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Tom Giacabetti
Much sought after for his versatility, Tom has performed in every major theater and showroom in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Atlantic City, New Jersey over the past 40 years. He has appeared in concert with The Philadelphia Orchestra and Peter Nero and The Philly Pops and in performances at the Willingboro and Mellon Jazz Festivals and Temple University, Stockton Performing Arts Center, Rowan University and The University of The Arts. Tom has shared the stage with many great jazz artists including Morganna King, Nancy Wilson, Randy Brecker, John Swana, Kenny Barron, The Count Basie Orchestra, Dave Brubeck and the Michael Pedicin Quartet. He has also performed or recorded with many popular artists including Shirley MacClaine, Liza Minnelli, Michael Feinstein, Bernadette Peters, Dean Martin and Bob Hope. Tom has been a featured artist on several nationally syndicated television shows including "The World of Guitar" and "Miles of Music." Highly respected as an educator, Tom currently teaches music at Temple University, Rowan University, Bucks County Community College and The University of the Arts.
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Tender Heart: Songs Of Tom Giacabetti And Melissa Gilstrap
by Victor L. Schermer
The late Tom Giacabetti was a master guitarist based in Philadelphia and Atlantic City. Towards the end of his life, cut short at age 64 by a prolonged illness, he compiled several of his own compositions for some of which lyrics were set by Melissa Gilstrap, a Philly lawyer and lover of music, poetry, literature, and the arts, who is currently making a name for herself as a jazz lyricist. (Her words are featured in a self- produced 2013 recording ...
read moreBucks County Community College Presents Jazz Guitar Master Class with Tom Giacabetti
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All About Jazz
Thursday November 8th at 6:00 pm Bucks County Community College Music and Multimedia Center, Room 001 275 Swamp Road, Newtown Pennsylvania 18940 About Tom Giacabetti Tom Giacabetti is a well-known guitarist/educator in the Philadelphia and Atlantic City area. Much sought after for his versatility, Tom has performed in every major theater and showroom in Philadelphia and Atlantic City. He has appeared in concert with Peter Nero and the Philly Pops, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the ...
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