Jazz Articles about Andrew Scott

The Andrew Scott Quartet: The Brightest Minute

by Jack Bowers
August 25, 2017

To say that guitarist Andrew Scott's new CD, The Brightest Minute, leans backward as much as it does forward isn't a slam, it's a compliment. It's always a pleasure to hear a musician who salutes the prowess of his predecessors--in this case, masters like Billy Bauer, Johnny Smith, Tal Farlow, Barney Kessel, Jim Hall and others--and uses it as a springboard for his own musical reconnaissance. Scott's engaging quartet date consists of eight of his original compositions, ...