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Biography
Tom DeMasters (b. 1957) has been playing guitar since
he was 10. He started playing jazz at the age of 16 while studying
with Ray Naylor in Kansas City Kansas. At the age of 18, Tom was ask
to perform along with his group, at the National Republican Convention
in 1976 for President Ford.
In 1980 Tom received a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Wichita
State University studying jazz guitar with Jerry Hahn. In 1980 Tom
moved to Los Angeles and studied one year at USC under Duke Miller,
working towards a Masters degree. While in Los Angeles Tom read in
a local paper that a guitarist named Steve Vai was playing with Frank
Zappa and looking for students. Tom hooked up with Steve Vai and studied
with him for 1 1/2 years.
In 1983 Tom along with his new wife and kids moved home to Kansas
City. Since in Kansas City Tom has performed at one time or another
with most of the jazz & blues musicians in Kansas City. Tom is featured
on trumpeter Pat Morrissey's debut album.
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