The Big Sound    	        	
    				
    	                sat 26 oct 2019 17:00 hour    				
    				
    	                Pianist, composer and conductor Tom Pierson was a wonderkid who, at the age of thirteen, already performed with the Houston Symphony. Later, he started to compose film music and conducted classical works. With his big band, however, he guarded arranger Gil Evans’s legacy in compositions of his own.