Tom Scott & The LA Express

Wed, 26 Feb, 2025 at 07:00 pm UTC-08:00

The Grape | Ventura

The Grape
Publisher/HostThe Grape
Tom Scott & The LA Express
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Advanced Tickets $25 GA/$35 VIP here
$30/$40 at the door (subject to availability)
Tom Scott, Saxes & Aerophone
Grant Geissman, Guitar
Ruslan Sirota, Keyboard
Chris Colangelo, Electric Bass
Gary Novak, Drums
Tom Scott is a renowned composer, arranger, producer, music
director, saxophonist and educator. His 33 solo recordings have earned him 13 Grammy nominations and 3 Grammy awards and in 2017, he received his first Emmy Award nomination for Musical Direction of the Tony Bennett 90th Birthday TV Special on NBC.

Tom’s career as a guest artist spans more than 2000 recordings—by such diverse artists as Barbra Streisand, Quincy Jones, Thelonius Monk, the Blues Brothers, Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin, and Aerosmith. His numerous contributions as a player and arranger include Joni Mitchell’s Court and Spark and Miles of Aisles, Steely Dan’s Aja and Gaucho; hit singles like Carole King’s Jazzman, Paul McCartney’s Listen to What the Man Said, Rod Stewart’s Do You Think I’m Sexy, Blondie’s Rapture,
Toto’s Rosanna, Whitney Houston’s Saving All My Love for You; and on countless movie soundtracks such as Taxi Driver, The Jerk, Three Days of the Condor, Heaven Can Wait, Sea of Love, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Toy Story 2, Monsters Inc. and the latest release of A Star Is Born.

Other achievements include composing film scores, among them
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, Uptown Saturday Night, Stir Crazy, Hanky Panky, The Sure Thing, Soul Man and Shakes the Clown. His television composing and conducting credits include the themes for Family Ties and Starsky & Hutch, background scores for Baretta, Cannon, Barnaby Jones, Streets Of San Francisco, numerous T.V. Movies, Specials and Documentaries. He has served as Musical Director for the Academy Awards, the Emmy Awards (9 times), the People’s Choice Awards, Comic
Relief, the Carol Burnett Show, the Pat Sajak Show, Joni Mitchell, George Harrison, Olivia Newton-John, and the GRP All-Star Big Band, among others—and composed the musical score for a recent episode of the PBS "American Masters" series on the life of writer/director Blake Edwards. In addition, he's a DJ on KJAZZ radio in California, has his own podcast series "Tom Scott's Podcast Express", and is an Adjunct Faculty member
at New York University.
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The Grape, 2733 E. Main Street,Ventura, California, United States

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