Tom Roberts
2:45 p.m. May 24 | Return to Lineup Page
Ragtime, Stride, and New Orleans Piano
Tom is one of the world's leading proponents of early jazz piano. He has appeared on The Tonight Show and Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion in addition to arranging and performing music for films such as Martin Scorsese’s The Aviator.
Tom was pianist for Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks in New York City and pianist and musical director for Leon Redbone for six years.
Originally from Pittsburgh, Tom played in all the major jazz clubs in the French Quarter and on the riverboats of New Orleans when he lived there from 1989 to 1994. Tom has performed twice at New York’s Carnegie Hall in 2003, once with Skitch Henderson and the New York Pops. He was featured in 2003 in solo with Dick Hyman at the prestigious Jazz In July series at New York’s 92nd St. Y.
Tom has recorded over 40 albums and has performed throughout the United States and Europe.