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A Final Farewell To Tom Terrell

Posted by Jay Yee, Nov 29, 02:36 PM EST

This morning longtime friend and supporter of Giant Step Tom Terrell died of prostate cancer. The DC born, former Brooklyn resident started his career in the music industry in the early '80s, contributing as a publicity manager for Verve Records, commentator for NPR, writer for publications Global Rhythms, Jazziz, Vibe, Trace, and Essence, and DJ at 9:30 Club and Alt Rock Champions WHFS-FM.

"Tom was a regular at Giant Step events "back in the day," - an early supporter when all we had going for us was a dream and not much else. At the time, Tom was working as a publicist at Gee Street Records. I always remembered his true love of jazz (plus a great record collection) and his understanding of what we at Giant Step were trying to accomplish: melding of jazz and hip hop. (Remember, this was 1991). As time went on, Tom worked at other labels such as Verve and then moved onto journalism; he did a piece on Giant Step for our 5th anniversary for Jazziz Magazine and always gave our artists and music "love" whenever and where ever he could."

Maurice Bernstein
Co-Founder and CEO of Giant Step

A funeral in Washington, DC is set for Saturday, December 8th with a memorial service in New York to follow (date TBA).

Friday, December 7, 2007
"Wake" - 6:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M.
Stewart Funeral Home, Inc.
4001 Benning Road, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20019
(202) 399-3600

Saturday, December 8, 2007
"Celebration of Life"
9:00 A.M. Viewing
11:00 A.M. Funeral Service
Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel at Howard University
6th Street and Howard Place, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20059
(202) 806-7280


FRIDAY \| MAY 16, 2008	A Final Farewell To Tom Terrell Posted by Jay Yee, Nov 29, 02:36 PM EST This morning longtime friend and supporter of Giant Step Tom Terrell died of prostate cancer. The DC born, former Brooklyn resident started his career in the music industry in the early '80s, contributing as a publicity manager for Verve Records, commentator for NPR, writer for publications Global Rhythms, Jazziz, Vibe, Trace, and Essence, and DJ at 9:30 Club and Alt Rock Champions WHFS-FM. "Tom was a regular at Giant Step events "back in the day," - an early supporter when all we had going for us was a dream and not much else. At the time, Tom was working as a publicist at Gee Street Records. I always remembered his true love of jazz (plus a great record collection) and his understanding of what we at Giant Step were trying to accomplish: melding of jazz and hip hop. (Remember, this was 1991). As time went on, Tom worked at other labels such as Verve and then moved onto journalism; he did a piece on Giant Step for our 5th anniversary for Jazziz Magazine and always gave our artists and music "love" whenever and where ever he could." Maurice Bernstein Co-Founder and CEO of Giant Step A funeral in Washington, DC is set for Saturday, December 8th with a memorial service in New York to follow (date TBA). Friday, December 7, 2007 "Wake" - 6:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M. Stewart Funeral Home, Inc. 4001 Benning Road, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20019 (202) 399-3600 Saturday, December 8, 2007 "Celebration of Life" 9:00 A.M. Viewing 11:00 A.M. Funeral Service Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel at Howard University 6th Street and Howard Place, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20059 (202) 806-7280 return to listing	recent posts events An Esoteric Night – A Benefit Concert for Tom Terrell I wanted to let all you Giant Steppers out there know about a very important benefit that we're...