Drummer Tommy Igoe’s sextet returns to Vail Square

By Melanie Wong

VAIL — The coordination required of playing the drums is not ingrained in many of us, but Tommy Igoe’s father, legendary drummer Sonny Igoe, claimed his child was born with the beat.“He always said I came out playing the drums. I was always drum crazy. I used to follow the drummers in the parades and learn their cadences. You couldn’t tear me away from the drums. And believe me, my father did try,” said Igoe, who has led the Birdland Big Band in New York City over the last several years and is responsible for the drum lines that give …

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