The Robert Scott Power Trio turns jazz, pop and rock on its head to present a powerful re-thinking of famous tunes. Pianist Robert Scott, drummer Great Bob Scott and bassist Chris Gartner take audiences through an amazing journey of, powerful, quirky and original presentations of modern music.
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Robert Scott is a multi-talented, virtuosic pianist, composer and educator. He was one of the youngest people to be awarded a scholarship to the prestigious Berklee School of Music, and, later graduated from the University of Toronto. He composed music for CBC, CTV and NASA and played and recorded with Bill Cosby, Jeff Healey, Alex Pangman and Michael Bublé.
From 2001-2004 Robert worked full-time as Michael Buble's pianist, performing across Canada and the U.S. together. Last fall Robert spent time in Vancouver with Michael writing together. The resulting collaboration - "Hollywood" - was recorded by Michael this past September in New York with the Grammy-Award-winning "Dap Kings" provided the backup and legendary producer Bob Rock produced. Michael plans to release the track on his upcoming CD.
Robert has most recently been nominated for the 2008 Louis Applebaum Award, presented by the Ontario Arts Council once every three years. The award is for excellence in the field of jazz composition, and is adjudicated by an anonymous panel of music-industry "heavyweights".
Robert’s cd, Pianoptic, features several brilliant original compositions as well as covers from Radiohead, Outkast, Jelly Roll Morton and Dave Brubeck.
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Drummer Great Bob Scott is an incredible force and mainstay of the Canadian music and entertainment world. He's a fiendishly dedicated technical wizard; his versatility and sense of timing are legendary amongst veteran musicians across Canada. A consummate performer, SCOTT has tackled numerous television appearances and toured throughout Europe and North America. He keeps busy with regular recording sessions, theatre, film and TV work. Bob has been involved with many musical projects including: Look People, Astrogroove, the cartoon collective, Stoopy, Thinbuckle, lead by Barenaked Ladies keyboardist/guitarist, Kevin Hearn.
Bassist Chris Gartner is a Toronto based multi-instrumentalist, composer, and producer. He has been a sought after accompanist on recordings, and tours in North America and Europe for well over the last 20 years. CHRIS has appeared on over fifty albums, plus cartoon soundtracks, jingles, and radio and television themes.
He has composed and produced music for film, and has been noted recently for his production and arranging work on LORI CULLEN'S "Uneven Hill" album, TASA'S "Alchemy" album, and JAFFA ROAD'S "Sun Place" album. In the last few years, he has also become an innovative guitarist, and sound designer. CHRIS is best known for time spent as a member of the group LOOK PEOPLE.
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