Tommy Chase

Tommy Chase (Manchester, England, 22 March 1947 - 2 December 2018) was a British jazz drummer. Tommy Chase was largely self taught and turned professional in the mid 1960s and after working in night clubs and on cruise liners settled in London in 1973. Through the 1980s and '90s he led his own straight ahead hard driving bebop groups with some success in the clubs and at the first Soho Jazz Festival. He used young musicians, notably sax player Alan Barnes, guitarist Dave Cliff and bassist Andy Cleyndert.