Tom Varner

Quick Facts

Full Name	Tom Varner
Occupation	Jazz Musician
Date Of Birth	Jun 17, 1957(1957-06-17)
Age	67
Birthplace	Morristown
Country	United States
Birth City	New Jersey
Horoscope	Gemini

Tom Varner Biography

Tom Varner is one of the most popular and richest Jazz Musician who was born on June 17, 1957 in Morristown, New Jersey, United States. Tom Varner (born June 17 1957, in Morristown, New Jersey, United States) is an American jazz horn (French horn) musician and composer.

He has recorded and performed in collaboration with Steve Lacy, Dave Liebman, George Gruntz, John Zorn, Bobby Watson, La Monte Young, Miles Davis with Quincy Jones, Bobby Previte, Jim McNeely, McCoy Tyner, Reggie Workman, the Mingus Orchestra, Franz Koglmann and is featured across more than 70 compilations. There are also 13 albums as a composer/leader alongside musicians such as Steve Wilson, Tony Malaby, Ed Jackson, Ellery Eskelin, Tom Rainey, Cameron Brown, Drew Gress, Matt Wilson, Kenny Barron, Victor Lewis, Fred Hopkins along with Billy Hart. Varner has been a part of the Down Beat Critics Poll Top Ten each year from the late 1990s. He has been the recipient of grant money from Jack Straw Foundation, Seattle’s 4Culture, National Endowment for the Arts as well as the Doris Duke/Chamber Music America Foundation and has also been resident in The MacDowell, Blue Mountain Center as well as Centrum Arts Colonies.

Varner’s initial recording as a bandleader were inspired in the direction of Ornette Coleman Steve Lacy, Charles Mingus, Anthony Braxton, and minimalists like Steve Reich and Philip Glass and featured Varner’s horn along with an the alto sax (Ed Jackson) as well as the bass (Fred Hopkins, or Ed Schuller) and drums (Billy Hart) without a instruments that could be a chordal. His third record was a one that was more of a “straight-ahead” jazz project, featuring Kenny Barron, Jim Snidero, Mike Richmond, and Victor Lewis. The fourth recording was an Sonny Rollins-influenced trio comprising bass, horn (Mike Richmond) and drums (Bobby Previte). From the time (1987) onwards, the bulk of his activities as a leader were for a quintet consisting of trumpet, two saxes drums, and bass with regular guest musicians enhancing the group. Varner has incorporated modern chamber music with Jazz and free improvisation into nearly every one of his later projects. His most recent project (finished in 2008 and released in in 2009), Heaven and Hell is for 3 brass instruments, 5 reeds and drums, bass and drums. His latest album, Nine Surprises, is composed for a noet consisting comprising the three brass instruments, 4 Reeds and bass and drums and was released in fall 2014. The album includes Seattle musicians Mark Taylor, Steve Treseler, Eric Barber, Jim DeJoie, Thomas Marriott, David Marriott, Phil Sparks along with Byron Vannoy.

Tom Varner Net Worth

Tom Varner is one of the richest Jazz Musician from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Tom Varner 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Varner was a resident of New York City from 1979 until 2005. He currently is based in Seattle. He is currently the Associate Professor at Cornish College of the Arts.

Varner was raised within Millburn New Jersey, and was a piano teacher in his early years alongside Capitola Dickerson of Summit, New Jersey. He has an B.M. qualification (1979) at the New England Conservatory of Music in which he studied composition and jazz improvisation along with Ran Blake George Russell, and Jaki Byard. He also studied Horn with Thomas Newell. He also took a brief course during 1976 under jazz innovator Julius Watkins. Varner is also a graduate with an M.A. (2005) at the City College of New York in which he was a student of Jim McNeely, Scott Reeves along with John Patitucci.

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Facts & Trivia

Tom Ranked on the list of most popular Jazz Musician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Tom Varner celebrates birthday on June 17 of every year.