Tommy Vig

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Tommy Vig
Vig in 2009, photographed by Pethő Zsolt [hu]
Background information
Born	(1938-07-14) 14 July 1938 (age 88)
Origin	Budapest, Hungary
Genres	Jazz, classical
Occupations	Musician, composer, arranger, bandleader
Instruments	Vibraharp, drums, percussion, xylophone, marimba
Years active	1940s–present
Labels	Klasszikus Jazz, Milestone, Discovery, Tom Tom, Pannon Jazz, Dobre, Mortney, Take V, Luz

Website	tommyvig.com

Tommy Vig (born July 14, 1938) is a percussionist, arranger, bandleader, and composer.

Life and work

Since 2006, Vig has lived with his wife Mia (of The Kim Sisters) in Hungary, where they performed concerts, appeared on radio and television, and recorded albums.

Awards

Gold Medal Recognition from the President of Hungary (2011)
Nominee; Playboy Magazine (Chicago) for Best Bandleader of the Year
Winner; Down Beat Magazine (Chicago) Critic's Poll Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition for Vibraharp
Winner; Hungarian Jazz Society Arranger Competition (2006)
Vibe Summit Honoree; Los Angeles Jazz Society Top Award for Vibraharp (2002)
Winner; EmErTon Prize by the Hungarian State Radio in Budapest (1994)
"Olympic Jazz Festival Week" declared by Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley for Vig's production of the official Olympic Jazz Festival (1984)

Discography

Albums

The Tommy Vig Orchestra (Take 5, 1964)
Encounter with Time a.k.a. Space Race (Discovery, 1967)
The Sound of the Seventies (Milestone, 1968)
Just for the Record (1971)
Tommy Vig in Budapest (Mortney, 1972)
Somebody Loves Me (Dobre, 1976)
Encounter with Time (Discovery, 1977)
Tommy Vig 1978, (Dobre, 1978)
ÜssDob (Tom-Tom, 2008)
Welcome to Hungary! The Tommy Vig Orchestra 2012 Featuring David Murray (Klasszikus Jazz, 2011)
Tommy Vig 75! (Klasszikus Jazz, 2014)

Film and television scores

1970s–1980s: This Is the Life (TV series)
1974: Nightmare Circus (aka The Barn of the Naked Dead or Terror Circus)
1975: Forced Entry
1975–1976: Doctors' Hospital (TV Series)
1979: Starsky and Hutch (TV Series) "Birds of a Feather"
1981: Ruckus
1981: Texas Lightning
1982: The Kid with the Broken Halo (TV movie)
1982: They Call Me Bruce?
1983: Sweet Sixteen

Compositions

Tommy Vig's compositions performed in the U.S. and Europe include:

Concerto for Clarinet, Vibraharp and Orchestra
Concerto for Vibraharp and Orchestra
Concerto for Timpani and Orchestra
Concerto for Tenor Saxophone and Orchestra
Four Pieces for Neophonic Orchestra
Collage for Four Clarinetists
A Clarinetist and a Harpist
Music for Tuba and Vibraharp
Budapest 1956 (Concerto for Jazz Drums and Orchestra)

Collaborations

With The Beach Boys

L.A. (Light Album) (CBS Records, 1979)

With Stephen Bishop

Bish (ABC Records, 1978)

With The Carpenters

Passage (A&M Records, 1977)

With Art Garfunkel

Watermark (Columbia Records, 1977)
Scissors Cut (Columbia Records, 1981)

With High Inergy

Frenzy (Gordy, 1979)

With Paul Jabara

Keeping Time (Casablanca, 1978)

With Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams

That's What Friends Are For (Columbia, 1979)

With Bruce Roberts

Bruce Roberts (Elektra Records, 1977)
Cool Fool (Elektra Records, 1980)

With Diana Ross

Red Hot Rhythm & Blues (EMI, 1987)

With Marlena Shaw

Acting Up (Columbia Records, 1978)

With Frank Sinatra

Sinatra & Company (Reprise, 1971)

With Dusty Springfield

It Begins Again (United Artists Records, 1978)

With Rod Stewart

A Night on the Town (Warner Bros. Records, 1976)
Foot Loose & Fancy Free (Warner Bros. Records, 1977)
Blondes Have More Fun (Warner Bros. Records, 1978)
Tonight I'm Yours (Warner Bros. Records, 1981)
Body Wishes (Warner Bros. Records, 1983)

With Marc Tanner Band

No Escape (Elektra Records, 1979)

With The Manhattan Transfer

Pastiche (Atlantic Records, 1978)

See also

List of music arrangers

References

External links

Official site
Tommy Vig at IMDb