Tom Coster

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Jazz Lament 04:43 Tools
In The Beginning 03:44 Tools
From The Street 06:12 Tools
Voyage To Nowhere 05:49 Tools
Father-Daughter 05:20 Tools
Blue and Cool 05:30 Tools
The Fix 05:33 Tools
The Group 05:23 Tools
Waste Land/The Jam 05:12 Tools
Monk-E-Shines 06:02 Tools
Blues for D.C. 04:42 Tools
Can't We All Just Get Along?!? 06:29 Tools
A Closing Thought 03:32 Tools
Dennis The Menace 07:31 Tools
Amazon Life 05:56 Tools
Pharaoh's jig 06:39 Tools
To Be Or Not To Be 05:21 Tools
Funky Joe 05:21 Tools
Spankin' 05:39 Tools
She Said She Didn't 06:11 Tools
What's The Deal? 06:25 Tools
Slick 04:48 Tools
Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be) 05:16 Tools
Dance Of The Spirits 05:58 Tools
Then And Now 05:25 Tools
Turkish Delight 05:36 Tools
Thinking Of You 04:27 Tools
Caribbean Sunset 04:56 Tools
Shall We....?! ? 00:00 Tools
Best Of Friends 02:33 Tools
Mister M.D. 05:11 Tools
Shall We ... 04:52 Tools
Blue Blues 05:21 Tools
Europa (Earth's Cry--Heaven's Smile) 00:00 Tools
For The Folks Back Home 05:28 Tools
Caravan 04:52 Tools
Zulu Queen 05:28 Tools
Till We Meet Again 00:00 Tools
Gigu 04:50 Tools
Keep It To Yourself 04:11 Tools
Caught In The Act 04:50 Tools
It's Just a Matter of Love 04:50 Tools
Ant Dance 05:21 Tools
Latin One 04:45 Tools
Shall We...?!? 04:23 Tools
Welcome...To My Chambers 05:20 Tools
In a Smoke Filled Room 06:45 Tools
I Give You My Love 05:21 Tools
Bad Short 04:41 Tools
Monkey See Monkey Do 01:55 Tools
Ivory Expedition 06:45 Tools
Journey's End 04:10 Tools
Gotcha!! 04:10 Tools
Flight #448 05:20 Tools
Funk Me Up 03:08 Tools
Another Place In Time 04:10 Tools
Tell Me Why 04:23 Tools
Tommy 04:10 Tools
Lover Man (Oh Where Can You B 04:23 Tools
Bingo, Bango, Bongo 04:23 Tools
Dreams Can Come True 04:07 Tools
Sacrifice at Dawn 04:23 Tools
Did Jah Miss Me?!? 05:03 Tools
Lover Man 00:00 Tools
Always With You 04:07 Tools
The Last Romance 04:07 Tools
The Jam 05:12 Tools
The Thang 04:23 Tools
Hope 04:07 Tools
From Me to You 04:07 Tools
La Luna Bella 04:07 Tools
Calypso Dream 04:07 Tools
Don't Look Back 04:14 Tools
Please Pass The Beano 04:07 Tools
Mr. Peraza 04:07 Tools
I Count the Hours 04:07 Tools
Jungle U.S.A. 04:14 Tools
Misha 04:14 Tools
I Give My Heart To You 04:14 Tools
'Til We Meet Again 04:14 Tools
Crusin' for a Brusin' 04:14 Tools
Magical Moments 00:00 Tools
Flight # 448 00:00 Tools
Welcome... To My "Chambers" 00:00 Tools
What's The Deal 00:00 Tools
The Perfect Date 00:00 Tools
The Prince 07:11 Tools
Angels Have Wings 07:11 Tools
Can't You Stand It! 00:00 Tools
Did Jah Miss Me 07:11 Tools
Repo Man 00:00 Tools
The Dragon 00:00 Tools
You Said... 07:11 Tools
Ciao 07:11 Tools
Europe 07:11 Tools
Shall We? 07:11 Tools
Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be 07:11 Tools
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During his tenure with Santana in the 1970’s, Tom Coster made his mark as a keyboard player and composer of versatility and power. Detroit-born and San Francisco-raised, Coster played piano and accordion as a youth, continuing his studies through college and a productive five-year stint as a musician in the Air Force. He then invaded the Bay Area club scene, soon acquiring his reputation as a standout keyboard player. After successful tenures with the rock group The Loading Zone and jazz guitarist Gabor Szabo, Coster was asked by Carlos Santana in 1972 to bring more jazz fusion influence to that phenomenally successful band. This historic alliance produced six classic Santana albums -- "Caravanserai," "Welcome," "Lotus," "Borboletta," "Amigos," and "Moonflower." Coster also performed on three Devadip Carlos Santana solo albums (including "Illuminations" with Alice Coltrane). "Europa," "Flor D’Luna" and "Dance Sister Dance" are three timeless examples of Coster’s contributions to these projects. After amicably parting with Santana, Coster joined forces with drummer Billy Cobham’s band for a brief stint before taking a sabbatical from the music business to spend more time with his family. He re-entered the recording world with two critically acclaimed solo albums, "T.C." and "Ivory Expeditions." Still sought after, these albums feature performances by guitarist Joaquin Lievano, Randy Jackson on bass and Steve Smith on drums. Additionally, "Ivory Expeditions" marked the first recorded collaboration with Tom’s son, Tom Coster Jr. Coster rejoined Santana in 1983 and 1986, contributing to the "Freedom" album as well as the 20-year anthology, "Viva Santana." When former Journey drummer Steve Smith formed the progressive fusion band Vital Information, Tom was drafted to play keyboards. (So ends the "official" Tom Coster biography. Tom adds the following notes and updates to his storied career.) Since Steve Smith was off and on again with Journey, there was no real touring schedule for “Vital” and I wanted to pursue my own recording career, so after leaving Fantasy Records, I got a deal with “Headfirst Records” and began a new recording career. Their intention was of course to sell records and my two projects with them was NAC (easy listening) and actually did quite well. Both CD’s charted in the top 10 on the Contemporary Jazz Billboard Chart. The two projects were “Did Jah’ Miss Me” and “From Me To You” which were eventually picked up by JVC. My fusion fans fell left out,as I knew they would be, and I felt somewhat depressed about the whole industry since radio stations weren't playing any fusion (and they still don’t, for that matter!). When I left “Headfirst” I was picked up by JVC and my first project was gain NAC oriented entitled “Gotcha”. Shortly after that record, JVC magically gave me the go ahead to record three additional albums playing and writing music that I personally loved to record, so the next and last three JVC projects, “Let’s Set The Record Straight”, “The Forbidden Zone” and “From The Street” were “no holds bar, ball to the wall fusion”. I had a great time writing and recording the music. The music was smokin’ and the players were the best in the world and they got to play their asses off!!! At this point in time I fell that I was giving my fans what the Lord and blessed me with, to play your instrument the way you felt it to be played without anyone telling you what and how to play. I will always be grateful to JVC for this honor and privilege. The four recordings I did for JVC were recorded in my home. I have a 24 track 2 inch analog tape recording studio in my home and it was amazing having all the cats stay at the house and record and also hang out. My son Tom Jr. did the producing and he was a big part in making it all happen. The entire experience was totally mind blowing and I will never forget how much everyone enjoyed it, especially myself. The music that came out of it was the best!!! The time frame during my stint with JVC was 1992 to 1996. During this time period I also did session work for various artist. They are: Vital Information: Global Beat Fia Fiaga Vital Live Easier Done Than Said Ray Of Hope Frank Gambale: A Present For The Future The Great Explorer I also worked on albums by Boz Scaggs ("Come On Home"), Zucherro and Bobby Holiday, and Joe Satriani (Time Machine). From The period of 1996 to the present, I have toured both with my band and Vital Information, and again recorded with various artists. They are: Vital Information: Where We Come From Coryell/Coster/Smith: Cause & Effect Third Eye Blind Claudio Baglioni Stu Hamm: Merry Axemas Volume 2 The Many Sides Of Santana The Best Of Santana This time also saw the re-release of two of my previous albums, "T.C." and "Ivory Expeditions," on CD. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.