Tom McIntosh

Thomas S. "Tom" McIntosh (February 6, 1927 - July 26, 2017) was an American jazz trombonist, composer, arranger, and conductor.

McIntosh was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the eldest of six siblings. He also had an elder half-sibling by his father. He studied at Peabody Conservatory. He was stationed in West Germany after World War II. He played trombone in an Army band, and eventually graduated from Juilliard in 1958. He played in New York City from 1956, with Lee Morgan, Roland Kirk, James Moody (1959, 1962) and the Art Farmer/Benny Golson Jazztet (1960–61).

In 1961, McIntosh composed a song for trumpeter Howard McGhee. 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. He also worked with Thad Jones and Mel Lewis later in the 1960s.

In 1969, McIntosh 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.

In 2008, McIntosh was named a Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts McIntosh was baptized a Jehovah's Witness on August 13, 1960.

Discography

 * Manhattan Serenade (1968) - 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)
 * With Malice Toward None: The Music Of Tom McIntosh (IPO, 2003)

As arranger/composer
With Art Blakey With Illinois Jacquet With James Moody With Bobby Timmons With Milt Jackson
 * Hold On, I'm Coming (Limelight, 1965)
 * Bosses of the Ballad (Argo, 1964)
 * Another Bag (Argo, 1962)
 * Great Day (Argo, 1963)
 * Moody and the Brass Figures (Milestone, 1966)
 * The Blues and Other Colors (Miilestone, 1969)
 * Got to Get It! (Milestone, 1967)
 * Milt Jackson and the Hip String Quartet (Verve, 1968)

As sideman
With Art Farmer With Dizzy Gillespie With Eddie Harris With Jimmy Heath With Milt Jackson With John Lewis With Jack McDuff With James Moody With Oliver Nelson With Shirley Scott With Jimmy Smith
 * Big City Sounds (Argo, 1960) - with Benny Golson
 * The Jazztet and John Lewis (Argo, 1961) - with Benny Golson
 * The Jazztet at Birdhouse (Argo, 1961) - with Benny Golson
 * New York Jazz Sextet: Group Therapy (Scepter, 1966)
 * The Dizzy Gillespie Reunion Big Band (MPS, 1968)
 * Plug Me In (Atlantic, 1968)
 * Really Big! (Riverside, 1960)
 * Vibrations (Atlantic, 1960–61)
 * Big Bags (Riverside, 1962)
 * For Someone I Love (Riverside, 1963)
 * Ray Brown / Milt Jackson with Ray Brown (Verve, 1965)
 * Odds Against Tomorrow (Soundtrack) (United Artists, 1959)
 * Prelude (Prestige, 1963)
 * James Moody (Argo, 1959)
 * The Spirit of '67 with Pee Wee Russell (Impulse!, 1967)
 * For Members Only (Impulse!, 1963)
 * Roll 'Em: Shirley Scott Plays the Big Bands (Impulse!, 1966)
 * Hoochie Coochie Man (Verve, 1966)