Currently:

SLICE plays the 5th estate on Tuesday, Nov. 8th at 10pm with myself, Nate Radley, Matt Pavolka, Diego Voglino.

There will be a duo concert featuring myself and guitarist Brad Shepik on Sunday November 13th at Sycamore, Brooklyn as part of the Brooklyn Jazz Undrground's "Underground Works" series. We will be performing newly composed and specially selected original compositions. Although we shared the bandstand many times this is the first time we will have performed as a duo, so this ought to be a fun sonic adventure.

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+ Rebound is currently out-of-stock, please check back later.

+ Extra-special props to the Vic Firth company for their continuous support.


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+ Bill Milkowsi wrote a nice review in Jazztimes Magazine this month of our playing on Brad Shepik's CD "Across the Way." >read it

+ Allaboutjazz.com wrote a nice review about the music that was made on Shepik's record: "Throughout, Shepik traverses a wonderfully inviting course, with crisp, questioning guitar lines that might as easily shift into biting fits of joy as drift into echoing fields of pensiveness. And there always to counter and complement him is Beckham, who displays an equal fluidity in blending sharp emphasis and languorous drift."

+ I was recently interviewed for the Cornelia Street Cafe's blog, a chronicle which infrequently interviews an individual performer at the club, to discuss art, music, performance, and other dynamics of being a performer.

+ "...here's someone who makes the vibraphone sound like the most grand of jazz instruments." - John Book, thisisbooksmusic.com

+ "...Beckham does not hesitate to take front stage at certain times, and the impressive subtlety of his technique combines wondrously both with the calm moments and the intense moments in order to make the tunes memorable. Here and there one feels the influences of diverse musical horizons, which contribute to preserving a dynamic and relatively eclectic sound." --CHYZ, 94.3 Canada

+ "The leadoff track, 'Tethered,' [from Rebound]... invites repeated listens, so compelling are the tune, the series of solos, and group interplay."— Scott Albin, Jazz.com

+ "Tom Beckham has a refreshing approach to the vibraphone. He plays it with a gentle ear for harmony and development, with ideas that are wrapped in crystalline notes." - allaboutjazz.com

+ "When listening to ‘Rebound,’ there is an attachment of sensitivity and close attention to detail. Beckham’s strategic improvised rhythms serve as a reminder of the CD’s straight ahead influences." - Jus' Jazz.com

+ "one of the top 10 New Releases of 2008." - Paul Blair/Hothouse Magazine

+ "Center Songs seeks to carve out a space for his own strong voice -- influence meets invention. This album is rife with hooks that won't lose their wonder."--Kellen Yamanaka, KKJZ, 2007 full text >

+ "His exclamatory way with the mallets brings lots of fireworks to the instrument’s naturally mellow personality." - Jim Macnie, The Village Voice, 2006

+ "Beckham's work has a sound all its own -- which is what jazz is really about." Rhapsody.com, 2006

+ "Center Songs is well worth it. With terrific charts, a great sound and an impressive performance by Tom Beckham and crew, this is one entertaining album that succeeds in delivering a vibrant musical statement." --ejazznews.com (March 2007)

+ "A fine composer,...Center Songs tilts agreeably, but never topples."--Baltimore Magazine, 2007

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