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Tomchess is a New York City based Multi-instrumentalist/Improviser/Composer making music professionally for 35 years. He plays Reeds, Western Flute, Arabic/Turkish Ney flute, Oud, and Guitar. He also has a history of using electronics /sampling/live-sampling/loops/fx. Having deeply studied the Near Eastern, and North African traditions his syncretic sound encompasses the tonal palette, rhythms, and forms of these traditional musics as well as focusing on the transcendent unity of all human culture while never losing sight of his American roots and the importance and freedom of improvisation

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Luis Vicente, Martin Kuchen, Ayumi Tanaka & Mali Obomsawin

by Maurice Hogue
September 7, 2026

Europe's still Europe on maps so far, and that's where this episode of One Man's Jazz is centered and sampling new albums by Portugal's free--blowing trumpeter Luis Vicente & his 4tet (Spirits Moving) and guitarist Marcelo Dos Reis; saxophonist Martin Kuchen's Angles 4 from Sweden; the Scottish duo of saxophonist Zack Moir & bassist Roberto Cassani's ...

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Galaxy 13

January 11, 2023

Album: Tomchess-Companions
By Tomchess
Label: Footjumbo Records
Released: 2022
Duration: 05:49

Album

Tomchess-Companions

By Tomchess

Label: Footjumbo Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Sullivan Street Wisdom Away From Violence Galaxy 13 Premonition Companions Patience Of You And Me On The Life of a Candle Sun Pie Mind Forms And Kind Life

Album

Momentarily Endless

By Tomchess

Label: Foot Jumbo Records
Released: 2016
Track listing: Arc; Stepping Out Of Circles; Zizag teahouse; Hymn of Bridges; Wig For A Saint; Momentarily Endless; Oud Taksim: Coverage; Coverage; The Giver And The Beautiful Gift.

Article: Album Review

Tom Chess: Momentarily Endless

Read "Momentarily Endless" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
January 29, 2016

Oud performer Tom Chess and associates go for the gusto on this sterling quartet date recorded at different venues in New York. With asymmetrical doses of free-form and conventional improvisational tactics shadowing attractive themes and hooks, the band tethers jazz with Middle Eastern and North African motifs, immersed within a sparkling soundstage. Chess leads the group ...

Album

In The Beautiful Future

By Tomchess

Label: Foot Jumbo Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Disc One - Oud Taksim On - 19 Times In 17 Years; 19 Times In 17 Years; Two Paths; A Poem Change; La Fumbo; In The Beautiful Future. Disc 2 - Aletheia; Levitation Grain; Oud Taksim On - Fish And Paper Messages; Fish And Paper Messages; Oud Taksim On - The Rose Apple Tree; The Rose Apple Tree; Peace Warriors (O Coleman).

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Article: Album Review

Tomchess & the Lovedogs: In The Beautiful Future

Read "In The Beautiful Future" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
May 15, 2007

Multi-instrumentalist and composer Tom Chess is an extraordinary musician who has traveled the world to study and perform with the best and brightest. He's also an accomplished jazz guitarist, having spent quality time with tenor saxophonists like Dewey Redman and Pharaoh Sanders. Residing in New York City, this band in particular was formed in 1999 for ...