Scott DuBois

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Scott DuBois at the Unterfahrt jazz club (Munich 2013)

Scott DuBois (born April 27, 1978 in Chicago ) is an American jazz guitarist , composer and band leader .

Live and act

Scott DuBois graduated from the Manhattan School of Music ; since the mid-2000s he has been working with his own formations. He played with Jon Irabagon , Pascal Niggenkemper , Eivind Opsvik and with David Liebman , who contributed to his soul note albums Monsoon (2005) and Tempest (2007). In 2008 the album Banshees ( Sunnyside Records ) was created, which DuBois recorded with Gebhard Ullmann , Thomas Morgan and Kresten Osgood . With this quartet DuBois recorded four more albums, Black Hawk Dance (2010, Sunnyside Records), Landscape Scripture (2012, Sunnyside Records), Winter Light (2015, ACT ) and Autumn Wind (2017, ACT ). Landscape Scripture was voted one of the Top 10 Jazz Albums of 2012 by National Public Radio . Winter Light was voted one of the Best Albums of 2015 by the New York City Jazz Record .

The New York Times certified DuBois "an equal commitment to knotty compositions and blank-canvas improvisation" .

DownBeat Magazine selected DuBois as one of the "Rising Stars" in the guitar category in 2019.

Prizes and awards

  • ECHO Music Prize 2018 for the album Autumn Wind .
  • Thelonious Monk International Jazz Guitar Competition 2005, semi-finalist.

Discographic notes

  • Moonsoon (Soul Note, 2004) with David Liebman, Jason Rigby , Loren Stillman , Mark Ferber, Thomas Morgan
  • Tempest (Soul Note, 2006) with David Liebman, Jason Rigby, Loren Stillman, Mark Ferber, Thomas Morgan
  • Banshees (Sunnyside, 2008), with Gebhard Ullmann, Thomas Morgan, Kresten Osgood
  • Black Hawk Dance (Sunnyside, 2010), with Gebhard Ullmann, Thomas Morgan, Kresten Osgood
  • Landscape Scripture (Sunnyside, 2012), with Gebhard Ullmann, Thomas Morgan, Kresten Osgood
  • Winter Light (ACT, 2015), with Gebhard Ullmann, Thomas Morgan, Kresten Osgood
  • Autumn Wind (ACT, 2017), with Gebhard Ullmann, Thomas Morgan, Kresten Osgood, Eva León, Conway Kuo, William Frampton, Sarah Rommel, Erin Lesser, BJ Karpen, Elisabeth Stimpert, Michael Harley

Web links

Commons : Scott DuBois  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Top 10 Jazz Albums Of 2012, NPR, December 13, 2012
  2. ^ New York City Jazz Record, January 2016
  3. ^ Jazz Listings, New York Times, December 16, 2010
  4. ↑ DownBeat Magazine, August 2019
  5. ↑ ECHO JAZZ
  6. ^ Playbill, Thelonious Monk Guitar Competition Semifinalists
personal data
SURNAME DuBois, Scott
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz guitarist, composer and band leader
DATE OF BIRTH April 27, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago