READ "The word that comes to my mind while listening to The Tom "Favoring a clean, dry guitar tone, Lagana’s fluid and imaginative Lagana Group is balance:balance between modern and approach puts ideas before pyrotechnics." traditional, notes and space, up-tempo and down-tempo, solo exploration and ensemble continuity with four masterful -Tom Greenland, All About Jazz - NYC musicians meeting in the middle to create a beautiful musical “Maryland-based guitarist Tom Lagana isn't nearly as well-known as experience that you should not miss." he should be, not even in jazz circles, but that won't be the case for -Michael Raitzyk, Baltimore Jazz Alliance long if he continues to record albums as enjoyable and multifaceted "All the musicians' love and understanding of Brazilian as Schematic." music comes thru these 11 tunes." - Mike Joyce, Washington Post -Tom Cole, Editor NPR; Host, G-Strings, WPFW-FM “While one hears strong influences of Pat Metheny, Bill Frisell, and "Cover or original, all 11 tracks show that when the nylon- John Scofield in the guitarist masterful playing, Lagana creatively stringed acoustic guitar melds with the saxophone (both in incorporates their styles into his own unique voice.” committed and sensitive hands) the result is quite magical." -James Scott, Minor 7th Magazine -William Bucks, www.soundandjazzandfunk.com “Lagana further proves his meddle thru creative arrangements of jazz “Schematic ise alth bum to make guitar aficionados and the jazz world classics." in general sit up and take notice of a talent deserving of wider -Bill Meredith, Jazz Times recognition.” -Bill Milkowski, jazz author and critic MEET THE BAND Tom Lagana – guitar: As a jazz guitarist and band George Garzone – tenor and soprano saxophones: leader, a classical guitarist, an educator, and a A veteran jazzman, George Garzone is a founding composer, Tom Lagana has garnered respect for member of the Boston-area jazz trio The Fringe and his creativity, musical integrity, and devotion to his has been featured with Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Danilo craft. After graduating from the Berklee College of Perez, Joe Lovano, Jack DeJohnette, Rachel Z, and Music, he worked as the guitarist for the Walt John Patitucci among many others. He has played Disney Jazz Band in Orlando, Florida, before with countless prominent musicians at key jazz returning to his home state of Maryland where the venues, events, and festivals throughout the U.S. and Tom Lagana Trio became the house band at The in over 20 foreign countries. Garzone is also well- King of France Tavern in Annapolis. Lagana went on to get a Masters known as a jazz educator and has pioneered the triadic approach. He is in Music at Towson University where he was awarded second prize in currently teaching at the Berklee College of Music and has previously the Sidney Lieberman Competition, the first guitarist ever to place in taught at New England Conservatory, Longy School of Music, New York that competition. His analysis of the work of Pat Metheny was University, Manhattan School of Music, Northeastern University and the published by Just Jazz Guitar magazine and endorsed by Metheny New School University. Students of his have included Joshua Redman, himself. Lagana has participated in master classes with Ralph Towner, Branford Marsalis, Teadross Avery, Luciana Souza, Mark Turner, Donny Dusan Bogdanovic, The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, Roland Dyens, McCaslin, Doug Yates and Danilo Perez, to name a few. His recordings and the Brazilian Guitar Quartet. He was a guest artist at the First include Alone, a Stan Getz tribute; Four's and Two's with compatriot Joe World Guitar Congress and was invited to play for guitarist/composer Lovano; Moodiology; and Fringe in New York. He is a member of the Carlo Domeniconi at the Long Island Guitar Festival. Lagana was Grammy-winning Joe Lovano Nonet, and has performed and recorded featured with the National Symphony Orchestra in David Del Tredici’s with this group at the Village Vanguard. He is endorsed by Rico Reeds, work Final Alice and appeared again with the NSO and Eric Idle of the JodyJazz mouthpieces and R. S. Berkeley instruments Monty Python troupe. He has also performed with the York Symphony Orchestra, the Richmond Symphony, and recently with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in the John Waters’ Hairspray tribute and again as accompanist to singer Jackie Evancho. Lagana has played many festivals, shared the bill with jazz icon Herbie Hancock, and worked with George Garzone, Walt Weiskopf, Red Rodney, Craig Handy, Bob Mintzer, and Marvin Stamm. agana’s guitar work can also be heard on the Fox Network show America’s Most Wanted. He has taught at Towson University and is currently on the faculty at University of Maryland, Baltimore County. His recordings include Patuxent, Schematic, and most recently, Vol.1. L Tom Baldwin – bass: After earning a degree in Dominic Smith – drums: The hard swinging Jazz Studies at Ithaca College, bassist, style, innovative use of dynamics, and rhythmic composer, and educator Tom Baldwin returned subtleties of Dominic Smith have been utilized to the Baltimore-Washington area and is now by such jazz notables as Eric Alexander, among the most in-demand bassists of the Harold Mabern, James Williams, Charlie Byrd, region. Baldwin was the second place finalist in Phil Woods, Jim Snidero, Kenny Rankin, the 1995 Thelonious Monk International Bass Dennis Irwin, Ray Bryant, Keter Betts and Competition and has worked with many Charles McPherson. As a member of The prominent jazz artists, including instrumentalists Unified Jazz Ensemble, he performs both Eric Alexander, Gene Bertoncini, Stanley locally and nationally. Smith rounds out his Cowell, George Garzone, Tutti Heath, Fred Hersch, Brian Lynch, playing schedule with the cream of the crop of local musicians Harold Mabern, James Moody, and James Williams, as well as several nights a week, as well as backing up many different national vocalists Michael Feinstein, Eartha Kitt, Bernadette Peters, and artists, performing more than 320 gigs a year, while still finding time Kenny Rankin. He has performed at such venues as Blues Alley, The to teach in his home studio. He has a degree in Jazz Performance Kennedy Center, The Meyerhoff, Strathmore, The Library of from Towson University where he studied composition with Hank Congress, and Wolf Trap. An active teacher and clinician, Tom is the Levy and played in the “A” band there under the tutelage of jazz bass instructor at the University of Maryland, College Park, and drummers Steve Ashcraft and Grant Menefee. He has also studied UMBC. He is a regular faculty member at the Maryland Summer with Kenny Washington, Marvin "Smitty" Smith, Ralph Peterson, Jazz camp, and has been a clinician or adjudicator for various Jazz Frank Malabe, Duduka Da Fonseca, Mike Clark, and Kim Plainfield. festivals and workshops at the collegiate and high school level. In His local drum guru was the late, great, genius drummer Mike Smith. addition to his debut CD of original compositions, Glom On To This, Baldwin has appeared as a sideman on over 30 recordings. BOOKING For information call 443.889.4597 or Visit www.tomlagana.net for additional email [email protected] information on the group DOWNLOADS All photos are available for download in hi-resolution at www.tomlagana.net.