Scott DuBois
Scott DuBois | |
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 DuBois at Jazz Club Unterfahrt, Munich 2013 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | April 27, 1978 United States |
| Genres | |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument | Guitar |
| Labels | |
| Website | www |
Scott DuBois (born April 27, 1978) is an American jazz guitarist and composer.
Career
[edit]DuBois studied at the Manhattan School of Music. He recorded two albums featuring saxophonist David Liebman, Monsoon (2004) and Tempest (2006), for the Soul Note record label, three albums, Banshees (2008), Black Hawk Dance (2010) and Landscape Scripture (2012), for Sunnyside Records, and two albums, Winter Light (2015) and Autumn Wind (2017), for the ACT record label. Landscape Scripture was named one of the "Top 10 Jazz Albums of 2012" by National Public Radio.[1] Winter Light was named one of the "Albums of the Year" (2015) by the New York City Jazz Record.[2]
His current quartet consists of Gebhard Ullmann on tenor saxophone and bass clarinet, Thomas Morgan on bass, and Kresten Osgood on drums.
The New York Times described Scott DuBois as having "an equal commitment to knotty compositions and blank-canvas improvisation".[3]
DuBois was named in DownBeat Magazine's 2019 Critics' Poll in the "Rising Star Guitar" Category.[4]
Awards and honors
[edit]- 2018 ECHO Award for Autumn Wind album.[5]
- 2005 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Guitar Competition Semi-Finalist.[6]
Discography
[edit]- Monsoon (Soul Note, 2004)[7]
- Tempest (Soul Note, 2006)[8]
- Banshees (Sunnyside, 2008)[9]
- Black Hawk Dance (Sunnyside, 2010)[10]
- Landscape Scripture (Sunnyside, 2012)[11]
- Winter Light (ACT, 2015)[12]
- Autumn Wind (ACT, 2017)[13]
References
[edit]- ^ Top 10 Jazz Albums Of 2012, Published: December 13, 2012 by NPR
- ^ New York City Jazz Record, January 2016 issue
- ^ Jazz Listings, Published: December 16, 2010 in The New York Times
- ^ DownBeat Magazine, Published: August 2019
- ^ ECHO JAZZ
- ^ Playbill, Thelonious Monk Guitar Competition Semi-Finalist Names
- ^ Monsoon on Allmusic
- ^ Tempest on Allmusic
- ^ Banshees on Allmusic
- ^ Black Hawk Dance on Allmusic
- ^ Landscape Scripture on Allmusic
- ^ Winter Light on Allmusic
- ^ Autumn Wind on Allmusic
External links
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- 20th-century American guitarists
- 21st-century American guitarists
- American jazz guitarists
- American jazz composers
- American male jazz composers
- 1978 births
- Living people
- 20th-century American composers
- American male guitarists
- 20th-century American male musicians
- 21st-century American male musicians
- ACT Music artists
- Black Saint/Soul Note artists
- Sunnyside Records artists
- 20th-century jazz composers