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The Musician
The American vibraphonist Tom van der Geld was born in Boston,
and has been living permanently in Europe since 1974. He has performed
at nearly all of the significant European Jazz Festivals including
Montreux, Weltmusiktage Donaueschingen, Baden-Baden New Jazz Meeting,
Willisau Festival, Jazz Festival Berlin and the Leverkusener Jazz
Festival.
A partial listing of
performances and productions with important musicians reads like the
Who’s Who in jazz including names like Kenny Wheeler, John
Taylor, Charlie Mariano, Manfred Schoof, Luis de Mateo, Eduard Vesala,
Barre Philips, Albert Mangelsdorf, Keith Copeland, Mel Lewis, Bob
Brookmeyer, Peter Herbolzheimer and Bill Connors.
His legendary Group CHILDREN AT PLAY recorded four albums for the German label ECM / JAPO:
CHILDREN AT PLAY
PATH
PATIENCE
OUT PATIENTS.
These are no longer commercially available and have in the meantime become collector’s items.
TOM VAN DER GELD can be heard on these selected recordings:
AROUND SIX - Kenny Wheeler
HESSE BETWEEN MUSIK - Between
BETWEEN - Peter Michael Hamel
LOOKING FORWARD - Frank Haunschild
GETTING CLOSER - van der Geld/Haunschild
WATCHING THE WAVES - Tom van der Geld
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