[TPIN] So long, Tommy....

[rmrado at sbcglobal.net]

Tommy Newsom was an incredibly good arranger.  The trumpet lines and harmony
he wrote for the Tonight Show Band helped make the band.

Richard Radosh
rmrado at sbcglobal.net


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From: tpin-bounces at tpin.okcu.edu [mailto:tpin-bounces at tpin.okcu.edu] On
Behalf Of Dr. Albert L. Lilly III
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 8:38 PM
To: tpin at tpin.okcu.edu
Subject: [TPIN] So long, Tommy....

Tommy Newsom, the former backup bandleader on "The Tonight Show" 
whose "Mr. Excitement" nickname was a running joke for Johnny Carson, 
has died. He was 78.

Newsom died of cancer Saturday at his home in Portsmouth, the city of 
his birth, according to his nephew, Jim Newsom.

Not completely trumpet related, but sort of...
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Dr. Albert L. Lilly III - mailto:albert.lilly at sbcglobal.net
Trumpeter, Brass Clinician, Arranger and Composer  
Calendar Editor, International Trumpet Guild  http://www.trumpetguild.org 
Lilly Music Services -  http://www.lillymusic.org
Personal home page - http://www.lillymusic.org/alilly.html
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