Kendrick Scott

Drummer Kendrick Scott is a technically proficient and intuitive jazz drummer with a bent toward expansive post-bop. Born in Houston, Texas, in 1980, Scott grew up in a musical family who encouraged his interest in drumming from a young age. A member of his church and junior high school music ensembles, Scott eventually attended a performing arts high school and later Berklee College of Music in Boston. Since graduating from Berklee in 2003, Scott has performed with a variety of name artists including the Jazz Crusaders, guitarist Pat Metheny, saxophonists Joe Lovano and Kenny Garrett, vocalist Dianne Reeves, and trumpeter Terence Blanchard. He released his debut album with his Oracle group entitled The Source, on World Culture Music in 2006. In 2007 he performed on Blanchard's landmark score for director Spike Lee's A Tale of God's Will (A Requiem for Katrina). Scott continued to work with both Blanchard and with vocalist Gretchen Parlato. He signed to Concord in 2012 and Conviction, his sophomore effort with Oracle, appeared on the label in March of 2013. It was produced by Derrick Hodge of the Robert Glasper Experiment.