{{Short description|American drummer (born 1969)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox musical artist | background = person | name = Scott Amendola | image = Scott Amendola at Fantasy Studios during the "Fade To Orange" sessions, September, 2014. Photo by Lenny Gonzalez.jpg | landscape = yes | alt = black-and-white image of Scott Amendola wearing a dark t-shirt, glasses, and a set of headphones around his neck, sitting behind a drum kit, looking left of camera and laughing | caption = Amendola in 2014 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|02|06}} | origin = [[New Jersey]], U.S. | genre = {{hlist|[[Jazz]]|[[Funk music|funk]]|[[Rock music|rock]]|[[Experimental music|experimental]]}} | occupation = {{hlist|Drummer|composer|bandleader}} | instrument = {{hlist|Drums|percussion|electronics}} | years_active = | label = {{hlist|SAZi Records|[[Long Song]]|[[Cryptogramophone Records|Cryptogramophone]]}} | current_member_of = Scott Amendola Band | past_member_of = {{hlist|Scott Amendola Trio|[[Orchestra Di Pazzi]]|[[Nels Cline Singers]]||[[Stretch Woven]]|[[Invisible Bird]]|[[Amendola vs. Blades]]}} | website = {{URL|scottamendola.com}} }}
'''Scott Amendola''' (born February 6, 1969) is an American drummer from the [[San Francisco Bay Area]]. His styles include [[jazz]], [[blues]], [[Groove (music)|groove]], and [[Rock music|rock]].<ref name="sfgate2004">Andrew Gilbert, [https://archive.today/20130202084839/http://articles.sfgate.com/2004-10-03/entertainment/17450122_1_jazz-giant-thelonious-monk-san-francisco-jazz-festival-don-preston "Exploring New Degrees In Drumming"], ''sfgate.com'', October 3, 2004.</ref><ref>Andrew Gilbert, [https://www.sfgate.com/thingstodo/article/Scott-Amendola-Jazz-drummer-s-birthday-bash-3173705.php "Scott Amendola: Jazz drummer's birthday bash"], ''sfgate.com'', February 5, 2009.</ref>
==Early life and education== Amendola is originally from [[New Jersey]] and studied at the [[Berklee School of Music]] in Boston.<ref>Forrest Dylan Bryant [http://www.jazzobserver.com/2006/02/scott-amendola-unlimited-possibilities/ Scott Amendola: Unlimited Possibilities] ''jazzobserver.com'', February 13, 2006.</ref>
==Career== After relocating to California, he rose to popularity in the 1990s as a member of the band T.J. Kirk with [[Charlie Hunter]], [[Will Bernard]], and [[John Schott]]. Their second album, ''If Four Was One'', received a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination.<ref>David Hadbawnik, [http://www.sfweekly.com/2003-12-24/music/hear-this/ "Hear This Despite a Grammy, T.J. Kirk quit in '97. Now the jazz-fusion quartet returns"], ''[[SFWeekly]]'', December 24, 2003.</ref> Amendola has led his own bands and trios, which have included musicians such as [[Nels Cline]], [[Jenny Scheinman]], [[Jeff Parker (musician)|Jeff Parker]], [[John Shifflett]],<ref>Andrew Gilbert, [https://www.allaboutjazz.com/musicians/scott-amendola Biography] ''[[All About Jazz]]''.</ref> [[Ben Goldberg]], and [[Devin Hoff]].<ref name="sfgate2004" /> He has recorded with [[Pat Martino]], [[Jim Campilongo]], [[G.E. Stinson]], and [[Tony Furtado]], among others. He is an original member of the [[Larry Ochs (musician)|Larry Ochs]] Sax & Drumming Core and has been a session percussionist for musicians such as [[Cris Williamson]], [[Noe Venable]], [[Carla Bozulich]], and [[Odessa Chen]].<ref>Derk Richardson, [https://archive.today/20120712004033/http://articles.sfgate.com/2003-09-25/music/17506449_1_three-guitarists-drummer-bay-area "Peerless Percussion / The Bay Area's Scott Amendola drums up success"], ''sfgate.com'', September 25, 2003.</ref>
In 2011, Amendola premiered his orchestral work ''Fade to Orange'', performed in conjunction with the [[Oakland East Bay Symphony]] as one of their New Visions/New Vistas premieres. He was joined by Nels Cline and [[Trevor Dunn]].<ref>[http://www.sfcv.org/event/oakland-east-bay-symphony/the-height-of-romanticism-0 "The Height of Romanticism Oakland East Bay Symphony"], ''sfcv.org''.</ref>
==Selected discography== '''with T.J. Kirk''' * ''T.J. Kirk'' (1995) * ''If Four Was One'' (1996) * ''Talking Only Makes It Worse'' (2003)
'''with Phillip Greenlief/Scott Amendola Duo''' * ''Collect My Thoughts'' (1995)
'''with [[Pat Martino]]''' * ''[[All Sides Now]]'' (1997)
'''with Scott Amendola Band''' * ''Scott Amendola Band'' (1999) * ''Cry'' (2003) * ''Believe'' (2005) * ''Lift'' (2010) * ''Fade to Orange'' (2015)
'''with [[The Nels Cline Singers]]''' * ''[[Instrumentals (Nels Cline Singers album)|Instrumentals]]'' (2000) * ''[[The Giant Pin]]'' (2004) * ''[[Draw Breath]]'' (2007) * ''[[The Celestial Septet]]'' (2010) with [[Rova Saxophone Quartet]] * ''[[Initiate (Nels Cline Singers album)|Initiate]]'' (2010) * ''[[Macroscope (album)|Macroscope]]'' (2014)
'''with L. Stinkbug – Nels Cline, G.E. Stinson, Steuart Liebig, Scott Amendola''' * ''The Allure of Roadside Curious'' (2002)
'''with Red Pocket – [[Jewlia Eisenberg]], Marika Hughes, Scott Amendola''' * ''Thick'' (2004)
'''with [[Nels Cline]]''' * ''[[New Monastery]]'' (2006) * ''[[Dirty Baby]]'' (2010)
'''with Plays Monk – Ben Goldberg, Devin Hoff, Scott Amendola''' * ''Plays Monk'' (2007)
'''with Bill Frisell''' * ''All Hat'' (2008)
'''with Ben Goldberg, Charlie Hunter, Ron Miles''' * ''Go Home'' (2009)
'''with [[Charlie Hunter]]''' * ''[[Not Getting Behind Is the New Getting Ahead]]'' (2012) * ''[[Pucker (album)|Pucker]]'' (2013) * ''[[Cars/Williams/Porter/Ellington]]'' (2014)
'''with John Dietrich, Ben Goldberg, Scott Amendola''' * ''Short Sighted Dream Colossus'' (2012)
'''with Henry Kaiser/Scott Amendola''' * ''Leaps'' (2015)
'''with Amendola vs. Blades''' * ''Greatest Hits'' (2016)
'''with Invisible Bird – Dave Devine, Shane Endsley, Scott Amendola''' * ''Flutter to Fuzz'' (2018)
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
==External links== {{commons}} * {{official website|scottamendola.com}} {{Nels Cline}} {{Authority control}}
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