The Tommy Igoe Groove Conspiracy, a 15-piece supergroup, has quickly become an integral part of the Bay Area cultural landscape. Tonight we have invited them back for another unforgettable evening with some of our finest musicians! The evening will open with a short set from the talented Mill Valley Middle School Jazz Band. Partial proceeds from the evening go to benefit Kiddo! as well as Throckmorton’s music education programs.
Tommy Igoe is a world-class musician living in San Francisco. He has been long recognized as one of the finest drummers in the world and is the top-selling author in his field with four #1 titles on Amazon.com. He began drumming before the age of 2, started classical piano at 10, won every music competition available to him in High School, simultaneously winning two High Percussion awards with the legendary Bridgemen Drumlines. In 1997, Tommy wrote the drum set book for Disney’s epic Broadway production of the “The Lion King” where he served as principal drummer and conductor. He has played drums on three Grammy award winning recordings and was voted the World’s #1 Jazz Drummer in the 2014 Modern Drummer Reader’s Poll. He has created two ongoing weekly musical residency at iconic Jazz clubs in New York and San Francisco.
About KIDDO! 
Since 1982, Kiddo! has been the Mill Valley School District’s primary nonprofit fundraising organization providing funding for comprehensive arts programs in vocal and instrumental music, visual art, dance, drama and poetry for children from transitional kindergarten through eighth grade. Kiddo! also provides funding support for classroom and library aides, P.E., technology, innovative teaching grants, and teacher professional development. The Mill Valley Middle School Jazz Band program is a performance class that focuses on learning to read chord changes and to develop fluency with improvising.
