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2011 European Tour:
Tom Vincent Trio with Hetty Kate
Leigh Barker bass, Marc Meader drums
September/October
17th - U Malého Glena - Prague
19th - A-Trane - Berlin
20th - Badenscher Hof - Berlin
22nd - Blue Note Jazz Club - Dresden
28th - JazzTime - Prague
29th - ZWE Jazz Club - Vienna
30th - Jazztone Jazz club 56, Lorrack - Germany
1st - JazzClub Cave, Heilbronn - Germany
4th - Hot Club de Lyon - France
6th - Le Tannerie, Agen - France
7th - Le Mandala, Toulouse
Hetty Kate - vocals
In March 2010 Tom Vincent's trio toured Australia as the support act for the Branford Marsalis Quartet. At the Sydney Opera House Branford invited the trio to play the encore with him:
“We been hearing these guys since we started in Perth and, they were very inspiring to us because it was just, SWINGIN’ man! I mean, you can go a long time in New York without hearing bands that actually can swing, so ..to come all the way to Australia and hear some guys playing like that was really cool for us; we been hanging out and talking so, this is our last night so I’m going to play with these guys..”
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Influenced by Thelonius Monk, and with touches of Ahmad Jamal, this is a very sophisticated ensemble that plays tight, rhythmic modern jazz. — Greg Barns, The Mercury, May 2009
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The support act for Branford Marsalis’ tour was Hobart pianist, Tom Vincent with Leigh Barker and Hugh Harvey. I’ve written this band up several times on CJ. They are an interesting trio with real historical jazz leanings, a readiness to play loose and improvise readily, and a great feel for an easy swing. Tom leads whole gigs with no charts and no set list, moving freely through medleys of standards and playing outrageously with the tunes, arbitrarily syncopating and reharmonising as the muse takes him. It’s a rare experience. Despite the location (Sydney Opera House, no less) and the environment (supporting Branford Marsalis), he presented a set with the same degree of reckless immediacy, although he seemed to have a clear Monk theme on this outing. It was brave (he could have taken a safer path) but it worked and he was well received. Well enough for the trio to be called out to play with Branford as part of the encore. Congrats to Tom, Canberra boy Leigh and Hugh. http://canberrajazz.blogspot.com/2010/03/branford-thereabouts.html

Tom Vincent is hard to place within the spectrum of Australian jazz piano stylists. He is engaging, and he means to be. He reaches for the audience, unlike some who, through no particular intention, seem to stand behind their impressive work paring their fingernails. Tom Vincent seems almost anxious that you will like him. He projects something self-mocking, something very personal: a wry quality. He has at his fingers a range of techniques and styles, including elements that have been considered avant garde. When Tom Vincent plays them they are all - the old timey, the experimental - entertaining, engaging and sincerely felt. He swings. He is engaging, He is whimsical. He is in his way quite original.
Tom Vincent at the piano is a good show and an intimate, intriguing and never entirely predictable experience.
John Clare, Sydney Jazz Critic - Feb 2010
Tom Vincent Trio presents a spontaneous, swinging, erudite and unpredictable take on jazz. It's a game of follow the leader where bass and drums try to anticipate where the intrepid piano is heading. If they guess right it's tight, if they guess wrong it's a glorious train wreck where the only casualty is convention. Either way the listener is the clear winner.”
Brian Ritchie, Violent Femmes, December 2009
A wonderfully talented pianist and composer, Tom Vincent is truly a musician who plays in the moment, giving us the rare privilege of being included in the process of his artistic creations.
Spontaneity rules!
Mike Nock, Jazz Pianist, Sydney, December 16th 2009
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Tom Vincent Trio and Quartet
World Tour 2010
(Arts Tasmania grant)
SEPTEMBER
20th - feat. Etsuko Sakai (koto), Machida, Tokyo
21st - Tokyo Club, Suido-bashi, Tokyo
23rd - Z - imagine Jazz club, Gaien-mae, Tokyo
24th - Swing Hall, Mitaka, Tokyo
25th - Soultrane Jazz club, Asakusa, Tokyo
30th - Osage Gallery Soho, Hong Kong
OCTOBER
1st - Skylark Lounge, Hong Kong
5th - Cafe Monumentje, Amsterdam
7th, 8th and 9th, Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen
12th - Badenscher Hof Jazzclub, Berlin
14th - Tante Ju, Dresden
16th - ZWE Jazz club, Vienna 19th - Swan Bar, Paris
21st - Hot Club de Lyon, Lyon
22nd - Le Mandala, Toulouse
23rd - La Tannerie, Agen
NOVEMBER
12th - Casa Thomas Jefferson, Brasilia, Brazil
featuring Edu Ribeiro - drums, Alex Queiroz - double bass
I happen to believe Tom is the most talented player of the piano I've heard live, anywhere.
- Keith Hounslow, Australian Jazz Trumpeter

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In October 2009 the Tom Vincent Quartet toured Australia with performances and jazz workshops in Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Bellingen, Armidale, Port Macquarie, Muswellbrook, Newcastle, Sydney, Wollongong, Goulburn, Canberra, Wodonga, Shepparton, Melbourne, Launceston and Hobart.
for this tour Moorilla Estate and the Tom Vincent Quartet were National Touring Partners. The band also received a Sound Travellers grant and support from the TAS Premier's Arts Partnership Fund.

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