Written by Phaedra Pinkston

After meeting the late jazz drummer and band leader Buddy Rich, New York City local Tommy Bayiokos began playing drums professionally at the age of ten.  Through the years, Bayiokos has studied with Kim Plainfield of Drummers Collective New York for almost ten years as well as performing with the Jack Goodman Orchestra and The Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City (1998-2001), and the late great Laura Branigan (2001-2004).

Bayiokos also dedicates his talents as a teacher at In Performance Music Workshop We Make Musicians (IPMW).  This emerging artist is also a new member of the Screen Actors Guild an has had cameos and bit part appearances in television shows such as Law & Order, The Sopranos, and Third Watch.