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Tom Dempsey

Guitarist Tom Dempsey’s reputation in the New York jazz scene for hard swinging sophistication and pure musicality have made him a distinct voice in the New York Jazz Scene. In recent years Tom has performed and/or recorded with a virtual "Who’s Who" of world renowned jazz musicians including: Wynton Marsalis, Paquito D’Rivera, Jim Hall, John Abercrombie, John Scofield, Tal Farlow, Buddy Montgomery, George Coleman, Kenny Barron, Roy Haynes, Jack McDuff, Bobby McFerrin, Gerald Wilson, Mel Torme, Richard Wyands, Muhal Richard Abrams, and Dave Brubeck.  He has recorded seven CDs as a leader: Waltz New (Origin Records), Saucy (Planet Arts Records), Beautiful Friendship (Planet Arts Records), What’s Going On (City Tone Records), Perspectives (Imaginary Records), Blues In The Slope (Igmod Records), If Only We Knew (Self Release).  Tom has also recorded as a sideman on many recordings.  Since 1992, Tom has been performing as a leader and a sideman at some of the top jazz venues throughout the world including the JVC Jazz Festival, Jazz at Lincoln Center, San Francisco Jazz Festival, The Blue Note, Yoshi’s, Smalls and Smoke.  In 2012 Dempsey performed on behalf of the US State Department as a Music Ambassador throughout the country of Tunisia.    

As I Sing

By Radha Thomas

Label: SubContinental Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Summertime; Autumn Leaves; I Fall In Love Easily; It Could Happen To You; I remember Clifford; Daahoud; Jitterburg Waltz; Just Friends; Social Call; Moon Ray.

Village Waltz

March 11, 2017

Album: Waltz New
By Tom Dempsey
Label: OA2 Records
Released: 0
Duration: 6:19

The September Concert: The Heart Of Jazz For 9/11- Now In Its 10th Year

September 10, 2014

The September Concert: The Heart of Jazz for 9/11- now in its 10th Year. On Thursday, September 11, 40 of NYC’s top jazz artists will meet at Somethin' Jazz Club, 212 E 52nd St. NYC from 7pm - 1am, to play their take on various facets of that wretched day & its aftermath. They’ll be playing ...

New York Jazz Academy Summer Jazz Intensives, Nyc Music Camps For Adults And Teens, Now Enrolling

April 11, 2014

MAKE THIS SUMMER YOUR HOTTEST YET NEW YORK, NY: New York City’s acclaimed music school, New York Jazz Academy, is offering affordable Summer Jazz Intensives to adults and teens who can make it to their exciting new space on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. New York Jazz Academy, recently featured on NBC’s Today in New ...

Beautiful Friendship

By Tom Dempsey

Label: Planet Arts Records
Released: 2013
Track listing: 01. Little Niles (Randy Weston) - 5:38; 02. 50-21 (Thad Jones) - 7:16; 03. Focus Pocus (Tom Dempsey) - 4:32; 04. Autumn in New York (Vernon Duke) - 6:45; 05. It´s True (Ferguson/Dempsey/Frahm/Zigmund) - 6:30; 06. Cakewalk (Tim Ferguson) - 5:59; 07. Ted´s Groove (Tom Dempsey) - 6:16; 08. Beautiful Friendship (Donald Kahn/Stanley Styne) - 4:38; 09. Last Summer (Tim Ferguson) - 6:05; 10. Coming on the Hudson (Thelonious Monk) - 4:44.

Saucy

By Tom Dempsey

Label: Planet Arts Records
Released: 2013
Track listing: One Hundred Ways; Bock to Bock; Saucy; Ted’s Groove; Bridge Over Troubled Waters; Always Around; My Secret Love; Ceora; The Big Bailout; Pat-a-tat-tat.

Tom Dempsey: Saucy

by Glenn Astarita
October 9, 2013

Highly-regarded New York City session guitarist Tom Dempsey's sixth solo endeavor pays homage to the classic organ combo format, topped with a piquant sense of swing. Tuneful and capacious, the guitarist's dark- toned sound nicely parallels with organist Ron Oswanski's warm phrasings, synchronous progressions and sleek solos. Dempsey's Wes Montgomery-like chord solos and soul-jazz riffs are ...

Tom Dempsey - Tim Ferguson Quartet: Beautiful Friendship

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 17, 2013

Tom Dempsey e Tim Ferguson sono esponenti del mainstream da anni attivi a New York dove suonano, incidono, insegnano (Ferguson ha scritto due manuali sul contrabbasso), e lavorano come sidemen in altri gruppi o in studio. Tutto quello, insomma, che fanno i musicisti professionisti, quando hanno la possibilità di farlo. Il loro nuovo quartetto è arricchito ...

Tom Dempsey/Tim Ferguson What's Going On? CD Release Event Sunday, February 10th at Cornelia Street Caf

February 3, 2008

Tom Dempsey/Tim Ferguson What's Going On? CD Release Sunday, February 10, 2008 at CORNELIA STREET CAFE 29 Cornelia Street, New York 212-989-9319 between West 4th and Bleecker Sts, Greenwich Village 1 Subway to Sheridan Square; A, C, E, B, D, V, F ...