Gary Thomas
Gary Thomas in Munich (2002)
Background information
Born	(1961-06-10)June 10, 1961 (age 64) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Genres	Jazz,avant-garde
Occupation	Musician
Instruments	Saxophone, flute
Labels	Enja,JMT,Winter & Winter

Gary Thomas (born June 10, 1961) is an Americanjazzsaxophonist andflautist, born in Baltimore, Maryland. He was a member ofJack DeJohnette's Special Edition band and has worked withJohn McLaughlin,Herbie Hancock,Pat Metheny,John Scofield,Jim Hall,Dave Holland,Greg Osby,Wayne Shorter,Ravi Coltrane,Cassandra Wilson,Wallace Roney,Steve Coleman, andMiles Davis.

Thomas was the Director and Chair of Jazz Studies atJohns Hopkins University in Baltimore.^[1][2]

• The Seventh Quadrant (Enja,1987)
• Code Violations (Enja, 1988)
• By Any Means Necessary (JMT, 1989)
• While the Gate Is Open (JMT, 1990)
• The Kold Kage (JMT, 1991)
• Corporate Art (JMT, 1991)
• Till We Have Faces (JMT, 1992)
• Exile's Gate (JMT, 1993)
• Overkill (JMT, 1995)
• Found on Sordid Streets (Winter & Winter, 1997)
• Pariah's Pariah (Winter & Winter, 1998)

WithUri Caine

• Sphere Music (JMT, 1993)
• Toys (JMT, 1996)

WithGeorge Colligan

• Ultimatum (Criss Cross, 2002)
• Mad Science (Sunny Sky, 2003)

WithJack DeJohnette

• Irresistible Forces (Impulse!/MCA, 1987)
• Audio-Visualscapes (Impulse!/MCA, 1988)
• Earthwalk (Blue Note, 1991)
• Extra Special Edition (Blue Note, 1994)

WithWallace Roney

• Verses (Muse, 1987)
• Intuition (Muse, 1988)
• The Standard Bearer (Muse, 1989)
• Obsession (Muse, 1990)
• No Job Too Big Or Small (Savoy Jazz, 1999)

WithPeter Herborn

• Traces of Trane (JMT, 1992)
• Large One (Jazzline, 1998) – rec.1997
• Large Two (Jazzline, 2002) – rec.2000

WithGabrielle Goodman

• Travelin' Light (JMT, 1993)
• Until We Love (JMT, 1994)

WithSam Rivers' Rivbea All-star Orchestra

• Inspiration (BMG France, 1999)
• Culmination (BMG France, 1999)

WithLonnie Plaxico

• So Alive (Eighty-Eight's, 2004)
• West Side Stories (Plaxmusic, 2006)

WithJohn McLaughlin

• The Heart of Things (Verve, 1997)
• The Heart of Things: Live in Paris (Verve, 2000)

With others

• John B. Arnold,Logorhythms (La Frontiera, 2004)
• Paul Bollenback,Brightness of Being (Elefant Dreams, 2006)
• Cecil Brooks III,The Collective (Muse, 1989)
• Terri Lyne Carrington,Jazz Is a Spirit (ACT, 2002)
• Steve Coleman,Sine Die (Pangaea, 1988)
• Corpulent (Joel Grip & Devin Gray),Wolfwalk (Umlaut, 2005)
• Andrzej Cudzich,Able To Listen (Polonia, 1996)
• Christy Doran,Mark Helias andBobby Previte,Corporate Art (JMT, 1991)
• Herbie Hancock andJohn McLaughlin,Carnegie Hall Salutes The Jazz Masters compilation (Verve, 1994) – one track,It's About That Time^[3]
• Stefon Harris,Black Action Figure (Blue Note, 1999)
• Peter Herborn,Large 2 (Jazzline, 2002)
• Ingrid Jensen,Higher Grounds (Enja, 1999)
• Jacek Kochan,Man of No Words (Gowi, 2008)
• Greg Osby,The Invisible Hand (Blue Note, 1999)
• Adam Pierończyk,Digivooco (PAO, 2001)
• Tony Reedus,Incognito (Enja, 1989)
• Tom Williams,Introducing Tom Williams (Criss Cross, 1991)
• Cassandra Wilson,Jumpworld (JMT, 1990)

• 1960 births
• American jazz saxophonists
• American male saxophonists
• African-American saxophonists
• African-American jazz musicians
• Avant-garde jazz saxophonists
• Post-bop saxophonists
• Enja Records artists
• Free funk saxophonists
• Johns Hopkins University faculty
• Living people
• Miles Davis
• Musicians from Baltimore
• 21st-century American saxophonists
• Jazz musicians from Maryland
• American male jazz musicians
• Winter & Winter Records artists
• JMT Records artists

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