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bio
my kid trick at age two was to jam on the
black notes while my older brother played the ostinato to
take five. it was pretty cool when i recorded that
song with joe morello some 25 years later.
a short biography:
grew up in st. louis,
went to college in ohio, but the san francisco bay area will
always be home. gained a reputation there as an innovative
and eclectic pianist and multi-instrumentalist. recorded seven
self-produced cd’s as a leader and have performed on
over 35 others. co-founder of the ground breaking hip-hop
jazz group, alphabet soup. also recorded with anthony braxton,
cecil mcbee, andrew cyrille, joe morello, charlie hunter,
bob mintzer, dave samuels, don byron, paul mccandless, marshall
crenshaw and have performed with zigaboo modeliste, steve
smith, mike clark, the paul dresher ensemble, pete seager,
arlo guthrie, levon helm, norah jones, moby, bob weir, joe
henderson, the berkeley symphony (kent nagano), ricky lee
jones, dave garibaldi, larry schneider, nina hagen and peter
apfelbaum. currently based in new york city and regularly
perform with richard julian, jay collins, rene risque, carol
lipnik, sasha dobson, the bari koral family band and the dred
scott trio.
‘a disciple of psychedelic subterfuge, coupled with
post-cool intensity.’ victor haseman, sf weekly
‘reorienting the compass of jazz.’ derk richardson,
bay guardian
‘scott is not just a fine - in fact, magnificent - pianist;
he is a fine, magnificent
all-around musician.’ phil elwood, sf examiner
'scott builds the tension slowly, along the
melody/harmony like a formula 1 driver.'
terrel holmes, all about jazz, nyc
'a restless trio.' ny times
'this disc (live at rockwood) demonstrates
that scott's vision of bop is a deeply personal one, which
can be either cozily swinging or devilishly tricky.' time
out, ny
'Live at the Rockwood Music Hall is a beautiful showcase of
this dynamic piano trio.' allaboutjazz-newyork
'Blending pop, bop, pulse, and clatter, they
get to a place that swings on its own terms. And they entertain
as well. Prep for the Halloween gig by donning your "anything
goes" psyche.' Village Voice
''Dred Scott is a monster on the piano, one of the best players
I have ever seen. In my opinion he's already a legend. It
has been and continues to be an honor to have the Dred Scott
Trio perform every Tuesday night . This residency has become
a key part of the clubs reputation for good music any time
any day. I have seen the Dred Scott trio hundreds of times
and every time he blows my mind.' Ken Rockwood
additives:
played bass in a neil diamond cover band.
1983-84
played bass for four months in a cruise ship pit band. 1985
san francisco mime troupe. composer, actor and multi-instrumentalist
in back to normal (1991), social work(1992),
offshore(1993), revenger rat(1994), back
to cyberia(1994), revenger rat(1997).
squad dance theater - hard sciences (1990), composer,
the receptionist (1993), composer and actor, our
vehicles, ourselves (1994), composer and actor.
the 7 addictions and 5 professions of anita berber 1994
musical director, keyboards in this goethe institute production
starring nina hagen.
i was looking at the ceiling, and then i saw the sky
(1995) keyboard in the premier run of this john adams opera.
suicide in b-flat 1997/98 musical director, pianist
and actor in this sam shepherd play.
l997 sf bammie nominee for best jazz artist.
string quartet for trapeze 2001 commission
alameda co. recycling 1996-present fourteen :30 psa's
documentary/film scoring 1993-present coyote tales (1993)
short film honorable mention, sundance film festival, miles
biotech (1994), sf public schools (1994),
do the rot thing (1997) winner, golden apple, st.
vincent's day home (1999), merced college (1999),
faith, hope and capital (2000), 60 minute nationally
broadcast documentary, use it again (2005).
music for choreographers 1988-present - collette bischer-choate,
linda chang, marc ozanich, marni wood, jo kreiter, carol egan,
stephen pelton, sue bernhard, alan danielson, maxine steinman,
mary-lisa burns.
accompanied and performed with dance companies in sf - odc,
joe goode, margaret jenkins, alonzo king, 1989-99
dance accompanist, nyc, 2000-06: limon, barnard college, new
school, merce cunningham, mark morris, marymount manhattan
college, risa steinberg, betty jones, kenny larsen, the joffrey
school.
talked to tom waits on the phone re: mule variations.
home 2005 composed and performed music to this documentary
by filmakers, dawn scibilia and alan cooke containing commentary
by woody allen, liam neeson, susan sarandon, mike myers, frank
mccourt, fran liebowitz, pete hamill, elaine kaufman, rosie
perez and colin quinn.
festival appearances - bumbershoot (1991/92), detroit jazz
fest (1993), sf jazz fest (1994), eddie moore jazz fest (1995),
monterey jazz fest (1993/2005) udo festival japan (2007) ,
newport folk fest (2008), newport jazz fest (2008).
three songs licensed for the film life
in flight, dir. tracy hecht. premiered at the tribeca
film festival 2008.
lapsed member of gleneagles international.
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