Tom Scott is a renowned composer, arranger,
producer, musical director and saxophonist.
He has twenty-nine solo recordings to his
credit and for these efforts has earned three
Grammy Awards and thirteen Grammy nominations.
Tom’s career as a guest recording
artist spans more than 450 recordings—by
such diverse artists as Barbra Streisand,
Quincy Jones, Thelonius Monk, Lalo Schifrin,
Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin and Chris
Botti. His numerous contributions as a player
and arranger include Joni Mitchell’s "Court
And Spark", Steely Dan’s "Aja";
hit singles like Carole King’s "Jazzman",
Paul McCartney’s "Listen To What
The Man Said", Rod Stewart’s "Do
You Think I’m Sexy", Blondie’s "Rapture",
Captain & Tenille’s "Do That
To Me One More Time", Whitney Houston’s "Saving
All My Love For You"; and on movie soundtracks
such as "Taxi Driver", "Bladerunner", "Heaven
Can Wait", "Sea Of Love", "Who
Framed Roger Rabbit?", "Toy Story
2" and "Monsters, Inc". He
is featured in highly acclaimed performances
for the Grammy-winning movie "Standing
In The Shadows Of Motown". His newly
recorded Concord Records CD—entitled "Cannon
Re-Loaded--A Tribute to Cannonball Adderley" (featuring
Nancy Wilson, George Duke, Marcus Miller,
Terence Blanchard & Steve Gadd)—is
scheduled for release in January 2008.
Tom’s other career achievements include
composing film scores, among them "Conquest
of the Planet of the Apes", "Uptown
Saturday Night", "Stir Crazy", "Hanky
Panky", "The Sure Thing", "Soul
Man" and "Shakes the Clown".
His television composing and conducting credits
include themes for "Family Ties", "Starsky & Hutch", "Square
Pegs" and background scores for "Baretta", "Cannon", "Barnaby
Jones", "Streets Of San Francisco", "National
Geographic Explorer", and numerous T.V.
Specials and Network Movies. He has served
as Musical Director for the Academy Awards,
the Emmy Awards, the Celebration At Ford’s
Theater, the People’s Choice Awards,
Comic Relief, the Carol Burnett Show, the
Pat Sajak Show, Joni Mitchell, George Harrison,
Olivia Newton-John, and the GRP All-Star
Big Band--and has toured five continents
as leader of his own group. He produced two
CD’s for tenor vocalist Daniel Rodriguez
(a.k.a. ‘The Singing Policeman’)--the
first of which, "The Spirit Of America",
has sold over 400,000 copies to date. Tom
has also conducted over 30 symphony orchestras
throughout the U.S. as Daniel’s music
director.
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Saturday
Night - September 20, 2008 / 7:30pm |
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Night Club / Bill
Berry Stage |
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