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Tommy with his good buddy Jim Cox - one hell of a bass player!
photo by Rusty Jones |
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| Tommy with vocalist
Sonny Gaugliardo - a great singer |
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| Tommy with 2 of
his favorite vocalists, Spider Saloff and Arlene Bardelle, both
world class singers.. "photo by Steve Starrr" |
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Tommy at the famed
Green Mill with his Chicago all-star quintet
"celebrating
Bill Evans" on August 1, 2005. |
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| Tommy with the
superb Colleen McNabb. |
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Tommy hanging
with good friend, Hammond organ master Joey DeFrancesco.
Tommy is demonstrating his famed "air" organ technique! |
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Tommy with dear
friends, the wonderful pianist/vocalist Judy Roberts
and the superb pianist Larry Novak. "Larry hipped me
to Johnny Mandel when
I was in my 20's, and I'm forever grateful!" |
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Tom with his daughter
Lauren, a very talented actor and singer.
"She's
my sunshine!" |
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Tommy hangin'
with renowned actor John Mahoney
and vocalist extraordinaire Colleen McNabb. |
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Tom on a gig with
bassist Jim Cox and drummer Rusty Jones,
both fine musicians and good buddies. |
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| Tommy with the
great jazz pianist and composer Cedar Walton. |
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| Tom with his beautiful
wife and partner Sandy. |
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| Tommy and Judy
Roberts share a piano. |
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Two excellent
pianists John Campbell and Jody Christian flank Tommy.
In the foreground is Tom's good friend Vesna Lasar, former proprietor
of famed
club the Jazz Gallery. Vesna is also a renowned Chicago painter/artist. |
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Tom with brother
John (Larry) Muellner who lives in Oregon. John is a
great stage and film actor, and is also a fabulous jazz drummer. |
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Tommy with guitar
legend and pal Fred Rundquist. Freddy is well known and respected
by countless guitar legends past and present! He worked with
Judy Garland, Jeri Southern and was Perry Como's TV guitarist. |
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Tommy hanging'
with good pals, the multi-instrumentalist jazz legend
Ira Sullivan and veteran bassist John Bany. |
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The wonderful
vocalist Kirsten Gustafson performing live on
WGN's morning show with (L to R) Tommy, Dan DeLorenzo, Phil
Gratteau
and Bill Klewitz. What a band! |
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| Jazz
piano great Junior Mance hangin' with Tommy. |
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Vocalist
Marc Pompe' and Tommy
flanking jazz organ master Joey DeFrancesco. |
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| The
wonderful bassist Kelly Sill and Tom playing a waltz.
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Tom
performing with jazz legend Ira Sullivan at Chicago's famed
Jazz Showcase along with bassist Larry Gray and drummer Robert
Shy. |
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Tommy
hangin' out with close pal Bill (Witz) Klewitz,
flanking jazz greats Frank Wess and the late Teddy Edwards. |
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Tom
with the great late Barrett Deems of Louie Armstrong fame.
Tommy played some memerable trio dates with BD. The phrase
coined
for Barrett was "the world's fastest drummer".
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| Tommy
performing with terrific jazz guitarist Henry Johnson. |
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The
Muellner quartet (at least for that date!) with
Ron Dewar - tenor, Larry Kohut - bass and Robert Shy - drums. |
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Drummer
Rusty Jones, the fabulous clarinetist Eddie Daniels,
bassist Dave Marr and Tommy on a quartet date. |
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Tommy
expounding on a fishing story during an Ira Sullivan roast
at
Joe Segal's Chicago Jazz Showcase. Pictured onstage are alumni
who have worked with Ira over the years. |
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| Chicago
piano treasure Jodie Christian and Tom. |
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Tommy's trio
live at Gale Street with the superb Kelly Sill on bass
and the ever swingin' Tim Davis on drums |
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| Tom
with two of Chicago's finest vocalists: Frank D'Rone &
Arlene Bardelle |
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Tommy
relaxing with treasured friends, multi-talented Bill Klewitz,
jazz photographer/guitarist and remarkable jazz pianist John
Campbell. |
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Tom
with the great pianist & jazz legend Sir Charles Thompson
(Composer of "Robbin's Nest"). |
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| Tommy
with his friend Pat Martino, Jazz Guitar Innovator. |
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