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]
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| Born | February 6, 1969 |
| Origin | New Jersey, U.S. |
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| Member of | Scott Amendola Band |
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| Website | scottamendola |
Early life and education
editAmendola is originally from New Jersey and studied at the Berklee School of Music in Boston.[3]
Career
editAfter 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
editwith 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
- All Sides Now (1997)
with Scott Amendola Band
- Scott Amendola Band (1999)
- Cry (2003)
- Believe (2005)
- Lift (2010)
- Fade to Orange (2015)
- Instrumentals (2000)
- The Giant Pin (2004)
- Draw Breath (2007)
- The Celestial Septet (2010) with Rova Saxophone Quartet
- Initiate (2010)
- Macroscope (2014)
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
- New Monastery (2006)
- Dirty Baby (2010)
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
- Not Getting Behind Is the New Getting Ahead (2012)
- Pucker (2013)
- Cars/Williams/Porter/Ellington (2014)
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
edit- ^ 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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