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Tobias Gebb

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Tobias Gebb is a drummer, composer and educator based in New York City. Over the years he has shared the stage or recording studio with a wide variety of artists. From Blue Note jazz guitarist Peter Burnstein to Donald Fegan of Steely Dan. From the famed west coast jazz pianist Smith Dobson to the famed rocker Lenny Kravits. He has a BA in composition from Berklee College of Music, an MA from Manhattan School of Music and a dual MSE in general and special education from The Bank Street School. His album Free At Last featuring Bobby Watson was in the Top 10 on American jazz radio charts in 2009 and through his licensing business his group Trio West has been heard on shows such as Dexter, Madam Secretary, Key and Peele, Pitch Perfect and others.

Album

free at last

Label: Yummyhouse Records
Released: 2010
Track listing: Blues for Drazen; My Love; Spitball; You Don't Know What Love Is; Bop Be Dop; Free At Last; Softly as in a Morning Contemplation; Tomorrow Never Knows.

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Tobias Gebb & Unit 7: free at last

Read "free at last" reviewed by David A. Orthmann


Tobias Gebb's prodigious talents as a composer, arranger, bandleader, and drummer run throughout the admirable free at last. A positive, good-natured quality pervades the project. Despite the disc's eight tracks being relatively short, each is substantial and complete unto itself. Gebb writes distinctive melodies, clothes them in a variety of forms, and ...

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Tobias Gebb & Unit 7: free at last

Read "free at last" reviewed by Terrell Kent Holmes


On free at last, drummer Tobias Gebb shows great depth and maturity as a composer and arranger. This recording is a balanced mix of originals and standards, from various musical genres, combined to produce rich sounds and vibrant colors. Veteran altoist Bobby Watson and young tenor lion Stacy Dillard take star turns on ...

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Tobias Gebb and Unit 7: free at last

Read "free at last" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins


Like a bird uncaged, drummer Tobias Gebb expresses himself without restraint on free at last, recorded with Unit 7. The collection is a mix of original songs and covers. Gebb is a freelance musician on the New York scene. Having appeared on recordings with Lenny Kravitz and Donald Fagen, Gebb has also served as ...

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Tobias Gebb & Unit 7: free at last

Read "free at last" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


New York-based drummer Tobias Gebb assembled a stellar cast for free at last. The format of Unit 7 follows the instrumentation tradition of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. The three-horn frontline and three-man rhythm section allows this group to sound bigger than it is at times, while also having the flexibility to make things more intimate. Gebb ...


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