Origin New Jersey Instruments drums, percussion Albums Go Home | Name Scott Amendola Genres Jazz, Funk, Rock music Role Drummer | |
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Born February 6, 1969 (age 55) ( 1969-02-06 ) Labels Long Song, Cryptogramaphone Similar People Charlie Hunter, Nels Cline, Ben Goldberg, Devin Hoff, Jeff Parker | ||
Education Berklee College of Music | ||
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Scott Amendola (born February 6, 1969) is an American drummer from the San Francisco Bay Area. His styles include jazz, blues, groove, rock and new music. He is considered central to the Bay Area music scene.
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Amendola was originally from New Jersey and studied at Berklee School of Music in Boston. After relocating to the San Francisco Bay Area he came to popularity in the 1990s as a member of T.J. Kirk with Charlie Hunter, Will Bernard and John Schott. Their second album received a Grammy Award nomination. He has led his own bands and trios which have included Nels Cline, Jenny Scheinman, Jeff Parker and John Shifflett as well as Ben Goldberg and Devin Hoff. Often favoring guitarists he has toured with Bill Frisell and Kelly Joe Phelps and recorded with Pat Martino, Jim Campilongo, G.E. Stinson, Nels Cline and Tony Furtado. He is an original member of the Larry Ochs Sax & Drumming Core. He has been a session percussionist for Noe Venable, Carla Bozulich and Odessa Chen.
In 2011 Amendola will have his new orchestral work performed in conjunction with the Oakland East Bay Symphony as one the symphony's New Visions/New Vistas premieres. Amendola will be joined by Nels Cline and Trevor Dunn.
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Discography
With The Nels Cline Singers
With Nels Cline
With Charlie Hunter
With Pat Martino