Member Since: 5/18/2006
Band Website: jenniferscott.ca
Band Members: "Crossing Borders" - Jennifer Scott - vocals/piano - Kristen Strom - sax/flute/voice - Rene Worst - basses (visit: myspace/reneworst) - Scott Sorkin - guitar - Jason Lewis - drums **visit: www.crossingborderstour.com & check us out!**Jennifer Scott Trio: Jennifer Scott - piano/voice Rene Worst - basses Bernie Arai - drums
Influences: SO MANY PEOPLE! Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, Dinah Washington, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Clark Terry, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Leonard Cohen, Stevie Wonder, Eva Cassidy, The Hi-Lo's, Manhattan Transfer, Clifford Brown, Max Roach, Abbey Lincoln, Betty Carter, Carmen McRae, Mark Murphy, SHIRLEY HORN, John Hendricks, "Hendricks, Lambert & Ross", Singers Unlimited, Sarah Vaughan, NANCY KING........more to be added!All the beautiful musicians I play and sing with in Vancouver: Rene Worst, Bernie Arai, Tom Keenlyside, Kate Hammett-Vaughan, Karin Plato, the Silver Belles, Carman J. Price, Matthew Smith, Paul Rushka, Jodi Proznick, Dave Robbins, Bill Coon....the list goes on & if you don't see your name it's 'cause I haven't played with you in awhile and will add you, most likely!The great friends & musicians I adore and work with in the Bay Area: Ed Johnson, Kristen Strom, Scott Sorkin, John Worley, Jason Lewis, Michaelle Goerlitz......and many others including in Seattle: Mark Ivester & Jeff Busch!All the beautiful Brasilian musicians and singers I love, like Elis Regina, Toninho Horta, Ivan Lins, the beautiful songs of Baden Powell, Jobim, of course and the list could go on and on...Joyce, Gilberto Gil.....
Sounds Like: Herself! But influences of Ella, Dinah & Joni are definitely present!the LA Times said: "....a velvet tone and superb phrasing..."
Type of Label: Indie