NAMM Artist Spotlight: Tom Scott

Though legendary saxophonist Tom Scott titled his newly released album “New Found Freedom,” his busy schedule would lead one to believe that he finds free time in short supply these days.

Scott can be seen in the much-anticipated “Standing in the Shadows of Motown,” a feature-length documentary about a group of virtually unknown musicians who were brought together by record mogul Berry Gordy to play on the great Motown hits of the 1960s. Scott duets with Gerald Levert on “Shotgun” and appears as himself throughout the film, which is currently playing in theaters nationwide.

The globetrotting Scott recently traveled to Colorado to perform on the ABC special, “Christmas in Aspen,” before jetting off to London to play with Eric Clapton’s band at the George Harrison tribute concert. He also managed to find the time to sit down with Daniel Keller of Performing Songwriter for an in-depth interview, which was published in the magazine’s December issue.

Scott continues to work with NYPD’s Daniel Rodriguez (a.k.a. The Singing Policeman) and is currently producing a number of other albums. In his home studio and on the road, Scott uses M-Audio’s Quattro, Omni i/o, Studiophile SP-5B reference monitors, CO3, and Reason.