Jazz Articles about Scott Amendola Band

Scott Amendola Band: Believe

by John Kelman
June 6, 2005

Scott Amendola may be a drummer, but he loves guitars, which he made perfectly clear on his first two releases. Scott Amendola Band (2000) featured guitarist Dave McNabb, while his first Cryptogramophone release, Cry (2003), found him teaming up with Nels Cline, with whom he also works in the guitarist's band, the Nels Cline Singers.

But for Believe, Amendola has taken things a step further, replacing saxophonist Eric Crystal with a second guitarist, Jeff Parker. Combine Cline and Parker with ...

Scott Amendola Band: Believe

by AAJ Staff
June 3, 2005

A quick look at the personnel on this record should make two things clear right away, before you even hit play. First, the assorted misfits in the collection, who have worked in a mind-blowing array of improvised and experimental music styles, aren't likely to be pinned down or categorized here any more than they are elsewhere. Second, everyone but the leader, drummer Scott Amendola, plays a string instrument, which means that this miniature string orchestra--a quintet featuring violin, guitars, and ...

Scott Amendola Band: Cry

by AAJ Staff
July 25, 2003

Throw Ornette Coleman, King Crimson, Tortoise, and Charlie Hunter into a blender and you'll get the idiosyncratic free jazz/out rock ensemble known as the Scott Amendola Band. Obviously the music on Cry is not too easy to categorize, but it's fun to check out the little bits and pieces here and there to see which ones fall into neat bins. All DIY, of course.

The (mostly) quintet Band is a power trio at its core, and that's also an important ...