Tommy Tornado Travelling Man (2012) Thomas ‘Tommy Tornado’ Streutgers is perhaps the youngest saxophone star in the Netherlands. A saxophone player who is so closely connected with his instrument that – during the 31 years he is old – he has blown more air through his mouthpiece than he has exhaled normally! In 1997, Tommy Tornado won the Big Boss Jazz Award at just 17 years old and ever since then his star is rising. With several bands he tours music stages throughout Europe. He played in the ska / rocksteady / reggae formation Rude Rich & the Highnotes with which he toured and made records with legendary Jamaican artists such as Rico Rodiguez, Derrick Morgan, Alton Ellis, Dennis Alcapone, The Heptones, Ernest Ranglin, Winston Francis and U-Brown all over Europe and Japan. Recently he brought over one of his biggest hero’s ‘King of the Honkers’ Big Jay McNeeley to Europe, who he invited to play with his jumpjazz formation JZZZZZP. This resulted in much talked-about performances such as during the Haarlem Jazzfestival and on the television show Vrije Geluiden (VPRO) and the release of their live CD in 2011! Currently, Tommy Tornado is playing with 3 different bands, including JZZZZZP,The Soulsnatchers and The Busquito’s. Besides that he’s touring all over the world with acts like The Toasters (USA), Rotterdam Ska Jazz Foundation and others. He has released his well received solo record “Sunrise” (in 2009) on which Tommy is assisted by members of The High Notes with guest performances of Rico Rodriguez, Ernest Ranglin, Winston Francis, Dennis Alcapone and many more. It is a record with mainly reggae sounds on which Tommy proves that he is not only a great performing artist but also an excellent songwriter. Early 2012 Tommy released his next solo album “Cool Down”, wich features 10 killing roots reggae tracks!! Featuring artists like Mr.T-bone (Italy), Ebou Gaya Mada (Gambia) and Awwa (The Netherlands). Tommy Tornado played on festivals like “Haarlem Jazz Festival, Haarlem”, “Valkhof Affaire, Nijmegen”, “De Zwarte Cross, Lichtenvoorde”, “Rototom Sunsplash, Spain”, and several stages and festivals in Europe and the USA. Tommy Tornado’s tropical sounds warm up the cool European night air! A must-see for every reggae lover !!! ift.tt/XG72FR _______ FOLLOW LIPSapp Smooth Radio _______ FB: r-js/1wsLIZx / TW: r-js/1wsLDoS / Listen to LIPSapp Smooth Radio r-js/1dOIQ18 #jazz #blues #randb #mariahcarey #tonibraxton #tedeschitrucks #davekoz #boneyjames
Posted on: Sat, 06 Dec 2014 16:11:00 +0000
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