Scotty Barnhart in the context of Diana Krall

⭐ Core Definition: Scotty Barnhart

William "Scotty" Barnhart (born October 27, 1964) is an American jazz trumpeter. A three-time Grammy Award winner, he has played as a featured

soloist with the Count Basie Orchestra since 1993. In September 2013, he was announced as the new director of the Basie Orchestra. He has multiple recordings with pianist Marcus Roberts, as well as recordings with Tony Bennett, Diana Krall, Ray Charles, and Tito Puente. His debut album, Say It Plain, released on Unity Music, features Clark Terry, Ellis Jr. and Wynton Marsalis, Marcus Roberts, Jamie Davis, and Etienne Charles; it achieved number 3 on the Jazz Charts. Also active as an educator and clinician, he is author of The World of Jazz Trumpet - A Comprehensive History and Practical Philosophy (published by Hal Leonard). He is a professor at the Florida State University College of Music.

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Scotty Barnhart in the context of Count Basie Orchestra

The Count Basie Orchestra is a 16- to 18-piece big band, one of the most prominent jazz performing groups of the swing era, founded by Count Basie in 1935 and recording regularly from 1936. Despite a brief disbandment at the beginning of the 1950s, the band survived long past the big band era itself and the death of Basie in 1984. It continues under the direction of trumpeter Scotty Barnhart.

Originally including such musicians as Buck Clayton and Lester Young in the line-up, the band in the 1950s and 1960s made use of the work of the arrangers Neal Hefti and Sammy Nestico with featured musicians such as Thad Jones and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis.

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