Sancton is a well-known jazz clarinetist and a former student of the late, great George Lewis—an apprenticeship he lovingly chronicled in Song for My Fathers. Featured on more than a dozen CD’s, Tom Sancton (a.k.a. Tommy) has toured widely in Europe and the U.S., and has played at major international jazz festivals, including numerous appearances at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Sancton has played regularly at such legendary New Orleans venues as Preservation Hall, the Palm Court Jazz Cafe, and Snug Harbor. In January 2012, he was featured at a gala 50th anniversary Preservation Hall Jazz Band concert at Carnegie Hall. In 2019, he was named a Preservation Hall Legacy Practitioner.
RECORDINGS BY TOMMY SANCTON:
NEW ORLEANS REUNION (G.H.B. BCD-283)
Tommy Sancton, clt; David Paquette, pno; Pam Pameijer, dms
Hold Me; Burgundy Street Blues; Girl of My Dreams; Tishomingo; Rose Room; Crying My Eyes Out Over You; Out in the Cold Again; Shake it and Break it; When I Come to the End of My Journey; New Orleans; Yearning; Whenever You’re Lonesome; Gee Gee Blues; Lull at Dawn
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RIVIERA REUNION (FLEUR-DE-LYS FDLCD-99)
Tommy Sancton, clt; David Paquette, pno; Stéphane Roger, dms; Gilles Chevaucherie, bass
I Can’t Believe that You’re in Love With Me; The Glory of Love; I Surrender Dear; Baby Face; The Preacher; True; Porter’s Love Song; At Sundown; Gypsy Love Song; Allez les Bleus; Talk of the Town; I Want Somebody to Love; A Dream is a Wish your Heart Makes
TOGETHER! LIVE IN SWITZERLAND (FDLCD – 94)
Tommy Sancton, clt; Geoff Bull, tpt; Philippe De Smet, tbn; Jon Marks, pno; Bob Culverhouse, bass; Norman Emberson, dms
Tuck me to Sleep in My Old ‘Tucky Home; Hold Me; Together; In a Sentimental Mood; S’il Vous Plaît; Tin Roof Blues; Willie the Weeper; Love; All I Do is Dream of You
LOUISIANA FAIRYTALE (G.H.B. BCD-360)
TOMMY SANCTON’S NEW ORLEANS SERENADERS
Tommy Sancton, clt; Charlie Fardella, tpt; Mike Owen, tbn; Jeff Hamilton, pno; Chris Tyle, dms; Bernie Attridge, bass
Lover Come Back, Louisiana Fairytale; Smiles; Someday; Angry; Melancholy; Riverboat Shuffle; Do What Ory Say; Willie the Weeper; Old Rugged Cross; Love Letters; Milneberg Joys; What Can I Say?; I’m Alone Because I Love You; Slowboat to China
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THE CLASSIC JAZZ TRIO
(RANKOMATIC – RMCD 110)
John Rankin, guitar and vocals; Tom Sancton, clt; Tom Fischer, clt
Some of These Days; Si Tu Vois Ma Mère; I’ll See You in My Dreams; Porter’s Loe Song; Do What Ory Say; Tom Tom Blues; Bye and Bye; Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good to You; Clarinet Marmalade; Mardi Gras Mambo; Save the Bones for Mister Jones; Burgundy Street Blues; Just a Little While to Stay Here; If I Had You.
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CITY OF A MILLION DREAMS
NEW ORLEANS LEGACY BAND (G.H.B. BCD-527)
Tommy Sancton, clt; Clive Wilson, tpt; Ronell Johnson, tbn; Lars Edegran, pno; Kerry Lewis, bass; Jason Marsalis, dms
City of a Million Dreams; High Society; There Goes My Heart; Un Hombre Fiel; Just You Just Me; I Want a Little Girl; Somebody Stole My Gal; You Tell Me Your Dream; Love Me or Leave Me; Pallet on the Floor; Yearning; Strike Up the Band
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HYMNS & SPIRITUALS
TOMMY SANCTON NEW ORLEANS QUARTET
(NOL-CD-99)
Tommy Sancton, clt; Lars Edegran, pno; Seva Venet, gtr/bjo; Tom Saunders, bass; Nobu Ozaki, bass
What a Friend We Have in Jesus; Streets of the City; How Great Thou Art; In the Garden; Lead Me Savior; Lord We Stand Before Thee Now; Sing on; Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen; When Jesus Comes; At the Cross; He Will Understand and Say Well Done
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