Bobby Scott (musician)

Bobby Scott ( born January 29, 1937 in Mount Pleasant, † 5 November 1990 ) was an American pianist, vibraphonist, vocalist and bandleader and arranger and songwriter in the pop, easy listening and jazz

Bobby Scott played alongside his main instruments, piano and vibraphone and accordion, cello, clarinet and bass guitar. He studied with Edvard Moritz at the La Follette School of Music and has been working with eleven years as a professional musician. From 1952 he was in the band of Louis Prima on tours and took in the 1950s, among others with Gene Krupa and Tony Scott on. He made his recording debut in 1953 on Savoy Records with which began on March 15, 1953 single "I Married An Angel" / " But Beautiful " and the 7- inch EP Bobby Scott; the following year he went to Bethlehem Records, where he made from September 21, 1954 his first recordings for the 10 -inch album Great Scott, played in a trio with bassist Whitey Mitchell and drummer Bill Bradley. In enlarged ensemble, he took the end of 1954, inter alia, Eddie Bert, Hal McKusick, Milt Hinton and Osie Johnson on an album with original compositions. (The Compositions Of Bobby Scott); further recordings for this arose in 1955 in Los Angeles with the West Coast jazz musicians Conte Candoli, Frank Rosolino, Charlie Mariano, Bill Holman and Jimmy Giuffre

In 1956 he had his first as a singer Hiterfolg on the Billboard Hot 100 with the song " Chain Gang ", which rose to # 13 on the charts. As a bandleader, he took in the second half of the 50s on a number of albums for the label Verve ( Bobby Scott Plays The Music Of Leonard Bernstein), ABC - Paramount, Mercury, and Atlantic; worked in his bands, inter alia, Bill Crow, Dick Garcia, Teddy Kotick, Jerome Richardson, Charli Persip and Nabil Totah. As a songwriter, he won for the title of A Taste of Honey, the Beatles played on their first album Please Please Me, the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Theme. In addition to " A Taste of Honey" Scott was also involved in the Hollies hit, " He Is not Heavy, He's My Brother" (1969).

In the 1960s he worked primarily as a teacher and studied again at Moritz; occasionally he worked as a pianist still on disk recordings with, inter alia, for Coleman Hawkins in 1962, Quincy Jones ( Strike Up the Band ), Shirley Horn recorded for Mercury in 1963, Chet Baker / Kenny Burrell Verve album Baby Breeze (1965 ) and Wes Montgomery's album Movin ' Wes (1968). He also worked as an arranger for various musicians in jazz to easy listening, including Les and Larry Elgart for. 1989 nor was his Nat King Cole tribute album For Sentimental Reasons that involved Bucky Pizzarelli, Steve LaSpina, Ronnie Zito and Jimmy Young.

Web link / source

  • Bobby Scott at Allmusic
  • Bethlehem Records Discography at jazzdisco.org

Notes / Sources

  • Jazz Pianist
  • Jazz vibraphonist
  • Songwriter
  • Arranger
  • American musician
  • Grammy winner
  • Born in 1937
  • Died in 1990
  • Man
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