Tomasso Starace was born in Milan in 1975 and has been playing alto saxophone since the age of 18. He achieved a Bmus First Class Honours Degree at the Birmingham Conservatoire. He leads his own jazz duo, jazz trio and jazz quartet and quintet with lovely vocalist and pianist Eriko Ishihara. Tomasso is an established saxophonist with his on style in London who gigs in most established jazz venues and has a brilliant album to his credit. His brand of exciting and mellow melody driven jazz  will satisfy all ages for cocktail evenings or dinner parties.

He completed the Postgraduate Jazz course at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London. He performed in small combos and big bands with Billy Cobham, David Liebman, Kenny Wheeler and Norma Winstone. He also took part in several master classes some of which with renown jazz musicians such as saxophonist Tim Garland and bass virtuoso John Patitucci.

       Below are a few sample tracks for you to get an idea of the quality of his performance.

Across the years, since successfully completing his Postgraduate course, Tomasso Starace has gained a considerable reputation in the UK jazz scene appearing at many jazz clubs and Festivals in the country as a sideman and leader. He has performed in many venues in London and across the UK including The Vortex Jazz Club, The 100 Club, Pizza on the Park, Royal Festival Hall Foyer, Boxford Fleece Jazz Club, Pizza Express Jazz Club Dean Street, Bonnington Arnold Theatre, St Ives Jazz Club, The Drill Hall Lincoln, National Theatre, Royal Albert Hall, Cinnamon Jazz Club Manchester, Swanage Jazz festival, Open air concert at Trafalgar Square as part of London jazz festival, and many other venues. Currently he has finished touring with his quartet around Britain completing a second successful UK tour. Across the years he has performed with some of the most respected UK jazz musicians including Roger Beaujolais, Liam Noble, Jonathan Gee, Jim Mullen, Phil Lee and many others.

Tomasso has recorded two albums in the UK and his second one 'Tomasso Starace plays the Photos Of Elliott Erwitt' gave him favorable reviews and established him as one of UK's top saxophone players. In the past year he has been travelling between the UK and Italy where he has formed a new quartet with whom he has just recorded his third CD, promoting it through concerts all over him home country. Some of the tracks from this new recording are now available to listen to ( Overjoyed by Stevie Wonder ; Don't Forget by Pat Metheny; Go Tom! by Attilio Zanchi).

Client Comments

Dear Tomasso

I wanted to thank you and your band member for once again helping to make yesterday's Tick Tock Club event such a success. We really do appreciate that you came in especially to help us celebrate reaching this important milestone. The music was perfectly pitched and we have had a lot of great feedback about your set.

I look forward to hearing about your future performances via your mailing list, but until then.

Many thanks again.

With best wishes,
Sarah White

"I had the job of finding a jazz quartet for a recent episode of Holby City - BBC Television and decided to search for the band I wanted through the 'Music for London' website. I came across Tomasso Starace and his band and thought that they would be perfect for the show. I found Music for London to be helpful, informative and efficient with my request. 

 Tomasso and his band lived up to every aspect of the booking, they were not only excellent, playing exactly what the director wanted, but were also charming and very patient throughout a long filming day.

 I can highly recommend Tomasso and his band and also 'Music for London'.

Amy Thornton - 2nd Assistant Director, BBC Television     

 

 

It was a one of those days when a dream has been realised thank you so much. Tommaso and the guys were great so friendly and the music superb, exactly what I wanted.

I sent a text to Tommaso thanking him and he has replied saying that they were so happy that they felt part of the whole thing, which is what I wanted them to feel.

Thanks again for your assistance to make the dream come true.


Regards
Ann Whiting

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