Artist Info: Tommy Campbell

Thomas W. „Tommy“ Campbell (* 14. Februar 1957 in Norristown (Pennsylvania)) is an American jazz drummer.

Campbell grew up outside of Philadelphia steeped in a musical environment, permeated with the notes of his father, an organist and singer, and his uncle, Jimmy Smith, the renowned Hammond B-3 virtuoso.

“I was surrounded by music from the time I was two years old. My father and drummer Mickey Roker would rehearse at the house a lot. Whenever Uncle Jimmy had a new record he was releasing, he’d come over with a prerelease copy. [read more...]