Tom Varner

Composer • French Hornist • Improviser • Bandleader • Educator
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Martian Heartache

Ed Jackson, Drew Gress, Tom Rainey, Pete McCann, Ellery Eskelin
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Motion / Stillness

Featuring Ed Jackson, Ed Schuller, Billy Hart, Adam Nussbaum
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Covert Action

Mike Richmond, Bobby Previte
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Heaven and Hell

Mark Taylor, Jim Dejoie, Phil Sparks, Jesse Canterbury, Byron Vannoy, Hans Teuber, Saul Cline, Eric Barber, Russ Johnson
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Tom Varner Quartet

Ed Jackson, Fred Hopkins, Billy Hart
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Long Night Big Day

Ed Jackson, Lindsey Horner, Phil Haynes, Rich Rothenberg
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The Window Up Above

Mark Taylor, Jim Dejoie, Phil Sparks, Jesse Canterbury, Byron Vannoy, Hans Teuber, Saul Cline, Eric Barber, Russ Johnson
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Nine Surprises

Tom Varner Nonet w/Mark Taylor, Jim Dejoie, Phil Sparks, Steve Treseler, Byron Vannoy, Eric Barber, David Marriott, Thomas Marriott
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Tom Varner Jazz French Horn

Kenny Barron, Victor Lewis, Mike Richmond, Jim Snidero
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The Mystery of Compassion

Ed Jackson, Matt Darriau, Jim Hartog, Mike Richmond, Dave Taylor, Tom Rainey, Ellery Eskelin, Rich Rothenberg, Steve Swell Mark Feldman
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Swimming

Steve Wilson, Cameron Brown, Tom Rainey, Pete McCann, Tony Malaby, Dave Ballou, Mark Feldman
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The Swiss Duos

Christoph Baumann, Gabriela Friedli, George Gruntz, Hans Feigenwinter
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Second Communion

Cameron Brown, Dave Ballou, Matt Wilson, Pete McCann, Tony Malaby
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Other appearances

  • Miles Davis and Quincy Jones, Miles & Quincy Live at Montreux (Warner Bros.)
  • George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band '83, Theatre (ECM)
  • George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band, First Prize (Enja)
  • Rabih Abou-Khalil, The Cactus of Knowledge (Enja)
  • Jamie Baum Septet, Moving Forward, Standing Still (OmniTone)
  • Ed Jackson, Wake Up Call (New World) [as producer and player]
  • Jim Knapp, It’s Not Business, It’s Personal (Origin)
  • Franz Koglmann, Cantos I-IV (Hat Art)

Boston 1979: Live at the Emmanuel Church

Ed Jackson, Hideo Kawahara, D. Sharpe
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  • Steve Lacy, Vespers (Soul Note)
  • Natalie Merchant, Ophelia (Elektra)
  • William S. Burroughs, Dead City Radio (Island)
  • Bobby Previte, Pushing the Envelope (Gramavision)
  • Steuart Liebig, Pomegranate (Cryptogramophone)
  • Jim McNeely Tentet, Group Therapy (OmniTone)
  • Peter Scharli Special Sextet, Blues for the Beast (Enja)
  • Ton-Art, Mal Vu, Mal Dit (Hat Art)
  • Vienna Art Orchestra, Artistry in Rhythm (TCB)
  • Bobby Watson, Tailor Made (Columbia)
  • John Zorn Filmworks 1986–1990 (Elektra Nonesuch)
  • Dominic Duval, American Scrapbook (CIMP)
  • New York Composers Orchestra, Works by Ehrlich, Horvitz (New World)
  • East Down Septet, Out of Gridlock (Hep)
  • Hans Kennel, Habarigani Brass (Hat Art)
  • Franz Koglmann, Make Believe (between the lines)
  • Orange Then Blue, Hold the Elevator (GM)
  • Stangl/Rothenberg/Dafeldecker/Varner, Qui.t (Extraplatte)