Kendrick Scott

Kendrick Scott
Birth name Kendrick Allen DeWitt Scott
Also known as ‘KADS’
Born (1980-07-08) July 8, 1980
Origin Houston, Texas, United States
Genres Post-bop
Occupation(s) Musician
Bandleader
Composer
Instruments drums
Years active 1990s–present
Associated acts Terence Blanchard Quintet
Website www.KendrickScott.com
World Culture Music (founder)

Kendrick Scott (born July 8, 1980 in Houston, Texas, United States) 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. 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,[1] 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.[2]

Scott also currently plays with the Charles Lloyd Quartet, featuring alongside Reuben Rogers on Bass, and Gerald Clayton on Piano.[3][4]

Selective discography

As leader

2015 We Are the Drum Blue Note
2013 Conviction World Culture Music
2010 Reverence Criss Cross
2006 The Source World Culture Music

As sideman

Year Leader Title Label
2004 David Doruzka Hidden Paths Cube-Metier
2005 Terence Blanchard Flow Blue Note
2006 Patrick Cornelius Lucid Dream Acoustic Recording
2006 Danny Grissett Promise Criss Cross
2007 Terence Blanchard A Tale of God’s Will (A Requiem for Katrina) Blue Note
2007 Chihiro Yamanaka Abyss Verve
2008 Mike Moreno Third Wish Criss Cross
2008 Lage Lund Early Songs Criss Cross
2009 Myron Walden Momentum Demi Sound
2009 Terence Blanchard Choices Concord
2009 Gretchen Parlato In a Dream ObliqSound
2010 Will Vinson Stockholm Syndrome Criss Cross
2010 Myron Walden To Feel Demi Sound
2010 Myron Walden What We Share Demi Sound
2010 Chihiro Yamanaka Forever Begins Verve
2011 Mike Moreno First in Mind Criss Cross
2011 Gretchen Parlato The Lost and Found ObliqSound

References

  1. ↑ Archived September 10, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ Archived December 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ Charles Lloyd Website, accessed November 17, 2016
  4. ↑ Vicar Street, November 16, 2016
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