Tom O'Hare was born in Cork City Ireland.  The great Vibes player Milt Jackson who performed with the Modern Jazz Quartet was his first major influence. 

Tom (who studied and qualified in Classical piano) developed a great interest in the Classical Piano Repertoire and especially in the music of Frederic Chopin. He is also a great admirer of the Bach Preludes and Fugues, the keyboard sonatas of Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven and te romantic piano compositions of Schumann, Mendelssohn and Brahms.

Although he plays the Vibraphone his main influence has been the wonderful Jazz pianist Wynton Kelly of Miles Davis Quintet fame.

While playing at the Cork Jazz Festival he was informed that Milt Jackson had passed away.  He at once resolved to commemorate the great musician with "This one's for Milt Jackson".  Tom & Günther are next door neighbours and live in the beautiful coastal town of Kinsale in the South of Ireland.