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Tom Ball's freshman CD release Fishleather Jacket (produced by Ball and Ben Makinen) is the winner in the Roger Bobo Excellence In Recording Award for best jazz euphonium recording 2006. Winner was announced at the 2006 International Tuba Euphonium Conference (ITEC).


TOM BALL
Trombonist, Euphoniumist, Composer, Music Educator

Denver is home to Tom Ball, who is one of only a handful of jazz euphonium players in the world actively recording as a leader or sideman. Ball has been a freelance musician and music educator in Colorado since 1996. He holds degrees in music from the University of Colorado Boulder and Berklee College of Music. He works regularly as a trombonist with several groups in the Denver area and is active in the Denver recording scene. He was a featured artist at the 2005 and 2007 Rocky Mountain Regional Tuba and Euphonium Association Conference and at the International Tuba and Euphonium Conference 2006 and 2008. Tom currently appears on more than 10 CD releases and has toured Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, and every state in the continental U.S. He has performed with and backed-up many diverse groups and artists including the Pueblo Symphony, Rashid Ali, David S. Ware, Ravi Coltrane, Marion Brown, George Garzone and The Fringe, Manhattan Transfer, Benny Golson, Conrad Herwig, Brian Lynch, Nicholas Payton, Eddie Daniels, Dave and Don Grusin, the Tommy Dorsey and The Jimmy Dorsey Bands. Ball has performed at prestigious events and locations including the Blue Note in NYC, Red Rocks Amphitheater, Teluride Jazz Festival, and the Kansas City Jazz and Blues Festival.

RECENT REVIEWS OF CD-
"Tom Ball brings very inventive and fresh tunes to the table. His playing creates images of Chuck Mangione and his relaxed character shows through completely."
- Adam Frey, euphonium soloist (http://www.euphonium.com)

"I really, REALLY, like Tom Ball's new jazz euphonium CD. This is straight-ahead, nailed to the wall main-stream jazz as it should be! Very, VERY, tasty playing with terrific ideas and a great solid euphonium sound. My first thought was this is Gus Mancuso fifty years later!! Grab a copy of this as soon as you can ... you gotta hear it!!!"

R. Winston Morris, Tenn Tech University
Founding member: MATTESON/PHILLIPS TUBAJAZZ CONSORT
Founding member: Modern Jazz Tuba Project