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]

Scott Amendola
black-and-white image of Scott Amendola wearing a dark t-shirt, glasses, and a set of headphones around his neck, sitting behind a drum kit, looking left of camera and laughing
Amendola in 2014
Background information
Born (1969-02-06) February 6, 1969 (age 55)
OriginNew Jersey, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
  • Drummer
  • composer
  • bandleader
Instruments
  • Drums
  • percussion
  • electronics
Labels
Member ofScott Amendola Band
Formerly of
Websitescottamendola.com

Early life and education

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Amendola is originally from New Jersey and studied at the Berklee School of Music in Boston.[3]

Career

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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

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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

  • Thick (2004)

with Nels Cline

with Plays Monk – Ben Goldberg, Devin Hoff, Scott Amendola

  • Plays Monk (2007)

with Bill Frisell

  • All Hat (2008)

with Ben Goldberg, Charlie Hunter, Ron Miles

  • Go Home (2009)

with Charlie Hunter

with John Dietrich, Ben Goldberg, Scott Amendola

  • Short Sighted Dream Colossus (2012)

with Henry Kaiser/Scott Amendola

  • Leaps (2015)

with Amendola vs. Blades

  • Greatest Hits (2016)

with Invisible Bird – Dave Devine, Shane Endsley, Scott Amendola

  • Flutter to Fuzz (2018)

References

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  1. ^ a b Andrew Gilbert, "Exploring New Degrees In Drumming", sfgate.com, October 3, 2004.
  2. ^ Andrew Gilbert, "Scott Amendola: Jazz drummer's birthday bash", sfgate.com, February 5, 2009.
  3. ^ Forrest Dylan Bryant Scott Amendola: Unlimited Possibilities jazzobserver.com, February 13, 2006.
  4. ^ David Hadbawnik, "Hear This Despite a Grammy, T.J. Kirk quit in '97. Now the jazz-fusion quartet returns", SFWeekly, December 24, 2003.
  5. ^ Andrew Gilbert, Biography All About Jazz.
  6. ^ Derk Richardson, "Peerless Percussion / The Bay Area's Scott Amendola drums up success", sfgate.com, September 25, 2003.
  7. ^ "The Height of Romanticism Oakland East Bay Symphony", sfcv.org.
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