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Kermit "Scotty" Scott (died February 2, 2002) was a jazz tenor saxophonist. Dizzy Gillespie considered Scott “one of the founders of our music” ().〔(Oliphant, Dave (1996) ''Texan Jazz'', pp. 174-5. University of Texas Press ) At Google Books. Retrieved 5 July 2013.〕 Born in Beaumont, Texas, Scott's first professional work was with Bunk Johnson's band before touring with other jazz bands and minstrel shows, eventually arriving in New York in 1936.〔("Kermit Scott - sax player and bebop pioneer" )''San Francisco Chronicle''. Retrieved 5 July 2013.〕 In 1940 he played in two different line-ups backing Billie Holiday at recording sessions in New York for Columbia. The first, on February 29, featured Roy Eldridge on trumpet, Carl Frye and Jimmy Powell on alto saxophones, Scott on tenor saxophone, Sonny White on piano, Lawrence Lucie on guitar, John Williams on bass, and Hal West on drums. The second session, on June 7, had Eldridge again, with Bill Bowen and Joe Eldridge on alto saxophones, Scott and Lester Young on tenor saxophones, Teddy Wilson on piano, Freddie Green on guitar, Walter Page on bass, and J.C. Heard on drums.〔("Billie Holiday Catalog" ) jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 5 July 2013.〕 He also played in Coleman Hawkins' orchestra in 1940.〔(Morton, Brian and Richard Cook (2010) ''The Penguin Jazz Guide: The History of the Music in the 1000 Best Albums''. Penguin UK ) At Google Books. Retrieved 5 July 2013.〕 That same year, he joined Teddy Hill's band, the first house band at Minton's, with Thelonious Monk, Kenny Clarke and Joe Guy.〔(Shipton, Alyn (1999) Groovin' High: The Life of Dizzy Gillespie: The Life of Dizzy Gillespie, p. 87. Oxford University Press ) At Google Books. Retrieved 5 July 2013.〕 In April 1944, he was in a band led by Jesse Miller performing at Joe's Deluxe Club, with Albert Atkinson (sax), Ike Day (drums), Argonne Thornton (piano), and Walter Buchanan (bass).〔(Campbell, Robert L. and Robert Pruter, George R. White, Tom Kelly, George Paulus “The Aristocrat Label” ) Retrieved 5 July 2013.〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kermit Scott (musician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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