Tom Scott & L.A. Express | SFJAZZ 2024-25 Season
Tom Scott
Legendary Jazz Fusion Band

Tom Scott & L.A. Express

MAR 2 | Tom Scott & L.A. Express

Mar 02, 2025
Miner Auditorium
SunMar 2

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With three GRAMMY awards, innumerable producer, bandleader, and soundtrack credits, and over 2000 recordings with artists ranging from Thelonious Monk and Frank Sinatra to Steely Dan and Paul McCartney, saxophonist Tom Scott is among the most prolific and celebrated instrumentalists and composers in modern music. It was Scott’s saxophone that added a soulful swagger to Carol King’s “Jazzman,” Blondie’s “Rapture,” Whitney Houston’s “Saving All My Love for You,” and Steely Dan’s “Black Cow” among countless other pop hits.  

For this special night, Scott revisits his wildly popular L.A. Express project that found fame in the early 1970s as both a jazz fusion superband and the backing ensemble for singer Joni Mitchell’s timeless albums of the era. Formed in 1973, The L.A. Express released their landmark debut Tom Scott and The L.A. Express in 1974 and Tom Cat in 1975 in addition to performances on Mitchell's Court and Spark and The Hissing of Summer Lawns.

The current lineup of the L.A. Express is an all-star group of veteran masters including guitarist Grant Geissman (Chuck Mangione, Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band), keyboardist Mitchel Forman (Wayne Shorter, John McLaughlin), bassist Chris Colangelo (Count Basie Orchestra, Les McCann), and drummer Gary Novak (Chick Corea, George Benson).  

Join us for a rare evening with a jazz fusion legend and his greatest band.

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Tom Scott is among the most prolific and celebrated instrumentalists in modern music. For this special night, Scott revisits his wildly popular L.A. Express project that found fame as both a fusion superband and backing ensemble for singer Joni Mitchell’s timeless albums.

Tom Scott is out of sight! Plays any idiom you can name, and blows like crazy on half a dozen horns.

Quincy Jones

Tom Scott is out of sight! Plays any idiom you can name, and blows like crazy on half a dozen horns.

Quincy Jones

Personnel

Tom Scott tenor saxophone
Grant Geissman guitar
Ruslan Sirota keyboards
Chris Colangelo bass
Gary Novak drums

A pioneer in the 1970s jazz fusion movement.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Tom Scott

Personnel

Tom Scott tenor saxophone
Grant Geissman guitar
Ruslan Sirota keyboards
Chris Colangelo bass
Gary Novak drums

A pioneer in the 1970s jazz fusion movement.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Tom Scott

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