Kendrick Scott

Born in Houston, Texas in 1980, Kendrick Scott trained in the church environment before attending his city's High School for the Performing and Visual Arts and then Berklee College of Music in Boston. A drummer, composer and conductor, Kendrick Scott develops a flexible and precise contemporary jazz, nourished by post-bop, modern writing and a particular attention to collective dynamics. Over the 2000s, he established himself on the New York and American scene alongside musicians such as Terence Blanchard, Charles Lloyd, Pat Metheny, Joe Lovano, Kenny Garrett, Gretchen Parlato or Robert Glasper, in contexts ranging from the acoustic quartet to formations more open to crossovers between jazz, groove and vocal music. With his group Oracle, Kendrick Scott released several albums as leader, among them The Source in 2007, Reverence in 2010, Conviction in 2013, We Are the Drum in 2015 and A Wall Becomes a Bridge in 2019. His playing, both airy and structuring, favors movement between pulse, color and interaction, which explains Kendrick Scott's place as both sideman and leader in contemporary American jazz.