Thomas Robert Talbert (August 4, 1924 Crystal Bay, Minnesota – July 2, 2005 Los Angeles) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and band leader.
[1] He was born on August 4, 1924, in Crystal Bay, Minnesota, and grew up listening to big band music on the radio.
When rock and roll eclipsed jazz in popularity, he moved to his parents' home in Minnesota in 1960, tried his hand at cattle ranching in Wisconsin, before eventually moving back to Los Angeles and a musical career in 1975.
In addition to composing for TV and movie studios, he became involved in music education,[2] and set up a foundation to help talented young musicians, with one of the first recipients (in 1996) being Maria Schneider.
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