A Train Entertainment

Well this may sound like some wacky wish fulfillment but the A Train juggernaut has hitched itself up to cherry pick and develop various artists who currently work with Total Creative Freedom Ltd in North and South America. The idea behind TCF really is that the lunatics have taken over the asylum and guess what, they are doing a great job. Musicians and labels within the TCF structure are empowered to make their own choices as they negotiate their way through the digital age and all the many possibilities it presents.

Currently TCF license and manage releases for Knumskull HQ, Sup Peeps Records, The Big Chill Label, Bob Hillary and The Massive Mellow, Mezzowave, Mano De Dios, Paul Diello, Holotronica and Patrick Bergin. Major label refugee and recording artist Eugenie Arrowsmith and producer, re-mixer and artist Lee Pepper founded TCF. Eugenie had been signed to Virgin 10 Records as a teenager in the late 80s (and yes there are YouTube videos out there to prove this). She made a half a million pound album with the likes of Steve Hillage, members of Shriek Back and Mercury nominated trumpeter Guy Barker. Similarly Pepper (as he is commonly known) had been signed to EMI and spent 3 years working in Paris and New York.

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Tom’s first television scoring experience, a documentary on the Smithsonian, nominated for an Emmy, opened doors for composing for television and commercials. This soon lead to his establishing Los Angeles Post Music, which provides music for visual media including commercials, television and film.

Tom has produced multiple CD’s for Steve Allee and performed with him twice at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland. He has composed, arranged and produced over 150 CD’s while continuing to perform with LA’s finest musicians. His forthcoming solo jazz project “Simply One” was slated for a fall 2011 release with Steve Allee on piano, James Genus on acoustic bass and Will Kennedy on drums.

Tom began playing saxophone in his native Indiana at age 7 and never looked back. While studying classical saxophone in his school years, he also launched several successful bands in high school and college. His high school R&B/ Funk band consisted of Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds, Daryl Simmons and drummer Rayford Griffin. At that time he also performed at Indianapolis Clowes Hall with the Indiana Symphony Orchestra and was featured on a live radio broadcast on the soprano sax. His next youthful adventure was a fusion band with guitarist David Grissom and Kenny Aronoff, who went on to become Rolling Stone Magazine’s drummer of the year multiple times. All the while Tom studied extensively with some of the leading teachers of the day including David Baker, Phil Sobel and Bob Sheppard.

Moving to LA in 1981, Tom became part of the session player scene and found his talent as a composer. Soon after, Tom landed his first recording deal as a solo artist and his debut album shot to number one on radio airplay all across the nation. Extensive performances at national jazz festivals and clubs soon followed.

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