Biography
Tommy Reeves
Songwriter / Singer / Keyboardist
As a pianist, Reeves has backed up such artists as Tony Bennett, Reba McEntire, Melissa Etheridge, Jesse McCartney, Burt Bacharach, Smokey Robinson, Jackie DeShannon, Sophie B. Hawkins, Liza Minnelli, and Raven Simone among others.
He has also written, produced, and recorded music for the Oprah Winfrey Show, So You Think You Can Dance, The Office, Dateline NBC, the NBC hit show “Smash”, American Idol, Apple Computers, the ABC show Wife Swap, The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, The Food Network, America's Most Wanted and the A&E series "Biography" of Shannen Doherty and Motley Crue.
Following high school, Reeves attended the Phil Mattson School for Singers in Spokane, Washington, where he studied vocal arranging as well as classical and jazz piano. He then moved to Los Angeles to further his musical studies at the prestigious Dick Grove School of Music. It was at this time that he started seriously writing his own music while honing his “chops” as a keyboardist and musical director for other artists and various productions. Upon graduating from Dick Grove, he began teaching music theory, ear-training, and keyboard voicing at the Musicians Institute in Hollywood and, soon after, was hired to become the director of the keyboard program.
As a pianist, Reeves has backed up such artists as Tony Bennett, Reba McEntire, Melissa Etheridge, Jesse McCartney, Burt Bacharach, Smokey Robinson, Jackie DeShannon, Sophie B. Hawkins, Liza Minnelli, and Raven Simone among others.
He has also written, produced, and recorded music for the Oprah Winfrey Show, So You Think You Can Dance, The Office, Dateline NBC, the NBC hit show “Smash”, American Idol, Apple Computers, the ABC show Wife Swap, The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, The Food Network, America's Most Wanted and the A&E series "Biography" of Shannen Doherty and Motley Crue.
Following high school, Reeves attended the Phil Mattson School for Singers in Spokane, Washington, where he studied vocal arranging as well as classical and jazz piano. He then moved to Los Angeles to further his musical studies at the prestigious Dick Grove School of Music. It was at this time that he started seriously writing his own music while honing his “chops” as a keyboardist and musical director for other artists and various productions. Upon graduating from Dick Grove, he began teaching music theory, ear-training, and keyboard voicing at the Musicians Institute in Hollywood and, soon after, was hired to become the director of the keyboard program.