Discography

as Bassist, Composer, Director, & Producer

The Muse

Tom Knific

Fred Hersch, John Knific, Chris Beckstrom, Keith Hall, Taylor O’Donnell, Jamey Haddad, Mark Jackson, Ryan Andrews. Azica Records, 2011.

Lines Of Influence

Tom Knific Quartet

Tom Knific, Chris Beckstrom, John Knific, Keith Hall with Ryan Andrews. Azica Records, 2009.

Siena

Tom Knific

Renata Artman Knific, John Abercrombie, Gene Bertoncini, Billy Drewes, Tim Froncek, Jamey Haddad, Sir Roland Hanna, Fred Hersch, Andy LaVerne, Sunny Wilkinson. Sea Breeze Records, 2004.

Home Bass

Tom Knific

Tom Knific, Trent Kynaston, Gene Bertoncini, Andy LaVerne, Billy Hart, and Peter Dominguez. Jazzheads Records, 1998.

Travel Notes

Western Michigan University Jazz Orchestra

Produced & Directed by Tom Knific. Blujazz Records, 2014.

Free Fall

Western Jazz Quartet

Andrew Rathbun, Jeremy Siskind, Tom Knific, Keith Hall. Bluejazz Records, 2014.

Steve Zegree & Friends

Western Jazz Quartet

Sea Breeze Records, 2008

Blue Harts

Western Jazz Quartet feat. Billy Hart

Trent Kynaston, Steve Zegree, Tom Knific, Tim Froncek, with Billy Hart and Phil DeGreg. SMR Records, 2005.

Mayan Myths

Western Jazz Quartet

Trent Kynaston, Steve Zegree, Tom Knific, Tim Froncek, with Scott Cowan and Jamey Haddad. Sea Breeze Records, 2005.

Premiere

Western Jazz Quartet feat. Scott Cowan

All original music of composer/trumpeter Scott Cowan. Sea Breeze Records, 2005.

Sabine's Dance

Western Jazz Quartet

Trent Kynaston, Steve Zegree, Tom Knific, Tim Froncek, with Renata Artman Knific and Billy Hart. Sea Breeze Records, 2001.

Blue Miles

Western Michigan University Jazz Orchestra

Tom Knific, director and producer of this Down Beat award-winning recording. Sea Breeze Records, 1998.

Spritely Overdue

Western Michigan University Jazz Orchestra

Sea Breeze Vista Records, 1993.

Firebird

Western Jazz Quartet feat. Billy Hart

First CD release by the WJQ, featuring Billy Hart. Named one of the best CD’s of the 1990’s by Down Beat Magazine. SMR Records, 1993.

Home Bass

Bass Instinct

Gina Schwarz, Ernst Weissensteiner, Gerhard Muthspiel, Herbert Mayr, Tim Dunin, Peter Herbert. Vienna 2day, 2016

Music of Astor Piazzolla and Frank Proto

The Merling Trio

Featuring the premiere recording of the Proto Quartet for Piano and Strings, which was written for this ensemble. Centaur Records, 2006.

West of Everywhere

Renata Artman Knific

Tom Knific, John Abercrombie, Gene Bertoncini, Andy LaVerne, Sir Roland Hanna, Billy Drewes, and Jamey Haddad. Sea Breeze Records, 2003.

The Waning Moon

Wlodek Pawlik Quartet

Wlodek Pawlik, Trent Kynaston, Tom Knific, Tim Froncek. Universal Records, 2001.

Turtles

Wlodek Pawlik Quartet

Randy Brecker, Wlodek Pawlik, Trent Kynaston, Tom Knific, and Cezary Konrad. Polonia Records, 1996.

Live At The Akwarium

Wlodek Pawlik Quartet

Wlodek Pawlik, Trent Kynaston, Tom Knific, and Billy Hart. Koch International Records, 1994.

The Diaries of Adam And Eve

Martha Walvoord & Jack Unzicker

Michael Daugherty, Daniel M. Cavanagh, Tom Knific, Andrea Clearfield, George B. Chave. Albany Records, 2019.

Sea Journey

Mas Que Nada

Alfredo Balcacer, Elliot Bild, Kevin Dorta, Anthony Healy, Tom Knific, Jordan Otto, Monica Pabelonio, Sam Pilnick, Henry Rensch, Alex Snyder, Andrew Strzyzewski. Blujazz Records, 2017.

Gold are my flowers; a civil war song cycle

C. Curtis-Smith

Mary Bonhag, Carmen Pelton, Jan Opalach, Renata Artman Knific, Karen Buranskis, Tom Knific, Christine Smith, Bradley Wong, Scott Thornburg, Judy Moonert. Albany Records, 2011.