Kendrick Scott

Infobox musical artist
Name = Kendrick Scott

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Birth_name = Kendrick Allen DeWitt Scott
Alias = ‘KADS’
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Origin = flagicon|USA Houston, Texas, USA
Instrument = drums
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Genre = Post-bop
Occupation = Musician
Bandleader
Composer
Years_active = 1990s – Present
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Associated_acts = Terence Blanchard Quintet
URL = [http://www.kendrickscott.com/ www.KendrickScott.com]
[http://www.worldculturemusic.com/index.html World Culture Music (founder)]
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Kendrick Scott (born July 8, 1980 in Houston, Texas) is an American jazz drummer, bandleader and composer. Scott is the founder of the World Culture Music Record Company.

Biography

Kendrick A.D. Scott was born and raised in Houston, Texas. The first encounters Kendrick had with the drums were in church, where his parents, Kenneth and Stepheny, and older brother were involved in the music ministry. Scott was later accepted to Houston's famed High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (HSPVA) where his high school career culminated in many awards - the most notable being The Clifford Brown/Stan Getz Fellowship, given by the International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE) and The National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts. Upon graduation from high school in 1998, Kendrick was awarded a scholarship to attend the famed Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA, majoring in Music Education. Since graduating from Berklee in 2002, [ [http://www.berklee.edu/opi/2000/0911.html Berklee College of Music: Kendrick Scott] ] Scott has performed with a variety of name artists including the Jazz Crusaders, guitarist Pat Metheny, saxophonists Joe Lovano and Kenny Garrett, vocalists Dianne Reeves, Lizz Wright, and trumpeter Terence Blanchard, to name a few. He also was a member of the Berklee-Monterey Quartet, performing at the legendary Monterey Jazz Festival in 1999-2000, 2002 and 2007.

Scott’s debut recording with his group Oracle recorded "The Source" in 2006, including pianists Aaron Parks and Robert Glasper, guitarist Lionel Loueke, vocalist Gretchen Parlato, and others. Scott also performed with the Terence Blanchard Quintet on the album "A Tale of God’s Will (A Requiem for Katrina)" (2007), which was nominated for two Grammy Awards for 2008. Kendrick was a member of the band that accompanied Terence Blanchard to the Monterey Jazz Festival’s 50th anniversary in 2007, and Scott will embark on the 22-state tour, starting in January, 2008 with the 50th Anniversary MJF All-Star Band features the leaders of the past, present and future with Terence Blanchard on trumpet, James Moody on saxophone, Benny Green on piano, Derrick Hodge on bass, and jazz vocalist Nnenna Freelon. [ [http://www.montereyjazzfestival.org/MJF50-band/ Monterey Jazz Festival’s 50th Anniversary Tour (2008)] ]

elective Discography

As Leader

As sideman

Footnotes

External links

* [http://www.kendrickscott.com/ KendrickScott official website]
* [http://www.worldculturemusic.com/index.html World Culture Music]
* [http://www.berklee.edu/profiles/scott.htmlBerklee.edu Berklee College of Music: Kendrick Scott]
* [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=25633 All About Jazz: Kendrick Scott: Oracle for Good Music]