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Tobias Gebb

Tobias Gebb is a producer, composer, arranger and freelance drummer living in New York City. As the owner of Yummyhouse Records, he has produced 4 full length recordings featuring his piano trio (Trio West) and larger group(Unit 7) that have garnered him an "Honorable Mention" by The Village Voice, features on Amazon.Com, national and international radio play on major jazz stations, voted "best of 2008" by the Jazz Journalists Association, and many great features and reviews in publications such as Jazz Improv, The Boston Globe, Primetime Magazine, The Village Voice, Hot House, and many more. His projects have been bolstered by the involvment of many top level players in the New York City jazz scene such as Ron Blake, Joel Frahm, Joe Magnarelli, Mark Gross, Ugonna Okegwo, Curtis Lundy, and Wayne Escoffery. Tobias grew up on the upper west side of Manhattan

free at last

By TOBIAS GEBB

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.

Tobias Gebb & Unit 7: free at last

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 ...

Tobias Gebb & Unit 7: free at last

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 ...

Tobias Gebb and Unit 7: free at last

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 ...

Tobias Gebb & Unit 7: free at last

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 ...