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Tom MacNiven

  • 100 Renfrew Street

    G2 3DB Glasgow

    United Kingdom

20122016

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Tom MacNiven was born in Glasgow and began playing music with the 118th Glasgow company of the Boys’ Brigade. Tom was a finalist in the 1997 Royal Sun Alliance Young Jazz Musician of the Year. He recorded his album Guess What? with special guest saxophonist Bobby Wellins the same year.

Tom is a much in-demand session player and has recorded with a range of musicians including The Pastels, Silicone Soul, Figure 5, Sharleen Spiteri, The Pearl Fishers and The Fred Quimby Quartet. He has toured with Hue & Cry, Tam White, Boz Burrell and Paul Towndrow.

Tom is a tutor in Jazz trumpet at the Royal Conservatoire.