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Singer-composer-teacher and multi-instrumentalist David Thorne Scott immediately said “piano” when asked to name his main instrument. But in line right behind the keyboard are trumpet, flugelhorn, and electric bass. And ahead of them all is his voice.
Scott, who will be celebrating his 50th birthday as well as the release of his newest album “Thornewood” at a concert being streamed through ATAC Downtown Arts & Music (formerly Amazing Things) on April 13, is a jazz singer. A Nebraska native, he spoke about his career and his album from his home in Somerville.
“I was singing before I was playing anything,” he said, then chronicled his journey through music. “I started in the church choir, began playing trumpet in fourth grade, and got into musical theater in sixth grade. I was listening to pop music on the radio – things like Chicago and Hall & Oates. But when I played trumpet in the high school jazz band, I got into swing music, and started listening to Bobby McFerrin and singing along to Ella Fitzgerald records. When I was in college, I sang ‘’Round Midnight’ at a talent show, and a friend who played jazz piano accompanied me. Listening to those piano chords shift underneath what I was doing with the melody just blew me away, and I decided I needed to learn to play jazz piano if I was going to get good at jazz singing. So, I started hitting piano pretty hard when I was about 21.”
Rocky-mountainMassachusettsUnited-statesBostonNebraskaChicagoIllinoisJason-palmerHall-oatesJoel-jeromeEd-symkusBobby-mcferrinSinger-composer-guitarist Joel Jerome has no problem being told that his music is all over the place because, in his case, that’s a compliment. Even a cursory listen to his newest album “Chasing” reveals that he’s adept at writing and performing different styles of songs.
The easygoing, Neil Young-ish “Our Love” is a straight-ahead folkie love song. “Peaks and Valleys,” a poppy, driving tune that would have fit into the soundtrack of the ’60s, addresses the joys and difficulties of living life. “Next High” is a downbeat, very personal piece that looks at the drug abuse problems he saw going on around him in his hometown of Raymond, Maine. “Answering the Call” is a good, old-fashioned story song about the sinking of the aircraft carrier USS Wasp in World War II, with Jerome’s grandfather, who survived the attack, at the center of the tale.
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