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Mostly known as a solo artist for his work with “ambient tuba” using delay loops for live improvised layers of spacey ambient music. He also uses voice and didjeridu and has 3 solo CDs. His music has been used in some soundtracks. Tom also has played with Don Cherry, Cahrlie Haden, Eugene Chadbourne and many other people.

Tom Heasley is in possession of – or possessed by – a very distinctive musical persona. He is an internationally-acclaimed composer, performer and recording artist whose music creates “a rich and sonorous aural experience that flies in the face of all the cliches about what tuba music is” whose work achieves a unique synthesis of composition and improvisation. Heasley conjures music of great individuality, originality and power, which is deceptively meditative, calm and tranquil. His music speaks to a wide variety of listeners, as diverse as conservatory students at Oberlin and inmates of San Quentin. He is a true “father of invention,” who finally turned his albatross - the tuba - into a strength through the development of a unique musical voice. Heasley has recorded for Tzadik, Leo, Hypnos, Innova, Music and Arts, New Albion, Old Gold and Farfield Records, among others.

With the release of his first solo CD, Where the Earth Meets the Sky (Hypnos 2001), Mr. Heasley brought the tuba into the 21st Century. On his second CD, On the Sensations of Tone (Innova 2002), Heasley continued to redefine one of the world’s least appreciated instruments.

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1		Joshua Tree			22
2		Western Sky			17
3		Solitude			13
3		Ground Zero			13
5		Prelude			10
5		29 Palms			10
7		Where the Earth Meets the Sky			9
8		Thonis			8
9		Monterey Bay			6
10		- Prelude -- On the Sensations of Tone (2002) -- A:7058			1
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10		Zephyr			1
10		Adrift			1
10		26mix April 8, 2003			1

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