Scott Wendholt

Scott Wendholt (born July 21, 1965 in Denver , Colorado ) is an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player .

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Wendholt grew up in Mile High City and began taking trumpet lessons in high school. His school friend Greg Gisbert made him aware of the music of Art Blakeys . At the beginning of his career he played a. a. with Gisbert, Javon Jackson and John Gunther .

From 1983 to 1987 he studied at Indiana University in the David Baker's Jazz Studies Program , where he earned a Bachelor's degree. He also worked in pop and jazz with artists such as Ralph Bowen and Chris Botti . He then lived in Cincinnati until 1989 , where he had an engagement in the King's Island amusement park, next to it as a sideman with Bill Cunliffe or Phil De Greg . Since the 1990s he has worked in the New York post-bop scene a. a. with David Berkman , Don Braden , Dwayne Burno , Alan Ferber , Kevin Hays , Vincent Herring , Jim McNeely , Roberta Piket , Tim Ries , Jim Trompeter , Klaus Suonsaari and with Bobby McFerrin ( Bang! Zoom , 1996). Wendholt also played in numerous big bands , such as Toshiko Akiyoshi , John Fedchock , Woody Herman , Bob Mintzer , Buddy Rich , Maria Schneider , Gary Smulyan , the Mingus Big Band , Mike Holober & The Gotham Jazz Orchestra ( Hiding Out , 2019) the Carnegie Hall Big Band , and the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra as the successor to Thad Jones . In 1998 he was a guest soloist in The George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band ( Liebermann ). In 1993 he recorded his debut album The Scheme of Things for Criss Cross Jazz . Currently (2019) he leads a quartet that includes Adam Kolker , Ugonna Okegwo and Victor Lewis .

Through the Shadows ( Criss Cross Jazz , 1994) with Don Braden, Billy Drummond , Bruce Barth , Ira Coleman
From Now On ... (Criss Cross, 1995) with Tim Ries, Steve Armor, Steve Wilson , Bruce Barth, Larry Grenadier , Billy Drummond
Beyond Thursday (Double Time, 1997) with David Berkman, Tony Scherr , Andy Watson
What Goes Unsaid (Double Time, 1999) with Eric Alexander , Anthony Wonsey , Dennis Irwin , Billy Drummond
NSU Jazz Ensemble with Scott Wendholt: Hour of the Pearl (Northeastern State University Jazz Studies, 2005)

Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .
Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide of Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .

^ According to All About Jazz; according to Feather / Gitler, he was born in Patauxant River, MD.

personal data
SURNAME	Wendholt, Scott
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player
DATE OF BIRTH	July 21, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH	Denver , Colorado