Tommy Vig

Tommy Vig (* July 14, 1938 ) is a Hungarian musicians of modern jazz (vibraphone, drums, composition ), who worked fifty years in the United States.

Life and work

Vig was considered a musical prodigy and gave early concerts with his father, clarinetist Gyorgy Vig. In 1947, nine years old, he was a drummer for the winner of the MGM Jazz Competition in Budapest. As a result, he made ​​recordings in Budapest with Chappys MOPEX Big Band ( on the Hungarian Mester slope label) and in Vienna with Ernst Mooslandl and the Hot Club Vienna (on Elite Special). He studied at the Bartok Conservatory in Budapest. After the crushing of the Hungarian uprising in 1956 he fled to Vienna, where he played with Fatty George and Joe Zawinul. After moving to the United States, he studied at the Juilliard School of Music Composition. He worked with Bill Evans, Duke Jordan, Peter Ind and Mat Mathews. In 1968, he took with Miles Davis and Gil Evans ' band at the Berkeley Jazz Festival part. He then settled in Las Vegas, where he performed with Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Tony Curtis, Diana Ross and the Carpenters. 1971 sent the Hungarian broadcasting a concert with Béla Szakcsi Lakatos, Imre Aladar Aladar and Kőszegi, which was released in the U.S. on the Mortney label.

Then he went to Los Angeles, where he worked as a musician and composer in the studios. He wrote the soundtrack to the films Nightmare Circus and Texas Lightning ( 1981). As a percussionist, he participated in the recording of Quincy Jones soundtrack for Roots. He also collaborated with Henry Mancini and Don Ellis. In 1984 he initiated during the Olympic Games, the Olympic Jazz Festival in Los Angeles. He also organized the annual Las Vegas Caesars Palace Jazz Festival. With Lajos Dudas he stepped on the Jazz Festival Münster (Album Mistral ), 1986; a recent tour joined in 2006. He also took on the hr- Jazz Ensemble and Martin Breinschmid.

For ten years he was the vice - president of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Since 2006 Vig lives with his wife Mia again in Hungary.

Prizes and awards

In 1994 he received the " Hungarian Grammy " ( Emerton - price) from the state radio in Budapest. From the Hungarian Jazz Federation, he was awarded in 2006 with her first prize for musical arrangements. In 2011 he received the Gold Medal of the Hungarian President.

Works

Disco Graphical Notes

  • The Tommy Vig Orchestra 2012 Featuring David Murray - Klasszikus Jazz Records (2011)
  • ÜssDob - Tom - Tom Records ( 2008)
  • Now and Then - Pannon Jazz (1947-2003)
  • Tommy Vig 1978 - Dobre Records # 1015 (1978 )
  • Somebody Loves Me - Dobre Records # 1005 (1976)
  • Tommy Vig in Budapest - Mortney Records # 71425 (1972)
  • Just for the Record - Private Pressing ( 1971)
  • The Sound of the Seventies - Milestone Records # 9007 (1968)
  • Encounter with Time aka Space Race - Discovery Records # 70925 DS -780 (1967 )
  • The Tommy Vig Orchestra - Take V Records ( 1964)

Compositions (selection )

  • Concerto for Clarinet, vibraharp and Orchestra
  • Concerto for Orchestra and vibraharp
  • Concerto for Timpani and Orchestra
  • Concerto for Tenor Saxophone and Orchestra
  • Four Pieces for Orchestra Neophonic
  • Collage for Four clarinetists
  • A Clarinetist and a Harpist
  • Budapest 1956 ( Concerto for Jazz Percussion and Orchestra )

Compositions for film and television

Lexical entries

  • Carlo Bohländer Reclams Jazz Guide Stuttgart 1970
Child prodigy Hungarian Revolution of 1956 Film score Roots (TV miniseries) David Murray (saxophonist) Leonard Feather All About Jazz Hans Koller Integrated Authority File
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