Tommy Gumina
Thomas Joseph Gumina (May 20, 1931 in Milwaukee – October 28, 2013) was an American jazz accordionist and musical instrument builder. Gumina began playing accordion at age eleven, and took lessons on the instrument in Chicago throughout the second half of the 1940s. He began working with Harry James on television in 1952 as an accompanist for popular tunes, and in 1955 Gumina began working on his own, both solo and with an ensemble. He recorded with Buddy DeFranco and Willie Smith in the 1960s, and began experimenting with modifying an electric accordion, whose amplified sound resembled that of an electronic organ. He was occasionally active as a performer in the 1970s (e.g., with Art Pepper in 1974), but increasingly concentrated on his amplifier manufacturing business, Polytone Musical Instruments, which was based in North Hollywood, California. He and Joe Pass co-founded Polytone Records in 1987. |
Birth and Death Data: Born May 20, 1931 (Milwaukee), Died October 28, 2013 (Los Angeles)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1956 - 1960
Roles Represented in DAHR: accordion
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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 52 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | 100539 | 8/28/1956 | Softly as in a morning sunrise | Tommy Gumina | instrumentalist, accordion | |||
Decca | 100540 | 8/28/1956 | Cherokee | Tommy Gumina | instrumentalist, accordion | |||
Decca | 100541 | 8/28/1956 | If I loved you | Tommy Gumina | instrumentalist, accordion | |||
Decca | 100542 | 8/28/1956 | Theme from Pagliacci | Tommy Gumina | instrumentalist, accordion | |||
Decca | 100543 | 8/28/1956 | What's new | Tommy Gumina | instrumentalist, accordion | |||
Decca | 100544 | 8/28/1956 | How high the moon | Tommy Gumina | instrumentalist, accordion | |||
Decca | 100545 | 8/29/1956 | Come back to Sorrento | Tommy Gumina | instrumentalist, accordion | |||
Decca | 100546 | 8/28/1956 | The man I love | Tommy Gumina | instrumentalist, accordion | |||
Decca | 100547 | 8/26/1956 | Runaway | Tommy Gumina | instrumentalist, accordion | |||
Decca | 100548 | 8/29/1956 | Waltz in C sharp minor | Tommy Gumina | instrumentalist, accordion | |||
Decca | 100549 | 8/29/1956 | Lover | Tommy Gumina | instrumentalist, accordion | |||
Decca | 100550 | 8/29/1956 | Flight of the bumble bee | Tommy Gumina | instrumentalist, accordion | |||
Decca | 100551 | 8/29/1956 | Motorcycle polka | Tommy Gumina | instrumentalist, accordion | |||
Decca | 100552 | 8/29/1956 | Cumana | Tommy Gumina | instrumentalist, accordion | |||
Decca | L 10287 | 6/19/1957 | Believe in mi (Credimi) | Tommy Gumina | instrumentalist, accordion | |||
Decca | L 10288 | 6/19/1957 | Non dimenticar (Don't forget) | Tommy Gumina | instrumentalist, accordion | |||
Decca | L 10289 | 6/19/1957 | Summertime in Venice | Tommy Gumina | instrumentalist, accordion | |||
Decca | L 10290 | 6/19/1957 | Malasierra | Tommy Gumina | instrumentalist, accordion | |||
Decca | L 10291 | 6/19/1957 | Autumn in Rome | Tommy Gumina | instrumentalist, accordion | |||
Decca | L 10292 | 6/19/1957 | I only know I love you | Tommy Gumina | instrumentalist, accordion | |||
Decca | L 10293 | 6/19/1957 | Woman of the river | Tommy Gumina | instrumentalist, accordion | |||
Decca | L 10294 | 6/19/1957 | Munasterio 'e Santa Chiara | Tommy Gumina | instrumentalist, accordion | |||
Decca | L 10295 | 6/19/1957 | Souvenir d'Italie | Tommy Gumina | instrumentalist, accordion | |||
Decca | L 10296 | 6/20/1957 | Maria mia | Tommy Gumina | instrumentalist, accordion | |||
Decca | L 10297 | 6/20/1957 | Giovanette balamo (Dance young .. ) | Tommy Gumina | instrumentalist, accordion |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Gumina, Tommy," accessed November 2, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/319317.
Gumina, Tommy. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 2, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/319317.
"Gumina, Tommy." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 2 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Gumina, Tommy - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82234792
Wikidata: Tommy Gumina - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q15118760
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/87547398
MusicBrainz: Tommy Gumina - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/eb22ff74-b4ac-4a83-bb37-e1439811bcb1
ISNI: 0000 0001 1937 2785 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000119372785
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