# Scott Amendola > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Scott_Amendola > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Scott_Amendola.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Amendola > Source revision: 1349773607 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) American drummer (born 1969) Scott Amendola Amendola in 2014 Background information Born (1969-02-06) February 6, 1969 (age 57) Origin New Jersey, U.S. Genres Jazz funk rock experimental Occupations Drummer composer bandleader Instruments Drums percussion electronics Labels SAZi Records Long Song Cryptogramophone Member of Scott Amendola Band Formerly of Scott Amendola Trio Orchestra Di Pazzi Nels Cline Singers Stretch Woven Invisible Bird Amendola vs. Blades Website scottamendola.com Musical artist **Scott Amendola** (born February 6, 1969) is an American drummer from the [San Francisco Bay Area](/source/San_Francisco_Bay_Area). His styles include [jazz](/source/Jazz), [blues](/source/Blues), [groove](/source/Groove_(music)), and [rock](/source/Rock_music).[1][2] ## Early life and education Amendola is originally from [New Jersey](/source/New_Jersey) and studied at the [Berklee School of Music](/source/Berklee_School_of_Music) in Boston.[3] ## Career After relocating to California, he rose to popularity in the 1990s as a member of the band T.J. Kirk with [Charlie Hunter](/source/Charlie_Hunter), [Will Bernard](/source/Will_Bernard), and [John Schott](/source/John_Schott). Their second album, *If Four Was One*, received a [Grammy Award](/source/Grammy_Awards) nomination.[4] Amendola has led his own bands and trios, which have included musicians such as [Nels Cline](/source/Nels_Cline), [Jenny Scheinman](/source/Jenny_Scheinman), [Jeff Parker](/source/Jeff_Parker_(musician)), [John Shifflett](/source/John_Shifflett),[5] [Ben Goldberg](/source/Ben_Goldberg), and [Devin Hoff](/source/Devin_Hoff).[1] He has recorded with [Pat Martino](/source/Pat_Martino), [Jim Campilongo](/source/Jim_Campilongo), [G.E. Stinson](/source/G.E._Stinson), and [Tony Furtado](/source/Tony_Furtado), among others. He is an original member of the [Larry Ochs](/source/Larry_Ochs_(musician)) Sax & Drumming Core and has been a session percussionist for musicians such as [Cris Williamson](/source/Cris_Williamson), [Noe Venable](/source/Noe_Venable), [Carla Bozulich](/source/Carla_Bozulich), and [Odessa Chen](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Odessa_Chen&action=edit&redlink=1).[6] In 2011, Amendola premiered his orchestral work *Fade to Orange*, performed in conjunction with the [Oakland East Bay Symphony](/source/Oakland_East_Bay_Symphony) as one of their New Visions/New Vistas premieres. He was joined by Nels Cline and [Trevor Dunn](/source/Trevor_Dunn).[7] ## 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](/source/Pat_Martino)** - *[All Sides Now](/source/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](/source/The_Nels_Cline_Singers)** - *[Instrumentals](/source/Instrumentals_(Nels_Cline_Singers_album))* (2000) - *[The Giant Pin](/source/The_Giant_Pin)* (2004) - *[Draw Breath](/source/Draw_Breath)* (2007) - *[The Celestial Septet](/source/The_Celestial_Septet)* (2010) with [Rova Saxophone Quartet](/source/Rova_Saxophone_Quartet) - *[Initiate](/source/Initiate_(Nels_Cline_Singers_album))* (2010) - *[Macroscope](/source/Macroscope_(album))* (2014) **with L. Stinkbug – Nels Cline, G.E. Stinson, Steuart Liebig, Scott Amendola** - *The Allure of Roadside Curious* (2002) **with Red Pocket – [Jewlia Eisenberg](/source/Jewlia_Eisenberg), Marika Hughes, Scott Amendola** - *Thick* (2004) **with [Nels Cline](/source/Nels_Cline)** - *[New Monastery](/source/New_Monastery)* (2006) - *[Dirty Baby](/source/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](/source/Charlie_Hunter)** - *[Not Getting Behind Is the New Getting Ahead](/source/Not_Getting_Behind_Is_the_New_Getting_Ahead)* (2012) - *[Pucker](/source/Pucker_(album))* (2013) - *[Cars/Williams/Porter/Ellington](/source/Cars%2FWilliams%2FPorter%2FEllington)* (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 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-sfgate2004_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-sfgate2004_1-1) Andrew Gilbert, ["Exploring New Degrees In Drumming"](https://archive.today/20130202084839/http://articles.sfgate.com/2004-10-03/entertainment/17450122_1_jazz-giant-thelonious-monk-san-francisco-jazz-festival-don-preston), *sfgate.com*, October 3, 2004. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Andrew Gilbert, ["Scott Amendola: Jazz drummer's birthday bash"](https://www.sfgate.com/thingstodo/article/Scott-Amendola-Jazz-drummer-s-birthday-bash-3173705.php), *sfgate.com*, February 5, 2009. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Forrest Dylan Bryant [Scott Amendola: Unlimited Possibilities](http://www.jazzobserver.com/2006/02/scott-amendola-unlimited-possibilities/) *jazzobserver.com*, February 13, 2006. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** David Hadbawnik, ["Hear This Despite a Grammy, T.J. Kirk quit in '97. Now the jazz-fusion quartet returns"](http://www.sfweekly.com/2003-12-24/music/hear-this/), *[SFWeekly](/source/SFWeekly)*, December 24, 2003. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Andrew Gilbert, [Biography](https://www.allaboutjazz.com/musicians/scott-amendola) *[All About Jazz](/source/All_About_Jazz)*. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Derk Richardson, ["Peerless Percussion / The Bay Area's Scott Amendola drums up success"](https://archive.today/20120712004033/http://articles.sfgate.com/2003-09-25/music/17506449_1_three-guitarists-drummer-bay-area), *sfgate.com*, September 25, 2003. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["The Height of Romanticism Oakland East Bay Symphony"](http://www.sfcv.org/event/oakland-east-bay-symphony/the-height-of-romanticism-0), *sfcv.org*. ## External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Scott Amendola](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Scott_Amendola). - [Official website](http://scottamendola.com) v t e Nels Cline Studio albums Angelica (1988) The Inkling (2000) Destroy All Nels Cline (2001) New Monastery (2006) Coward (2009) Dirty Baby (2010) Lovers (2016) Currents, Constellations (2018) Consentrik Quartet (2025) Collaboration albums The Gowanus Session [with William Parker & Thollem McDonas] (2012) Woodstock Sessions Vol. 2 [with Medeski, Martin & Wood] (2014) Room [with Julian Lage] (2014) Accidental Sky [with White Out] (2015) Live albums The Veil (2011) Nels Cline Trio Silencer (1992) Ground (1995) Chest (1996) Sad (1998) Hold It Under a Faucet 7″ (2002) The Nels Cline Singers Instrumentals (2002) The Giant Pin (2004) Draw Breath (2007) The Celestial Septet (2008) [with Rova Saxophone Quartet] Initiate (2010) Macroscope (2014) Floored by Four Floored by Four (2010) Big Walnuts Yonder Big Walnuts Yonder (2017) Related articles Discography Scott Amendola Alex Cline Trevor Dunn Devra Hoff Mike Watt Wilco Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF GND WorldCat National United States France BnF data Artists MusicBrainz People Deutsche Biographie Other SNAC Yale LUX --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Scott Amendola](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Amendola) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Amendola?action=history)). 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