Tommy Vig
Tommy Vig is a percussionist, arranger, bandleader, and composer.
Life and work
Since 2006, Vig has lived with his wife Mia in Hungary, where they performed concerts, appeared on radio and television, and recorded albums.Awards
- Gold Medal Recognition from the President of Hungary
- 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
- Vibe Summit Honoree; Los Angeles Jazz Society Top Award for Vibraharp
- Winner; EmErTon Prize by the Hungarian State Radio in Budapest
- "Olympic Jazz Festival Week" declared by Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley for Vig's production of the official Olympic Jazz Festival
Discography
Albums
The Tommy Vig Orchestra Encounter with Time a.k.a. Space Race The Sound of the Seventies Just for the Record Tommy Vig in Budapest Somebody Loves Me Encounter with Time Tommy Vig 1978, ÜssDob Welcome to Hungary! The Tommy Vig Orchestra 2012 Featuring David Murray- ''Tommy Vig 75!''
Film and television scores
- 1970s–1980s: This Is the Life
- 1974: Nightmare Circus
- 1975: Forced Entry
- 1975–1976: Doctors' Hospital
- 1979: Starsky and Hutch "Birds of a Feather"
- 1981: Ruckus
- 1981: Texas Lightning
- 1982: The Kid with the Broken Halo
- 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
Collaborations
With The Beach BoysL.A. (Light Album)With Stephen BishopBish
With The CarpentersPassage
With Art GarfunkelWatermark Scissors Cut
With High InergyFrenzy
With Paul JabaraKeeping Time
With Johnny Mathis and Deniece WilliamsThat's What Friends Are For
With Bruce RobertsBruce Roberts Cool Fool
With Diana RossRed Hot Rhythm & Blues
With Marlena ShawActing Up
With Frank SinatraSinatra & Company
With Dusty SpringfieldIt Begins Again
With Rod StewartA Night on the Town Foot Loose & Fancy Free Blondes Have More Fun Tonight I'm Yours Body Wishes
With The Manhattan Transfer
- ''Pastiche''