    ronnie scott (28 january 1927 â 23 december 1996) was an english jazz tenor saxophonist and jazz club owner. ==life and career== ronnie scott (originally ronald schatt) was born in aldgate, east london, into a family of russian jewish descent on his father's side, and portuguese antecedents on his mother's.the man behind the club (retrieved 10 march 2010) scott began playing in small jazz clubs at the age of sixteen. (his claim to fame being, he was taught to play by "vera lynn's father-in-law!") scott toured with johnny claes, the trumpeter, from 1944 to 1945 and with ted heath in 1946, as well as working with ambrose, cab kaye, and tito burns. scott was involved in the short-lived musicians' co-operative club eleven band and club (1948â50), with johnny dankworth and others, and was a member of the generation of british musicians who worked on the cunard liner queen mary (intermittently from 1946 to around 1950) to visit new york and hear the new music directly. scott was among the earliest british musicians to be influenced in his playing style by charlie parker and other bebop musicians. in 1952 scott joined jack parnell's orchestra, then led his own nine-piece group and quintet featuring among others, pete king, with whom he would later open his jazz club, victor feldman, hank shaw and phil seamen from 1953 to 1956. scott co-led the jazz couriers with tubby hayes from 1957 to 1959, and was leader of a quartet including stan tracey (1960â67). during this period scott also did occasional session work; his best-known work here is the solo on the beatles' "lady madonna". scott also played on film scores, including fear is the key, composed by roy budd. scott continued to be in demand for guest appearances in later years, such as providing the tenor sax solo on phil collins's 1981 hit single "i missed again". from 1967â69, scott was a member of the kenny clarke-francy boland big band, which toured europe extensively and which also featured fellow tenor players johnny griffin and eddie "lockjaw" davis. at
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