Scott Sawyer
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TOURING NEWS (September 1, 2008):
Dates will be announced soon.
GO THERE on REVERBNATION: www.reverbnation.com/gothere
The CD "Scott Sawyer-Go There" is available on-line at Abstract Logix, CD Baby, Hittin' The Note, Homegrown Music Network, iTunes and other digital distribution sites.
Direct links to all of these sites are prominently posted at www.gotheremusic.com.
"Go There" (independent release) charted at #18 on XM Radio Channel 72 "Beyond Jazz" (Jan 31, 2008). It also appeared on a JazzTimes Top 10 Critics Pick List for 2007 (Owen Cordle).
Additional info at www.reverbnation.com/gothere OR www.myspace.com/gothereofficial
"It's perfectly understandable why connoisseurs of fine music often refer to Scott Sawyer as a jazz guitarist.
It's because he does the jazz thing so well. He's an expert at breathing new life into that old graveyard of American Popular Song. By artfully re-investigating this body of familiar melodies and picking through the harmonic bones, Dr. Scott has resuscitated many a standard.
Jazz, however, is merely one of the many tools within his gig bag. He fingers the blues electric with the authenticity of someone who has lived them. That's not all. With country-boy affability, he strums and twangs. Chicken-picks. Shucks. Jives. Funks it up. And then breaks your heart with that one poignant love note that's soft as an angel's wing.
Like his better-known contemporaries John Scofield & Bill Frisell, Sawyer was weaned on the Beatles, the blues & 'Bird'. You can hear it in everything he plays, a new kind of guitarspeak comprised of pop, improv and sounds never before heard. It is a language Sawyer uses with authority". -- Joe Vanderford
From 1982-1996 Scott spent most of his time in the jazz & improvised music trenches...since then, he has enjoyed a steady return to his rock & blues roots while continuing to explore the jazz tradition & beyond. Scott's new album "Go There" was released in May 2007 and features performances by Kenny Soule, Kofi Burbridge, Oteil Burbridge and Ron Brendle. He has toured frequently with Nnenna Freelon and remains a favorite accompanist & sideman of many NC-based musicians including Lois DeLoatch and Ghezzi. His current side-projects include Guitarspeak and Ghezzi. Scott produces music recordings, works with individual music/guitar students and has appeared on numerous recordings (jazz, blues, pop/rock, film) including a Grammy-Nominated Performance in 1997 (Nnenna Freelon's "Shaking Free"). He's collaborated with dancers & choreographers and has interpreted visual art through his own compositions.
Scott has performed in the USA, Brasil, Canada, Europe, Asia, The Middle East & Central America.
Experienced & adept in jazz, blues, r&b, rock, and pop settings, his versatility has allowed him to share the stage with a diverse group of musicians including Charlie Byrd, David Murray, Jon Lucien & Jack Wilkins as well as many lesser-known artists. His groups have opened for Toots Thielemans, Kevin Eubanks, Buddy Rich & others. Scott appeared with the 1992 Philip Morris Superband and has performed with jazz singer Nnenna Freelon at clubs, concerts and festivals worldwide. Other musical travels include a USIA Arts America Program (Central America) with vibraphonist Jon Metzger.
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