
| Tom was born in Tampa, Florida in 1966. The family moved to Boca Raton, Florida, where Tom grew up. As a young child he took piano lessons, but later switched to guitar. After high school, he began undergraduate studies at the University of Florida, then transferred to Boston's Berklee College of Music. At Berklee, he studied jazz and concentrated on classical composition. He graduated from Berklee, cum laude, in 1990. Tom attended law school in California and graduated in 1993. He moved back to Florida and studied business in an MBA program. As a trial attorney for ten years, he represented some of America's largest, most well-known corporations and insurance companies. Tom always pursued his original passions: writing and playing jazz. In 2003, he decided to leave the practice of law and work full time as a musician. In 2006, he released his debut trio CD, "First Time Over." Tom lives in the Tampa Bay area with his beloved wife, Sandy. He is busy practicing, writing, performing and recording jazz. |

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