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The mantle of UK Piano Man has been dominated by Elton John, Jools Holland and Jamie Cullum. Over the past five decades no one else has come remotely close – until now that is!

Tom Seals, "the UK's finest blues & boogie sensation (The Express)", has the world at his fingertips. His virtuoso solo-ing, excellent improvisation skills and distinctive voice have left top industry officials hailing him the UK's finest pianist/vocalist.

Tom has worked with and supported established artists such as Jools Holland, Jamie Cullum, Gregory Porter, Dame Cleo Laine, KT Tunstall, Matt Lucas and Hollywood superstars Kiefer Sutherland and Hugh Laurie.

Hot on the heels of sold out shows across the globe including Ronnie Scott's, The Blue Note and a stunning performance at the Birdland Jazz Club on Broadway New York, Tom Seals' star is destined to soar stratospherically in 2026.

2025 saw Tom partner with Strictly Come Dancing stars, Aljaz and Janette on their UK tour, performing at the most prestigious venues in the country; including London Palladium.

Slade legend Noddy Holder described Tom as "in the top 5 boogie piano players in the world!". Only reinfornced by Jools Holland awarding Tom the "Boogie Woogie Artist of The Year" title at the 2025 Boisdale Music Awards.

Following the success of Tom's lockdown shows, Sky TV offered Tom a 13-week series. Each week Tom chat's to celebrity guests about their 3 favourite songs. He and his band then put their own jazzy/bluesy spin on the celebrities' choices. Guests included Anton Du Beke, David Coulthard, Georgia "Toff" Toffolo, Ruby Turner, Russell Watson, Carole Baskin, Toyah, Tom Grennan, Sir Kenny Dalglish, Stephen K Amos, Diane Abbott, Tom Allen and Ricky Wilson of Kaiser Chiefs.

The live version of this show continues to grow, with guests including Noddy Holder, Sir Richard Branson, Jo Brand, Whispering Bob Harris, Chris Difford, Chris McCausland, Sanjeev Bhaskar and James Acaster. Tom had a successful run of the show at Edinburgh Fringe Festival with Janey Godley, Robert Bathurst and Paul Sinha.

Tom had to put his degree studies at Paul McCartney's LIPA on hold after his debut EP, "Where I'm At (Live)", soared to #1 in the UK Blues Charts. He performed a '1 piano – 4 hands' version of "Route 66" with Jamie Cullum and appearing at Jools Hollands' Boogie Woogie & Blues Spectacular duelling pianos show in Canary Wharf.

During the lockdown period of 2020, Tom launched "The Tom Seals Show – In Isolation" online. Featuring chat and duets, the show hosted guests such as KT Tunstall, Sarah Jane Morris and Matt Lucas.

This time also saw the release of Tom's debut single, "Black Coffee". Released on Right Track Records and distributed through Universal Music, this too went straight to #1 in the Blues Charts. "Black Coffee" is now being played in many high-street shops across the world; From Harrods to Carluccio's, Waterstones, Home Bargains and 950 Caffè Nero stores in 11 countries!

Tom was delighted to be working on a major project with The Department for International Trade for the UK Pavilion and represented the nation, as invited by the UK Government, at Expo 2020 in Dubai. Tom performed solo, opening the show, in frontof a 10,000 strong audience which included HRH Prince William.

Alongside Atomic Kitten star Natasha Hamilton, Tom released his first ever Christmas song, "I Can't Wait to Spend Christmas with You". Reaching #3 in the UK Christmas charts, Tom and Natasha performed this song to a sold-out Dubai Opera House.

Joining his hero Billy Joel, Whoopi Goldberg, Sting, Elvis Costello, President Bill Clinton, Kurt Elling, Diana Krall, Wynton Marsalis, Postmodern Jukebox, Steve Tyrell, Billy Stritch and so many more, Tom was delighted to a part of the "Save Birdland: A Celebration of Music, History, and Community" fundraising show.

Tom has performed at festivals worldwide, including: Montreux Jazz (Switzerland), Glastonbury, Hyde Park British Summer Time supporting Pink Floyd (London), Dranouter (Belgium), Once In A Blue Moon (Holland), Utcazene (Hungary), Festival Musique (France), Sparoi (Ireland), Blue Balls (Switzerland), Cropredy, Black Deer, Bestival, Boomtown, Cheltenham Jazz, Swanage Blues, Marsden Jazz, HopFest, Harpenden Blues, Dereham Blues, Ilfracombe Blues and Sicilia Jazz Festival.

Venue appearances include: Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, Dubai Opera House, Real Teatro Santa Cecilia (Sicily), Teatro Verdura (Sicily), Pizza Express Jazz Club, The 606 Club, The Lowry, The Crazy Coqs, Blackpool Grand Theatre, Matt & Phreds, The Cinnamon Club, Ain't Nothin' But The Blues, Boisdale, Piano Rouge (Krakow), Piano's NYC, Rockwood Music Hall (New York City), Birdland Jazz Club (New York City), Orange Peel Jazz Club (Hong Kong), North Sea Jazz Club (Amsterdam), Club Dauphine (Amsterdam) and many more.