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Scott Amendola

Scott Amendola is a drummer, percussionist, composer, bandleader, electronics artist, and educator whose Bay Area projects cross jazz, rock, and new music.

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Career Overview

About Scott Amendola

Amendola’s official biography identifies a Bay Area drummer, composer, bandleader, electronics artist, accompanist, and educator. It documents sustained collaborations with Charlie Hunter, Nels Cline, Jeff Parker, Jenny Scheinman, Ben Goldberg, and other improvisers.[1]

The official project and discography sections separate the Scott Amendola Trio and Band, Amendola vs. Blades, SticklerPhonics, Invisible Bird, Stretch Woven, and duo work. The catalog moves between acoustic drums, signal processing, groove, free improvisation, and composed forms.[1][2]

Ensembles and Career Threads

Bands & Projects

Leader, drummer, composer, and electronics artist

Scott Amendola Trio and Band

Amendola’s principal leader settings carry his compositions through changing small-group instrumentation.[1]

Co-leader, drummer, and electronics artist

Amendola vs. Blades

The duo with organist Wil Blades joins groove-centered improvisation with live electronic treatment.[1]

Leader, drummer, percussionist, and composer

SticklerPhonics

The saxophone-trombone-drums project adapts brass-band ideas through electronics and original compositions.[1]

Selected, Not Exhaustive

Recordings to Know

2010

Lift

Trio leader, drummer, and composer

The trio album places Amendola’s writing with violinist Jenny Scheinman and guitarist Jeff Parker.[1][2]

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2013

Pucker

Co-leader, drummer, percussionist, and composer

The Hunter-Amendola project develops a focused guitar-and-drums program.[1][2]

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2015

Fade to Orange

Leader, drummer, composer, and electronics artist

The leader recording places Amendola’s writing and signal processing within an expanded ensemble palette.[1][2]

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Artist-Authorized Destinations

Start Listening

Official Bandcamp catalog

Stream Amendola’s leader, duo, SticklerPhonics, and collaborative recordings.

Official YouTube channel

Watch solo, trio, duo, ensemble, and electronics performances selected by Amendola.

Live Calendar

Upcoming Jazz DateBook Shows

Sat, Nov 14, 7:30 PM

In a Silent Way: Joel Harrison Quintet plays Miles Davis

Bird & Beckett Books & Records · San Francisco

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Sat, Nov 14, 7:30 PM

In a Silent Way: Joel Harrison Quartet plays Miles Davis

Bird & Beckett Books & Records · San Francisco

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Sat, Nov 14, 8:00 PM

Drag The River at Ivy Room

Ivy Room · Albany

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Sun, Nov 22, 7:00 PM

Spaghetti @ The Back Room! at The Back Room

The Back Room · Berkeley

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Wed, Nov 25, 7:00 PM

Ghost Engineers: Gretchen Menn, Daniele Gottardo, Michael Manring, Scott Amendola at Ivy Room

Ivy Room · Albany

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Wed, Nov 25, 7:30 PM

Gretchen Menn, Daniele Gottardo, Michael Manring, & Scott Amendola Aka Ghost Engineers at Ivy Room

Ivy Room · Albany

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Thu, Dec 3, 8:00 PM

Scott Amendola Trio @ The Soraya Theater W/ The Bad Plus at The Soraya

The Soraya · Northridge

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Fri, Dec 4, 7:00 PM

Scott Amendola Trio W/ Jeff Parker & Paul Bryan at The Back Room

The Back Room · Berkeley

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Fri, Dec 4, 9:00 PM

Scott Amendola Trio W/ Jeff Parker & Paul Bryan at The Back Room

The Back Room · Berkeley

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Evidence-Based Connections

Related Musician Guides

Connections below come from shared current Jazz DateBook bills or normalized documented performance roles—not subjective similarity.

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Sources

Career copy is original synthesis from the artist, label, and project sources below. Current dates come from Jazz DateBook event inventory.

  1. [1] Official biography, projects, and discography

    Scott Amendola

  2. [2] Artist-authorized recording catalog

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