The Guitar Player's Resource
In the improvisational style of Jim Hall and John Abercrombie follows Philadelphia-based guitarist and composer Scott Sherwood. On his first CD release, Siren Song Sherwood demonstrates his technical mastery of the guitar on six tracks of creative, inspired jazz improvisation. Siren Song was recorded with the Scott Sherwood Trio, consisting of Sherwood, Harold Miller on bass, and Terry Smirl on drums. Sherwood's playing is subtle, yet highly impressionable on Siren Song, as he weaves both developed and free form solos throughout the pieces. The CD's title track is an eleven minute masterpiece of beautiful and challenging music that will satisfy the most jaded of jazz guitar fans. Sherwood was originally profiled in the April-May, 1997 edition of The Undiscovered.
Sherwood, originally from Milwaukee, received his introduction to jazz through his father's record collection. Starting on guitar at age 15, he received the Louis Armstrong Jazz Award for three consecutive years while in high school. He later was able to attend the University of Texas at Arlington by winning the Michael Lorimer Guitar and Jazz Studies Scholarship. Sherwood later played original music with the band Kinetic Shower, as well as numerous concerts and clinics in the United States, Scotland and Costa Rica.
Sherwood recently signed to New York's Changing Tones Records, .a label dedicated to creative, improvised music. A follow-up to Siren Song is in the planning stages. Meanwhile, Sherwood continues to tour and perform in the New England and Mid-Atlantic areas with the reformed Scott Sherwood Trio.
Scott Sherwood
310 East 94th Street
New York, NY 10128
United States
Web site: www.scottsherwood.com