Artist of the Week

Scott Henderson, Artist of the Week

Published

4 years ago

July 8, 2019

JGT Newsroom

New Release from Scott Henderson!

» A LITTLE ABOUT

Scott studied arranging and composition at Florida Atlantic University, then moved to Los Angeles in 1980. He toured and recorded with violinist Jean-Luc Ponty, and was pleased to get the opportunity to work with one of his favorite musicians, Weather Report’s Joe Zawinul. He recorded two albums with the Zawinul Syndicate, “The Immigrants” and “Black Water”.

» INFLUENCED BY…

Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, Ritchie Blackmore, and his favorite blues guitarist Albert King.

» BIRTHDAY

West Palm Beach, FL August 26

» INTERESTING NOTE

Henderson formed the legendary band Tribal Tech in 1984 with bassist Gary Willis, and recorded ten critically acclaimed albums. Scott has also released two albums with “Vital Tech Tones”, a trio collaboration with bassist Victor Wooten and former Journey drummer Steve Smith. The most recent recording is “Tribal Tech X” released in March 2012.

» NEW RELEASE! JULY 1, 2019

» FUN FACT

In 1991, Scott was named by Guitar World as the #1 Jazz Guitarist, and in January 1992, he was named #1 Jazz Guitarist in Guitar Player’s Annual Reader’s Poll.