Tom Grose

Tom Grose is a composer, multi-instrumentalist and producer whose career at the forefront of the Atlanta-area music scene has spanned thirty years. He is a first-call session keyboardist and vocalist who has worked live and in the studio with a diverse array of artists and producers, including Will Lee, Hamish Stuart, Steve Ferrone, Slave, Michael Brecker, Lou Marini, Steve Khan, Anthony Jackson, Al Kooper, David Martin, Howard Tate, Jerry Ragovoy, Jai Johanny Johanson, Rodney Mills...

Grose has composed for and performed in a wide variety of musical formats and genres, including ballet (Rockin' To The Point), television ("You Write The Songs"), movies ("Dead Aim") and radio. His two most recent albums "Jetsam" and "At Bay" are departures from his previous recorded output; the compositions and arrangements contained therein reflect both an adventurous approach to production and improvisation developed through decades onstage and in the studio and a return to his teenaged roots. Grose is a child of the sixties whose first-run heroes included The Beatles, The Animals, The Allman Brothers Band, Jeff Beck, Yes, Cream, Jimi Hendrix, Soft Machine, Weather Report and Frank Zappa, yet his recorded music has rarely reflected these influences until recently.

His keyboard work reflects the imprints of Herbie Hancock, George Duke and Max Middleton, while his guitar playing is mostly Zappaesque. Having come of musical age pre-fusion, his sixties-era blues-rock guitar chops don't reflect the accomplished perfection of McLaughlin, Stern, Metheny or Vai. His approach is far more instinctual than cerebral.