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For Scott Amendola, the drum kit isn’t so much an instrument as a musical portal. As an ambitious composer, savvy bandleader and capaciously creative foil for some of the world’s most inventive musicians, Amendola applies his wide-ranging rhythmic virtuosity to a vast array of settings. His closest musical associates include guitarists Jeff Parker, Nels Cline and Charlie Hunter, Hammond B-3 organist Wil Blades, ROVA saxophonist Larry Ochs, and Tin Hat clarinetist Ben Goldberg, players who have each forged a singular path within and beyond the realm of jazz. While rooted in the San Francisco Bay Area scene, Amendola has woven a dense and far-reaching web of bandstand relationships that tie him to influential artists in jazz, blues, rock and new music

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Joshua Smith Quartet, Set 1

by Daniel Peck
September 29, 2026

Over the past 20 years, Keigo Hirakawa has transformed himself from a student of the jazz masters to an artist with vision and unique sense of expressions. His jazz piano trio is well-known throughout the Midwest for their willingness to be musically spontaneous on stage, exploring original compositions and redefining jazz standards to make it their ...

News: Recording

Composer, Guitarist, and Inventor Jack West Releases 'Guitars On Life,' An Acoustic Guitar Duo Album Featuring West and Guitarist Walter Strauss

February 8, 2026

West Also Releases Essential Curvature, a Double-LP Compilation of Recordings Made with His Group Curvature Between 1996 and 2003 Both Albums are Available on Vinyl and Digital Platforms via Otá Records Composer, guitarist, and inventor Jack West will release two albums on Otá Records (the label behind most of Omar Sosa’s recordings). The first, Guitars On ...

Album

New Shoots

By Dan Krimm

Label: Another Pass Productions
Released: 2016
Track listing: Meadowlark; Misspoke; Awakening; Rambling Green; Blues For Terri; New Shoots; Contemplation; Affirmed.

Article: Liner Notes

Dan Krimm: Second Wind

by Dan Krimm
October 4, 2025

Dan Krimm is hardly the first artist to find inspiration in the bounteous beauty of Marin County, but in composing, recording and designing Second Wind he's crafted a musical sojourn equally fueled by locally sourced creativity. Since moving to San Rafael in 2016, he's reimmersed himself in music after several years focusing on other pursuits. With ...

Album

Technicolor Ghost Parade

By Raffi Garabedian

Label: Jealous Butcher Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Technicolor Ghost Parade; A Courting; Lion’s Heart; Well Blazed; Oumou; Skip To A Stop; Looking Outside To See In; Thursday Night Dinner; Bonfire Eclipse; Sharptooth; Unheard.

Album

Here to There

By Ben Goldberg, Todd Sickafoose & Scott Amendola

Label: Secret Hatch Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: In Walked; Self Evident; Porch Concert Material 9; Lions Heart; Sad Trophy; Here to There; Porch Concert Material 2; Interospection; Lions Heart 2; Porch Concert Material 6; Lions Heart 3.

Article: Album Review

Ben Goldberg / Todd Sickafoose / Scott Amendola: Here to There

Read "Here to There" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
December 7, 2024

There was a very good reason that James Brown would shout “take me to the bridge." In an interview, he explained: “I heard someone use that expression maybe 45 years ago, referring to the middle part of a song, and I changed it to mean a release." Clarinetist Ben Goldberg, bassist Todd Sickafoose and drummer Scott ...

Article: Interview

Jenny Scheinman Brings the Experience of Awe

by Dean Nardi
November 20, 2024

Play your violin for us like that wild, joyful hippie girl. You who look as if you might have come from the steppes of Russia instead of the Lost Coast, a remote region of northern California prone to earthquakes and mudslides. You who galloped into school on a snorting mare, its hair used to string the ...

Article: Interview

A Conversation with Charlie Hunter

by Jason West
September 15, 2024

This article was first published at All About Jazz in May 1999. One tends to get the impression that Charlie Hunter truly doesn't care about the big money, the acres of critics, or the international hype he receives. Perhaps this is because the 31 year-old Bay Area native is too concerned about growing as ...