page_title: Scott Hamilton (musician)
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Scott Hamilton (musician) / Career
caption_attribution_description: English: Scott Hamilton in concert at Cosmopolite, Oslo in 2015. Norsk bokmål: Scott Hamilton opptrer på Cosmopolite i 2015.
context_page_description: Scott Hamilton is an American jazz tenor saxophonist associated with swing and mainstream jazz.
context_section_description: Hamilton started playing tenor saxophone at the age of sixteen. In 1976 he moved to New York City and played with Benny Goodman at the end of the decade. Most often he has been the leader of bands. He has worked with Ruby Braff and Warren Vache.
  He recorded his first significant jazz album as a leader for Chiaroscuro in 1977. The same year, he proceeded to record his debut album for Concord, with whom he maintained a long recording career as a solo act and as a member of the Concord Jazz All Stars. He accompanied singer Rosemary Clooney in the studio and on the road for a decade.
  During the 1980s, he toured Japan, Sweden, the UK, and performed at the Grande Parade du Jazz in Nice, France. In the 1990s he moved to London and formed a quartet with John Pearce, Dave Green, and Steve Brown. In 2007 he made a guest appearance at the Brecon Jazz Festival accompanied by Humphrey Lyttelton and his band. Part of this concert was shown on BBC Four as Humph's Last Stand, a tribute to Lyttelton after his death in 2008. In 2013 and 2014 Hamilton worked with Andrea Motis and Joan Chamorro.
caption: Scott Hamilton at the Cosmopolite in Oslo, Norway, December 2015
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