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Tom Scott is a renowned composer, arranger, producer, musical
director and saxophonist. He has twenty-nine solo recordings to his credit
and for these efforts has earned three Grammy Awards and thirteen
Grammy nominations.
Tom’s career as a guest recording artist spans more than 450
recordings—by such diverse artists as Barbra Streisand, Quincy Jones,
Thelonius Monk, Lalo Schifrin, Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin and Chris
Botti. His numerous contributions as a player and arranger include Joni
Mitchell’s Court And Spark, Steely Dan’s Aja; hit singles like Carole King’s
Jazzman, Paul McCartney’s Listen To What The Man Said, Rod Stewart’s
Do You Think I’m Sexy, Blondie’s Rapture, Captain & Tenille’s Do That To
Me One More Time, Whitney Houston’s Saving All My Love For You; and
on movie soundtracks such as Taxi Driver, Bladerunner, Heaven Can Wait,
Sea Of Love, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Toy Story 2 and Monsters, Inc.
He is featured in highly acclaimed performances for the Grammy-winning
movie Standing In The Shadows Of Motown. His newly recorded Concord
Records CD—entitled Cannon Re-Loaded--A Tribute to Cannonball
Adderley (featuring Nancy Wilson, George Duke, Marcus Miller, Terence
Blanchard & Steve Gadd)—is scheduled for release in January 2008.
Tom’s other career achievements include composing film scores,
among them Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, Uptown Saturday Night,
Stir Crazy, Hanky Panky, The Sure Thing, Just One Of The Guys, Soul
Man and Shakes the Clown. His television composing and conducting
credits include themes for Family Ties, Starsky & Hutch, Square Pegs and
background scores for Baretta, Cannon, Barnaby Jones, Streets Of San
Francisco, National Geographic Explorer, and numerous T.V. Specials and
Network Movies. He has served as Musical Director for the Academy
Awards, the Emmy Awards, the Celebration At Ford’s Theater, the People’s
Choice Awards, Comic Relief, the Carol Burnett Show, the Pat Sajak Show,
Joni Mitchell, George Harrison, Olivia Newton-John, and the GRP All-Star
Big Band--and has toured five continents as leader of his own group. He
produced two CD’s for tenor vocalist Daniel Rodriguez (a.k.a. ‘The Singing
Policeman’)--the first of which, The Spirit Of America, has sold over
400,000 copies to date. Tom has also conducted over 30 symphony
orchestras around the U.S. as Daniel’s music director.
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