Scott Amendola (born February 6, 1969) is an American drummer from the San Francisco Bay Area. His styles include jazz, blues, groove, and rock.

Early life and education

Amendola is originally from New Jersey and studied at the Berklee School of Music in Boston.

Career

After relocating to California, he rose to popularity in the 1990s as a member of the band T.J. Kirk with Charlie Hunter, Will Bernard, and John Schott. Their second album, If Four Was One, received a Grammy Award nomination. Amendola has led his own bands and trios, which have included musicians such as Nels Cline, Jenny Scheinman, Jeff Parker, John Shifflett, Ben Goldberg, and Devin Hoff. He has recorded with Pat Martino, Jim Campilongo, G.E. Stinson, and Tony Furtado, among others. He is an original member of the Larry Ochs Sax & Drumming Core and has been a session percussionist for Cris Williamson, Noe Venable, Carla Bozulich, and Odessa Chen, to name a few. In 2011, Amendola premiered his orchestral work Fade to Orange, performed in conjunction with the Oakland East Bay Symphony as one of their New Visions/New Vistas premieres. He was joined by Nels Cline and Trevor Dunn.

Selected discography

with T.J. Kirk with Phillip Greenlief/Scott Amendola Duo with Pat Martino with Scott Amendola Band with The Nels Cline Singers with L. Stinkbug – Nels Cline, G.E. Stinson, Steuart Liebig, Scott Amendola with Red Pocket – Jewlia Eisenberg, Marika Hughes, Scott Amendola with Nels Cline with Plays Monk – Ben Goldberg, Devin Hoff, Scott Amendola with Bill Frisell with Ben Goldberg, Charlie Hunter, Ron Miles with Charlie Hunter with John Dietrich, Ben Goldberg, Scott Amendola with Henry Kaiser/Scott Amendola with Amendola vs. Blades with Invisible Bird – Dave Devine, Shane Endsley, Scott Amendola