 Tom was born in Rotterdam in 1944, and started playing the tenor banjo at age 12.He was soon playing in skiffle and dixieland bands, and at age 17, switched to plectrum banjo (tuned C-G-B-D). In 1968, he moved to the U.S., where he lived for over three years. There, he discovered that the banjo could be more than a rhythm instrument in a jazzband. He listened to great solo players such as Eddie Peabody (a chord-melody player) and Elmer Snowden (a single string player) and decided that his favorite style was somewhere in between. Tom started playing professionally in California but he didn`t find much of a jazz-minded audience there, so he returned to Holland in the seventies.
Tom Stuip
Javastraat 98
2585-AV Den Haag / Holland
tel/fax: 31-(0)70-363-9620
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He has lived in the Hague, in the Netherlands, ever since, and has played all over the world with many different bands. Tom has played and/or recorded with the following bands:
Dazzling Jazz Band
Perdido Street Paraders
Magnolia Jazz Group O65
Dixie Machine
European Classic Jazz Band
Jazz-O-Matic-Four
Crooks
Chicken Feed
Andor`s Jazz Band
Dutch Swing College Band
Down Town Jazz Band
Aces Of Syncopation
Red Wing
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