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Education Event
Master Class: Scott Amendola – Getting to the Music
All Ages
Masks are welcome. The café and bar will not be open at this event. Thank you!
For Scott Amendola, the drum kit isn’t so much an instrument as a musical portal. As an ambitious composer, savvy bandleader, electronics explorer, first-call accompanist, and capaciously creative foil for some of the world’s most inventive musicians, Amendola applies his wide-ranging rhythmic virtuosity to a vast array of settings. His closest musical associates include guitarists Charlie Hunter, Nels Cline, and Jeff Parker, Hammond B-3 organist Wil Blades, violinist Jenny Scheinman, saxophonist Phillip Greenlief, clarinetist Ben Goldberg, bassists Trevor Dunn, and Todd Sickafoose; all players who have each forged a singular path within and beyond the realm of jazz. In this Getting to the Music class, Amendola will provide a workshop on sound, technique, improvisation, and being your true musical self.
While rooted in the San Francisco Bay Area scene, Amendola has woven a dense and far- reaching web of bandstand relationships that tie him to influential artists in jazz, blues, rock, and new music. A potent creative catalyst, the Berkeley-based drummer is the nexus for a disparate community of musicians stretching from Los Angeles and Seattle to Chicago and New York. Whatever the context, Amendola possesses a gift for twisting musical genres in unexpected directions.
Over a career spanning more than three decades, Amendola has forged deep ties across the country, and throughout the world. As an ambitious composer, savvy bandleader, electronics explorer, first-call accompanist, and capaciously creative foil for some of the world’s most inventive musicians, Amendola applies his wide-ranging rhythmic virtuosity to a vast array of settings.
Co-sponsored by: Zack Olsen’s Drum Studio, Craviotto, Istanbul Agop, Evans, Vic Firth, Low Boy