Scott Free is Professor of Jazz Composition at Berklee College of Music in Boston. Originally from New Orleans, Scott studied music at the University of Southern Mississippi. He then went on to study Composition at Berklee and he also completed a Master of Music Degree in Jazz Studies at New England Conservatory .He has studied composition with Herb Pomeroy, Jaxon Stock, George Russell, Mike Gibbs, W. Thomas McKinley, Gerald O'Neil, Larry Monroe, and Hugo Norden.
He is also an exceptionally accomplished jazz guitarist (he has studied with Pat Metheny among others).
A gifted composer, arranger and teacher, Scott’s compositions and arrangements have been performed by Joe Hunt, George Garzone, Phil Wilson, and Walter Beasley. Many of his arrangements have appeared in textbooks and have been performed by bands all around the world and he has written highly acclaimed books on composition.
In April he will be coming to Glasgow to follow up on a teaching visit our pianist Gerry Rossi made to Berklee (Gerry is also Course Director for the acclaimed BA Applied Music Degree at Strathclyde) and will deliver a class on composition to the BA Applied Music Creative Skills students, and rehearse some new compositions with the band.
We are very fortunate to have him come all the way over to visit and work with us. We will feature one of Scott’s new charts at our Café Source Gig on 24th April. Scott will also be there for the gig too so please come along and meet him and hear some wonderful new big band music from a world class composer at the height of his powers.
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