TOM SCOTT (MUSICIAN)

'Tom Scott' (born May 19, 1948, Los Angeles, California) is a multiple award-winning saxophonist, composer, arranger, conductor and bandleader of the west coast jazz/jazz fusion ensemble, the 'L.A. Express'.
His best-known works are the theme songs for TV series from the 1970s — ''Starsky and Hutch'' and ''Streets of San Francisco''. In 1982, Scott also collaborated with Johnny Mathis to write & record two versions – lyrical and instrumental – of "Without Us", the theme to the 80's sitcom ''Family Ties''

Contents

Background

Notable appearances

Discography

References

External links

Background

Scott's professional career began as a teenager, as leader of a jazz ensemble Neoteric Trio, and then as a "first-call" (i.e. high-demand) session musician. He has dozens of solo recordings for which he collected thirteen Grammy nominations (three of which he won). He also has numerous film and television scoring credits, as well as appearances on records by such diverse artists as Whitney Houston, Barbra Streisand, Joni Mitchell, George Harrison, Eddie Money, Steely Dan, Quincy Jones and Frank Sinatra.

Notable appearances

He produced two CDs for tenor vocalist Daniel Rodriguez formerly ‘The Singing Policeman’. The first of which, "The Spirit Of America", has sold over 400,000 copies to date. Scott has also conducted over thirty symphony orchestras around the U.S. as music director for Rodriguez.^[1]
Scott also provided support on Joni Mitchell's 1972 effort, ''For the Roses'' and ''Court and Spark'' which saw release in 1973. He played various woodwinds throughout the album, and wrote many of the arrangements for the songs with Mitchell. He is featured on soprano sax and tenor sax for Carole King's 1974 single "Jazzman" and her 1975 album, ''Thoroughbred'' respectively.
Scott is a member of the The Blues Brothers musical ensemble, despite his absence in the 1980 motion picture of the same name. He was also the leader of the house band on two short-lived late night talk shows: CBS' ''The Pat Sajak Show'' and Fox's ''The Chevy Chase Show''.

Discography

★ ''Honeysuckle Breeze'', 1968

★ 'Rural Still Life'', 1969

★ ''Hair To Jazz'', 1970

★ ''Paint Your Wagon'', 1971

★ ''Great Scott'', 1972

★ ''Tom Scott & The L.A. Express'', 1973

★ ''Tom Cat'' (with The L.A. Express), 1974

★ ''New York Connection'', 1975

★ ''Blow It Out'' (features "Gotcha", the theme from Starsky & Hutch), 1977

★ ''Intimate Strangers'' (partially live), 1978

★ ''Street Beat'', 1979

★ ''Apple Juice'' (live), 1981

★ ''Desire'', 1982

★ ''Target'', 1983

★ ''One Night - One Day'', 1985

★ ''Streamlines'', 1987

★ ''Flashpoint'', 1988

★ ''Them Changes'' (with ''The Pat Sajak Show'' house band), 1990

★ ''Keep This Love Alive'', 1991

★ ''Born Again'', 1992

★ ''Reed My Lips'', 1994

★ ''Night Creatures'', 1995

★ ''Bluestreak'' (with The L.A. Express), 1997

★ ''Smokin'Section'' (with The L.A. Express), 1999

★ ''New Found Freedom'', 2002

★ ''Bebop United'' (live), 2006

References

1. Jody Lazz ''(Retrieved on 2007-07-03)''

External links

★ Tom Scott official website

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