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Scott Gordon

Scott Gordon is a Sacramento-based jazz drummer. He started in the 1970s as a student in several Stan Kenton summer residence workshops, the first of which was under Peter Erskine. He has performed in a wide variety of genres - traditional jazz, swing, bebop, post bop, big band, avant garde, rock and fusion, latin and afro-Cuban, and even Bulgarian odd-meter work. He has worked with and recorded with numerous Sacramento and Colorado artists, most recently with Barry Finnerty in the "Finnerty-Gordon Project", and on Dave Bass "The Trio vol.1", "The Trio vol.2", and "The Trio vol.3".

Dave Bass: The Trio Vol. 2

Read "The Trio Vol. 2" reviewed by Maurizio Zerbo

by Maurizio Zerbo
March 26, 2024

The Trio Vol. 2 è un atto d'amore nei confronti del piano trio jazzistico, riproposto in chiave mainstream contemporanea. Leader di una delle formazioni più classiche per un pianista, Dave Bass propone qui una consolidata formula che travalica tempo e mode senza inutili virtuosismi. È davvero ammirevole la sua raffinatezza di fraseggio, che fa da volano a una superba lezione di swing e musicalità. La forza di questo CD risiede anche nel dinamico interplay di un ragguardevole trio ...

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Dave Bass: The Trio Vol. 3

Read "The Trio Vol. 3" reviewed by Pierre Giroux

by Pierre Giroux
May 12, 2023

The life of any jazz musician is precarious and the road to that life is often compromised by unexpected misadventures. Just ask pianist Dave Bass. After completing piano studies with renowned teacher Madame Margaret Chaloff, and composition with George Russell, he began playing firstly around San Francisco but subsequently moved to Southern California. One day on his way to a gig, Bass fell and so damaged his wrist that he was told he would never play piano again. Thus he ...

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Dave Bass: The Trio, Vol. 3

Read "The Trio, Vol. 3" reviewed by Troy Dostert

by Troy Dostert
May 1, 2023

For its third installment, pianist Dave Bass' regular working group has produced another worthwhile document drawing on Bass' many influences, and showing that he also has plenty of his own creativity to offer. Once again accompanied by bassist Kerry Kashiwagi and drummer Scott Gordon, and a few cameos from guitarist Barry Finnerty, the pianist proves his mettle as an agile and thoughtful interpreter of the jazz repertoire. Just a few bars into the beguiling opener, “As Long as ...