Artist description The US - Magazine "Jazz Now " calls him "one of the best kept secrets in the world of Contemporary Music. His original compositions and interpretations of Jazz classics are a delight to hear on CD and in live performances. His musical style includes scintillating, dynamic, beautifully creative improvisations on a mainly contemporary music palette which superbly mix tasteful influences of Jazz, Classical, New Age and R& B that celebrate and enrich the universal human spirit." Born in Vienna / Austria in 65, Thomas has been working in New York for the past two years. He has studied piano with Herbie Hancock and Joe Zawinul. He has currently released his first solo album entitled "Seven Worlds", featuring jazz stars Mike Stern, Craig Handy and Gerald Veasley.

Music Style Contemporary Jazz, Classical, World,Pop

Musical Influences All Music

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Group Members The album 7Worlds features Mike Stern, guitar Craig Handy, sax Gerald Veasley, bass Evan Tate, sax Mike Baker, drums

Albums 7Worlds

Press Reviews Bill Milkowski, Jazz Times Magazine: Keyboardist-composer Thomas Barth is one of those rare individuals who actually got to realize his dream in this lifetime. Seven Worlds is proof of that. Consider the long odds: Barth was living in Austria at the time he conceived of this project. As a classically trained pianist from Vienna who had also taken master classes with jazz greats Herbie Hancock and Joe Zawinul, he was more than up to the task musically. Plus, his understanding of marketing gave him an added tool in making this project happen. With those key factors under control, Barth turned his attention to sidemen. But rather than relying on the hippest players on his home turf, Thomas went after the impossible dream: former Miles Davis sideman Mike Stern on guitar and the former Zawinul Syndicate rhythm section of Mike Baker on drums and Gerald Veasley on bass. Through a combination of naivete and single minded conviction, involving a barrage of faxes and long distance phone calls, Barth was able to land each of these heavyweights for his own maiden voyage. Add saxophonists Craig Handy and Evan Tate to the mix and you’ve got the makings of a dream team. Miraculously, they had never played together before but the chemistry clicked in their intensive sessions together at Platinum Island studios in New York City. Stern is featured on the opening track ”Friends

Location NYC, NY - USA

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