Tom has eleven albums to his name as a saxophonist, and is a band leader and sideman. As a multi-instrumentalist he plays saxophones, clarinet, flute, piano, guitar, and drums. Venues include: Smalls Jazz Club, The 55 Bar, Birdland, Minton’s, The Sidedoor, Chris’ Jazz Cafe, Arts Council Of Princeton, WhyNot Jazz Room, Cornelia Street Cafe, The Garage, Bar Next Door, Paris Bistro, South Jazz Club, and many more.
Tom owns a highly recommended music tutoring business in Princeton, NJ and is a popular jazz educator and clinician. He is the pre-k through sixth grade instrumental music teacher at Princeton Junior School, and is the piano accompanist for the choir and spring musical. He is the piano teacher to students on the autism spectrum at The Princeton Child Development Institute.
He is musical director, and composer for the multi-media dance company Big Sky Project, founded by his wife Carrie Ellmore-Tallitsch. In addition to having his compositions and arrangements played by vocalists and musicians throughout New York and Philadelphia, Tom’s works have been performed by individual dancers from the Martha Graham Dance Company at various choreographer showcase venues.
Tom is the host of The Modern Jazz Radio Show on the Mercer County Jazz Station WWFM Jazzon2 89.1 HD2 every Thursday from Noon to 1pm He returned to the show on 8/9/18 after a break for a few years. Tom hosted the show every week from 2007 until 2012.
He currently resides in Hopewell, NJ with his wife and daughter, and is originally from Cleveland, Ohio.
