User:Thomasbirl

Thomas Birl is a pianist born 1969 in Brooklyn, New York. The church was the musical stomping ground, at age 4, he started playing the bongo, at age 10 the drums and bass guitar. At age 12, piano and hammond B3. In the mid 80's, music was a ritualistic thing to do on weekends. His real passion at that time was video games and girls,until his first part-time job working at The Harry Fox Agency. He then decided to invest his time and energy in self-employment as a full-time musician. Highschool and college years he played with R&B and cover bands in the NY, CT area. 1994-2001 he played with smooth jazz musicians. 2001-2006 he explored avant-garde music. From 2006 to the present day, he has played with various straight ahead jazz musicians. Now living in Kentucky collaborating with jazz artists