Guitarist
and composer Don Scott has emerged as one of Toronto’s fresh
new talents. His unique sound and approach to different styles
of music is being sought after by musicians and audiences throughout
Canada, the US and abroad.
Notably,
Don has recorded and toured with Michael
Herring's Vertigo featuring New York saxophonist, David
Binney, performed head-to-head
with legendary jazz-reggae guitarist Ernest
Ranglin, toured
with British reggae legend Brinsley Forde (of Aswad), and Jason
Wilson & Tabarruk, as well as recording
and touring with his own projects. Don has attended the International
Jazz Workshop at the Banff Centre for the Arts, where he forged
many relationships with musicians from around the world. There,
he had the opportunity to play and record a concert with Chris
Potter and also share the stage with Jim
Black, Dave Douglas,
Django Bates, Kenny Werner, Ari
Hoenig, and Johannes Weidenmuller.
In Toronto, he has performed with such Toronto mainstays as Kevin
Turcotte, Kirk MacDonald, John
McLeod, Dave Restivo, Mike
Murley,
William Carn, Tara Davidson, Nick “Brownman” Ali, Melissa
Stylianou,
and many more.
The Don
Scott Quartet (with Quinsin Nachoff, Michael Herring, and Nick Fraser)
released their critically acclaimed debut, Out Of Line, in
2007. Don also co-leads God’s Gift to
Yoda (with Harley Card, Michael Herring, and Nico Dann), and
performs in many musical projects in Toronto including Michael
Herring's Vertigo, William Carn’s Run-Stop-Run (modern jazz),
Loitering Heroes (folk-rock), Methuselah (electronic), and Joe
Sorbara’s Pickle Juice Orchestra (improv).
Don Scott
is a graduate of the University of Toronto’s Jazz Performance program, where
he studied with Lorne Lofsky and Roy
Patterson, and he has since
become an integral part of a vibrant new wave of Toronto musicians.
In 2008-2009 Don will be splitting his time between New York
and Toronto in order to study with Ben Monder, David
Binney,
Donny McCaslin, and Adam
Rogers, with generous support from the
Canada Council for the Arts.
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