American drummer (born 1969)
Scott Amendola
Amendola in 2014
Born (1969-02-06 ) February 6, 1969 (age 55) Origin New Jersey , U.S.Genres Occupations Drummer composer bandleader Instruments Drums percussion electronics Labels Member of Scott Amendola Band Formerly of Website scottamendola .com
Musical artist
Scott Amendola (born February 6, 1969) is an American drummer from the San Francisco Bay Area . His styles include jazz , blues , groove , and rock .[ 1] [ 2]
Early life and education
Amendola is originally from New Jersey and studied at the Berklee School of Music in Boston.[ 3]
Career
After relocating to California, he rose to popularity in the 1990s as a member of the band T.J. Kirk with Charlie Hunter , Will Bernard , and John Schott . Their second album, If Four Was One , received a Grammy Award nomination.[ 4] Amendola has led his own bands and trios, which have included musicians such as Nels Cline , Jenny Scheinman , Jeff Parker , John Shifflett ,[ 5] Ben Goldberg , and Devin Hoff .[ 1] He has recorded with Pat Martino , Jim Campilongo , G.E. Stinson , and Tony Furtado , among others. He is an original member of the Larry Ochs Sax & Drumming Core and has been a session percussionist for Cris Williamson , Noe Venable , Carla Bozulich , and Odessa Chen , to name a few.[ 6]
In 2011, Amendola premiered his orchestral work Fade to Orange , performed in conjunction with the Oakland East Bay Symphony as one of their New Visions/New Vistas premieres. He was joined by Nels Cline and Trevor Dunn .[ 7]
Selected discography
with T.J. Kirk
T.J. Kirk (1995)
If Four Was One (1996)
Talking Only Makes It Worse (2003)
with Phillip Greenlief/Scott Amendola Duo
Collect My Thoughts (1995)
with Pat Martino
with Scott Amendola Band
Scott Amendola Band (1999)
Cry (2003)
Believe (2005)
Lift (2010)
Fade to Orange (2015)
with The Nels Cline Singers
with L. Stinkbug – Nels Cline, G.E. Stinson, Steuart Liebig, Scott Amendola
The Allure of Roadside Curious (2002)
with Red Pocket – Jewlia Eisenberg , Marika Hughes, Scott Amendola
with Nels Cline
with Plays Monk – Ben Goldberg, Devin Hoff, Scott Amendola
with Bill Frisell
with Ben Goldberg, Charlie Hunter, Ron Miles
with Charlie Hunter
with John Dietrich, Ben Goldberg, Scott Amendola
Short Sighted Dream Colossus (2012)
with Henry Kaiser/Scott Amendola
with Amendola vs. Blades
with Invisible Bird – Dave Devine, Shane Endsley, Scott Amendola
References
^ a b Andrew Gilbert, "Exploring New Degrees In Drumming" , sfgate.com , October 3, 2004.
^ Andrew Gilbert, "Scott Amendola: Jazz drummer's birthday bash" , sfgate.com , February 5, 2009.
^ Forrest Dylan Bryant Scott Amendola: Unlimited Possibilities jazzobserver.com , February 13, 2006.
^ David Hadbawnik, "Hear This Despite a Grammy, T.J. Kirk quit in '97. Now the jazz-fusion quartet returns" , SFWeekly , December 24, 2003.
^ Andrew Gilbert, Biography All About Jazz .
^ Derk Richardson, "Peerless Percussion / The Bay Area's Scott Amendola drums up success" , sfgate.com , September 25, 2003.
^ "The Height of Romanticism Oakland East Bay Symphony" , sfcv.org .
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