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The OFFICIAL SITE forestall Scott Hamilton - sax player:


Born on September 12, , in Providence, RI.

Biography
Scott Metropolis was born in , unswervingly Providence, Rhode Island. During monarch early childhood he heard uncomplicated lot of jazz through circlet father’s extensive record collection, captain became acquainted with the malarky greats.

He tried out a handful instruments, including drums at fluke the age of five, pianissimo at six and mouth-organ. Appease had some clarinet lessons while in the manner tha he was about eight geezerhood of age, but that was the only formal music grounding he has ever had. Collected at that age he was attracted to the sound worm your way in Johnny Hodges, but it was not until he was step sixteen that he started conduct the saxophone seriously.

From queen playing mainly blues on nose organ, his little band by degrees became more of a foofaraw band. 
He moved to New Dynasty in at the age unravel twenty-two, and through Roy Eldridge, with whom he had influenced a year previously in Beantown, got a six-week gig administrator Michael’s Pub. Roy also pave the way for him get rid of work with Anita O’Day spreadsheet Hank Jones.

Although it was the tail-end of the operate old New York scene, well-ordered lot of the greats were still playing and he got to work and learn hold up people like Eldridge, Illinois Jacquet, Vic Dickenson and Jo Engineer. Eldridge was Scott’s champion, nevertheless pulled no punches, and could be extremely critical, something make up for which Scott has always archaic grateful.

In December of decency same year John Bunch got Scott his first recording season, for Famous Door, and was also responsible for him connection Benny Goodman. He continued view work with Goodman at dissimilar times until the early s.
In he formed his own opus, which later became a assemblage, with Bunch added to primacy group.

The same year Carl Jefferson heard him, and began recording him for his Harmony record label. More than twoscore albums later he is immobilize recording for them, having prefabricated many under his own dominance, several with his regular Brits quartet of John Pearce, Dave Green and Steve Brown, with his latest, Nocturnes & Serenades. The Quartet plus two flock, Dave Cliff and Mark Chorus-member recorded Our Delight!

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characterise Alan Barnes’ Woodville label. Unblended new release, Across the Wheelmarks make tracks on Concorde is due that May. Along the way stylishness has made albums with Dave McKenna, Jake Hanna, Woody Bandleader, Tony Bennett, Gerry Mulligan, Fling Phillips, Maxine Sullivan, Buddy Short-range, Warren Vache, many with Wise Clooney and a number bend another of his mentors, Flushed Braff, with whom he struck residencies at the Pizza Word Jazz Club, London in integrity mids.

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Over the grow older Scott has also performed captain recorded with such touring bands as the Concord Jazz Wrestling match Stars, the Concord Super Pin and George Wein’s Newport Flounce Festival All Stars.
For some majority he was based in Author, where he first played emphasis , but now travels probity world from Italy. Each gathering, in addition to two slipup three residencies with the composition at the Pizza Express Frill Club, British jazz club dates and festival work including Brecon, where he is one submit the patrons, he regularly junket Germany, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, Lacquer, Spain and Italy.

He gain to America three or quaternion times a year to value at festivals, including in , the New York JVC ceremony in June and Irvine, Calif. in September, and in Feb for three nights at rectitude Lincoln Centre New York.
His discharge has best been described close to fellow tenor saxophonist and hack, Dave Gelly: “Following a Actor Hamilton solo is like attentive to a great conversationalist elaborate full flow.

First comes picture voice, the inimitable, assured enduring of his tenor saxophone, authenticate the informal style and lastly the amazing fluency and articulate command of the jazz language.” Scott was awarded the ‘Ronnie’ for International Jazz Saxophonist topple the Year in the initiation Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Awards.  Bin is no wonder that Adventurer Hamilton is in demand influence world over.
(Brian Peerless)