Andrew Jacob Scott is a Canadian jazz guitarist and professor from Toronto.

Career

After playing French horn in middle school, Scott turned to guitar in high school. His introduction to jazz came from his mother's albums of

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, and

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. He attended

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and was taught by

Pat LaBarbera Pat (Pascel Emmanuel) LaBarbera (born April 7, 1944) is an American-born Canadian jazz tenor, alto and soprano saxophonist, clarinetist, and flautist born in Mt. Morris, New York, most notable for his work as a soloist in Buddy Rich bands fr ...

, Don Thompson, and

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. He received a master's degree from the

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and a doctorate from

York University York University (french: Université York), also known as YorkU or simply YU, is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's fourth-largest university, and it has approximately 55,700 students, 7,0 ...

Career

Scott has taught at Humber, York, and the

University of Guelph , mottoeng = "to learn the reasons of realities" , established = May 8, 1964 ()As constituents: OAC: (1874) Macdonald Institute: (1903) OVC: (1922) , type = Public university , chancellor ...

. From 2007 to 2008, he was managing editor of ''Coda''. He has worked with Harry Allen,

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, Jim Clayton,

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, Bob James,

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, and Grant Stewart.

Discography

With the Andrew Scott Quartet * ''This One's for Barney'' ( Sackville, 2004) * ''Blue Mercer'' (Sackville, 2006) * ''Nostalgia'' (Sackville, 2009) * ''The Brightest Minute'' (Cellar Live, 2017) With the Clayton/Scott Group * ''The Clayton/Scott Group'' (CSG, 2002) * ''So Nice'' (Boomtang/Koch, 2004) With One Step Beyond * ''One Step Beyond'' (Mo'Funk, 1996) * ''One Step Beyond and J&B Scotch'' (J&B, 1998) * ''Live in Montreal'' (OSB, 1998)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, Andrew Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Canadian jazz guitarists Canadian male guitarists Journalists from Toronto Musicians from Toronto Canadian music journalists Canadian male jazz musicians Sackville Records artists Humber College alumni Academic staff of Humber College York University alumni Academic staff of York University Academic staff of the University of Guelph