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http://www.scottamendola.com/ long song , cryptogramaphone scott amendola
 non_vocal_instrumentalist 06 february 1969 drums , percussion jazz , funk , rock scott amendola.jpg new jersey scott amendola
scott amendola

scott amendola is an american jazz drummer from the san francisco bay area .
his styles include jazz , blues , groove , rock and new music .
he is considered central to the bay area music scene .
amendola was originally from new jersey and studied at berklee school of music in boston .
after relocating to the san francisco bay area he came to popularity in the 1990s as a member of t.j. kirk with charlie hunter , will bernard and john schott .
their second album received a grammy award nomination .
he has led his own bands and trios which have included nels cline , jenny scheinman , jeff parker and john shifflett as well as ben goldberg and devin hoff .
often favoring guitarists he has toured with bill frisell and kelly joe phelps and recorded with pat martino , jim campilongo , g.e. stinson , nels cline and tony furtado .
he is an original member of the larry ochs sax & drumming core .
he has been a session percussionist for noe venable , carla bozulich and odessa chen .
in 2011 amendola will have his new orchestral work performed in conjunction with the oakland east bay symphony as one the symphony 's new visions/new vistas premieres .
amendola will be joined by nels cline and trevor dunn .
in 2012 amendola toured australia with mike patton 's mondo cane
