Cecil Scott

Cecil Scott (Ole South, New York, around October 1946. Photo: William P. Gottlieb )

Cecil Xavier Scott (born November 22, 1905 in Springfield (Ohio) , † January 5, 1964 in New York City ) was an American jazz musician ( clarinet , tenor saxophone ) and band leader.

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Cecil Scott played as a teenager in the band of his brother, the drummer Lloyd Scott . Together they led a band in the late 1920s that performed in Ohio, Pittsburgh and New York's Savoy Ballroom . Its members included a. Dicky Wells , Frankie Newton , Bill Coleman , Roy Eldridge , Johnny Hodges and Chu Berry . From 1929 Cecil led the band, while Lloyd took over management. An accident temporarily interrupted his career in the early 1930s; after his rehabilitation he played in 1932/33 with Ellsworth Reynolds and from 1936 with Teddy Hill , Clarence Williams and Teddy Wilson (1936/37), with whom he also accompanied Billie Holiday . In the early 1940s he played with Alberto Socarras , Red Allen , Willie The Lion Smith , before putting together his own formation again in 1942, which at times also included Hot Lips Page and Art Hodes . Scott also worked with Slim Gaillard in the late 1940s . In 1950 he broke up the band and worked with Jimmy McPartland . Later he occasionally led his own groups and otherwise worked mainly as a sideman. Scott sometimes played three clarinets at the same time.

Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings . 8th edition. Penguin, London 2006, ISBN 0-14-102327-9 .
Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .

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SURNAME	Scott, Cecil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Scott, Cecil Xavier (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American jazz musician (clarinet, tenor saxophone) and band leader
DATE OF BIRTH	November 22, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH	Springfield (Ohio)
DATE OF DEATH	5th January 1964
Place of death	New York City