1 - 5 Relaxin' At Camarillo

01 Booshki

02 Dreamer

Kate McGarry w/ Scott Sawyer Trio "re-do" Nick Drake's haunting classic....

03 Riverman

06 Joe Dunn

07 How Deep Is The Ocean

08 Not Dark Yet

(c) Scott Sawyer, BMI; Scott Sawyer-gtr; Ed Paolantonio-piano; Paul Ingbretsen-bass; Frank Worrell-drums; recorded live at Overdub Lane (Carrboro, NC location)

and away we go... (from Scott Sawyer - IN THE STREAM, 1992)

written for departed drummer David Via. From Scott Sawyer's currently unreleased NEW (2020) album "Night Visions", pre-released CDs are currently available for a limited time at https://igg.me/at/scottsawyer

From "Scott Sawyer-Night Visions" (2020). Wide range of instrumental modern jazz with one foray into deep electric blues (Blue Lounge). A mix of tempos, and a range of moods. TBA closes out the album on a pensive note. 

Recorded July, 2018. Sawyer (gtr) w/ Dave Finucane (tenor sax), Ron Brendle (bass), Kobie Watkins (drums).

To Be Determined

From "Scott Sawyer - Night Visions" (2020). Wide range of instrumental modern jazz with one foray into deep electric blues (Blue Lounge). A mix of tempos, and a range of moods. "Passage" is a quiet ballad. 

Recorded July, 2018. Sawyer (gtr) w/ Dave Finucane (tenor sax), Ron Brendle (bass), Kobie Watkins (drums).

Passage

From "Scott Sawyer - Night Visions" (2020). Wide range of instrumental modern jazz with one foray into deep electric blues (Blue Lounge). A mix of tempos, and a range of moods. "Biz" is a nod to Thelonius Monk. 

Recorded July, 2018. Sawyer (gtr) w/ Dave Finucane (tenor sax), Ron Brendle (bass), Kobie Watkins (drums).

From Scott - Sawyer "Night Visions" (2020). Wide range of instrumental modern jazz with one foray into deep electric blues (Blue Lounge). A mix of tempos, and a range of moods. "Crawl" also has a blues/roots feel to it. Recorded July, 2018. Sawyer (gtr) w/ Dave Finucane (tenor sax), Ron Brendle (bass), Kobie Watkins (drums).

Night Visions

Crawl

south-side Chicago collides with modern jazz?

Blue Lounge

with Mel Melton and the Wicket Mojos 'Daddy Pinocchio'

(c) Scott Sawyer, BMI. Recorded in 1999. Scott w/ Don Gladstone (bass), Bobby Cohen (drums).

To Love - (c) Sawyer Sep 1999; Unreleased

recorded live at home 2005; remixed and mastered by Jason Richmond 2013.

I Remember You Dreamers Extra- Scott Sawyer And Glen Ingram

live Nov 2019 at Sharp Nine Gallery (Durham, NC)

Nardis - Noel Sherr Quartet

Scott Sawyer displays his musical diversity like a badge of honor, re-visiting his blues & rock roots while continuing to explore the jazz tradition & beyond.

He’s performed at major festivals, concert halls, and beer-soaked dives here and abroad (Asia, Brazil, Canada, Central America, Europe, and the Middle East) including Monterey Jazz Festival (CA), Herbst Jazz Festival (Austria), St. Lucia Jazz Festival, Playboy Jazz, 2002 Silde Jazz (Norway); Ottawa Jazz Festival; Detroit Jazz Festival, Berlin Chamber Music Hall (Germany);  the Blue Note (NYC); Joe’s Pub (NYC); Catalina Jazz Club (LA), to name a few.

Born in Chicago, Sawyer eventually settled in North Carolina. Early exposure to jazz via his father’s record collection eventually influenced his growing interest in the genre.

Through the years, Sawyer has performed extensively with jazz singer Nnenna Freelon including the 1992 Philip Morris Superband world tour. He’s shared the stage and/or recorded with countless notable artists…Charlie Byrd, David Murray, prima ballerina Marie-Christine Mouis, Willie Pickens, Ed Thigpen, Bob Cranshaw, Oteil Burbridge, Kofi Burbridge, Jon Metzger, Melissa Reaves, Tony Williamson, Kate McGarry, Bruce Piephoff, Ghezzi, Lois Deloatch, Jon Lucien, Bill Anschell, Mel Melton and the Wicked Mojos…to name a few.

Sawyer’s latest album “Dreamers” was released in Nov 2013. His previous album “Go There” (2007) charted on XM Radio. Numerous recording credits include Keith Water’s “Carolina Tracks” (2012; guitar and Associate Producer); Bruce Piephoff’s “Soft Soap Purrings” (2014; Producer, electric/acoustic gtrs); “Still Looking Up at the Stars” (2012, Producer, electric/acoustic gtrs); Dave Fox’s “The Meldavians-Farewell to Arigemon” (2012); Nnenna Freelon’s “Homefree” (2010) plus her 1997 Grammy-Nominated “Shaking Free”, “Live” (at the Kennedy Center; 2003) and “Listen” (1993); Lois Deloatch’s “Roots: Jazz, Blues Spirituals” (2010; guitar and Co-Producer); and Bill Anschell’s “a different note all together” (1998). He arranged & recorded “The Glory Of Love” w/ Danny Aiello; as featured in the Cinecom film “Once Around”.

Sawyer is a Teaching Instructor at East Carolina University in the School of Music. He’s also Lecturer of Jazz Guitar at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, and leads Group Guitar classes at the Durham Jazz Workshop.

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