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Tom Scott

Tom Scott is a saxophonist, multi-reed player, composer, arranger, producer, music director, and educator with a large solo and studio recording history.

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Career Overview

About Tom Scott

Scott’s official biography identifies a composer, arranger, producer, music director, saxophonist, and educator with thirty-three solo recordings and more than two thousand guest appearances. It documents jazz leadership alongside film, television, pop, and studio work.[1]

The official discography marks solo albums separately within a year-by-year session chronology. That distinction keeps the L.A. Express, Scott’s own leader releases, and guest work with singers and bands from being treated as one project.[1][2]

Ensembles and Career Threads

Bands & Projects

Leader, saxophonist, composer, and arranger

Tom Scott leader groups

Scott’s thirty-three solo records move through jazz, fusion, funk, and contemporary instrumental settings.[1][2]

Co-leader, saxophonist, and composer

L.A. Express

The ensemble became a distinct recording and touring vehicle within Scott’s broader career.[1][2]

Composer, arranger, producer, and reed player

Film, television, and studio work

Scott’s official sources document a large body of screen, session, and guest work outside his leader catalog.[1][2]

Selected, Not Exhaustive

Recordings to Know

1974

Tom Scott and the L.A. Express

Co-leader, saxophonist, composer, and arranger

The self-titled album documents Scott’s fusion ensemble in the official solo and session chronology.[2]

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1975

New York Connection

Leader, saxophonist, composer, and arranger

The leader album places Scott with an East Coast rhythm section in a project distinct from L.A. Express.[2]

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1994

Reed My Lips

Leader, multi-reed player, composer, and producer

The later solo release highlights Scott’s multi-reed identity and continuing work as a leader and producer.[1][2]

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Live Calendar

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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 and career overview

    Tom Scott

  2. [2] Official solo and session discography

    Tom Scott