Duck sCOTT at Cheltenham Center for the Arts

Jazz Bridge presents their “First Wednesday Neighborhood Concert Series-Jazz in Cheltenham,” at the Cheltenham Center for the Arts, 439 Ashbourne Road, Cheltenham, PA, 19012. The second concert in this series features Duck Scott on Wednesday, November 4. Showtime is 7:30-9:00 p.m. and tickets are $10 general admission/$5 for students, and are only available at the door. For more info call: 856-858-8914, 215-517-8337 or visit online at jazzbridge.org/events/neighborhood-concerts.

Born in Philadelphia and son of jazz organist Shirley Scott, drummer Duck Scott has performed nationally and internationally with various well known artists such as Brother Jack Mc Duff, Richard “Groove” Holmes, Jimmy Smith, Arthur Prysock, “Wild” Bill Davis, Charles Earland, and of course Shirley Scott to name a few. He performed overseas and recorded on the “Organic Music label with the U.S. Organ Trio spearheaded by Michael Arlt, guitarist extraordinaire. Scott is much, much more than an organ drummer, as he also performed the Mellon Jazz festival with The Johnny Coles Quintet and at Chicago’s Grant Park Jazz Festival with the big bands of Lionel Hampton and Illinois Jacquet; and the groups of Hank Crawford, Tal Farlow, Jimmy “Night Train” Forest, Al Grey's Count Basie All Stars and many more. Anything that swings, he fits like a pair of kid gloves....

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Jazz Bridge presents their “First Wednesday Neighborhood Concert Series-Jazz in Cheltenham,” at the Cheltenham Center for the Arts, 439 Ashbourne Road, Cheltenham, PA, 19012. The second concert in this series features Duck Scott on Wednesday, November 4. Showtime is 7:30-9:00 p.m. and tickets are $10 general admission/$5 for students, and are only available at the door. For more info call: 856-858-8914, 215-517-8337 or visit online at jazzbridge.org/events/neighborhood-concerts.

Born in Philadelphia and son of jazz organist Shirley Scott, drummer Duck Scott has performed nationally and internationally with various well known artists such as Brother Jack Mc Duff, Richard “Groove” Holmes, Jimmy Smith, Arthur Prysock, “Wild” Bill Davis, Charles Earland, and of course Shirley Scott to name a few. He performed overseas and recorded on the “Organic Music label with the U.S. Organ Trio spearheaded by Michael Arlt, guitarist extraordinaire. Scott is much, much more than an organ drummer, as he also performed the Mellon Jazz festival with The Johnny Coles Quintet and at Chicago’s Grant Park Jazz Festival with the big bands of Lionel Hampton and Illinois Jacquet; and the groups of Hank Crawford, Tal Farlow, Jimmy “Night Train” Forest, Al Grey's Count Basie All Stars and many more. Anything that swings, he fits like a pair of kid gloves.

Jazz Bridge, an award-winning nonprofit dedicated to assisting Greater Philadelphia Metro area jazz and blues musicians and vocalists in times of crisis, sponsors these neighborhood concerts throughout the region to keep the sound of Philadelphia alive.

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