Scott Hammond (born 4 June 1973) is an English drummer. He plays with Ian Anderson (the leader and frontman of British Rock band Jethro Tull) and has also toured and recorded with Jethro Tull itself. He has been described as a "Jazz drummer with rock influences".

Early years

Hammond was born in

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, UK. He started to learn the drums when he was 14 years old and later studied at The City of Leeds College of Music for three years, and also wit
Dave Hassell
for two years.

Ian Anderson

Since April 2010 Hammond has primarily been touring internationally with Ian Anderson, rock flautist of Jethro Tull. Recordings with Ian Anderson have included ''

Thick As a Brick 2 ''Thick as a Brick 2'', abbreviated ''TAAB 2'' (pronounced by Anderson) and subtitled ''Whatever Happened to Gerald Bostock?'', is the fifth studio album by Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson, released in 2012 as a follow-up of ''Thick as a Bri ...

'' album (released in April 2012) - the sequel to Jethro Tull's 1972 album ''

Thick As A Brick ''Thick as a Brick'' is the fifth studio album by the British rock band Jethro Tull, released on 3 March 1972. The album contains a continuous piece of music, split over two sides of an LP record, and is intended as a parody of the concept ...

''. Hammond's touring with the band has included the "Thick As A Brick" 2012/13 world tour, the 2014/15 Homo Erraticus world tour, Jethro Tull - The Rock Opera and Jethro Tull's 50th Anniversary tour in 2018.

Jethro Tull

In March 2011 Hammond toured with Jethro Tull in Ireland. This tour featured

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on guitar,

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on bass, John O'Hara on keyboards and Ian Anderson on flute, guitar and vocals. From 2017 he is in a new line-up of Jethro Tull. Hammond said in an interview: "I wouldn't describe myself as a prog rock drummer although it's obviously a part of what I do. My rock roots are based in bands like Deep Purple although I have always enjoyed listening to Jethro Tull's '' Minstrel in the Gallery'' since I was a teenager." In the book "The Ballad of Jethro Tull", Hammond said "What attracted me (to Jethro Tull) was the variation in dynamics and the quirky arrangements. It was exciting." Hammond's first studio album with Jethro Tull, '' The Zealot Gene'', was released on January 28, 2022. He also played on Jethro Tull's 23rd album which is due to be released in the Spring of 2023.

Freelance career

The majority of Hammond's working life has been jazz and funk based. He plays very regularly with his own ban
JINGU BANG
and also with the jazz organ tri
The Hopkins-Hammond Trio
Other artists he has worked with includ
Ruth Hammond
Bruce Dickinson, Greg Lake,

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, Tina May,

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, Phil King and Limahl. More recently Hammond has featured on four albums by UK based trumpete
Ben Thomas
wit
Thomas & Muse

Hammond was voted 5th best rock drummer in the world in the 2022 MusicRadar Awards (public vote)

Discography

References

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