The album The Very Best of Tom Scott was released in March 2006 by Verve records.

Tom Scott (born 19 May 1948, Los Angeles) is a multiple award-winning saxophonist, composer, arranger, conductor and leader of the west coast jazz fusion ensemble, the L.A. Express. Tom Scott may also refer to Thomas M. Scott, the first known Virginian to be diagnosed with spondylitis. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... Jazz is a style of music which originated in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States at around the start of the 20th century. ...

His best-known works are the theme-tunes for the 1970s TV series Starsky and Hutch and Streets of San Francisco. For the film, see Starsky & Hutch (film). ... The Streets of San Francisco was a television police drama set in San Francisco, California in the 1970s. ...

His professional career began as a teenager, as leader of a jazz ensemble Neoteric Trio, and then as a "first-call" (ie high-demand) session musician. He has made 26 solo recordings, and collected 13 Grammy nominations, 3 Grammys, numerous film and television scoring credits and countless appearances on records by such diverse artists as Whitney Houston, Barbra Streisand, Joni Mitchell, George Harrison, Eddie Money, Steely Dan, Quincy Jones and Frank Sinatra. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Sideman. ... Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music... Whitney Houston (born on August 9, 1963) is a Grammy and Emmy Award winning American R&B/pop singer, actress, former fashion model, record and movie producer. ... Barbra Joan Streisand (born April 24, 1942) is an Academy Award-winning American singer, theatre and film actress, composer, liberal political activist, film producer and director, and she is a wonderful person. ... Joni Mitchell, CC (born Roberta Joan Anderson on November 7, 1943) is a noted Canadian musician, songwriter, and painter. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Eddie Money (born Edward Joseph Mahoney, March 2, 1949) is an American rock musician and singer who found success in the 1970s and 1980s with a string of Top 40 hits and platinum albums. ... Steely Dan is an American rock band centered around the core members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. ... Quincy Jones on the cover of Back on the Block (1989). ... Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and Academy Award-winning actor, often cited as the finest male American popular song vocalist of the 20th century. ...

Particularly noteworthy was Scott's support on Joni Mitchell's For the Roses and Court and Spark albums from 1972 (see 1972 in music) and 1973 (see 1973 in music), respectively. Not only did Scott play various woodwinds throughout the album, but he wrote many of the arrangements for the songs with Mitchell. He has a distinctive, often imitated sound and plays just about any woodwind as well as his main instrument, the saxophone. He is featured on soprano and tenor sax on Carole King's 1974 single "Jazzman" and her 1975 album, Thoroughbred. For the Roses is the 1972 album by Joni Mitchell. ... Court and Spark is Joni Mitchells January 1974 full-length release. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... See also: other events of 1972 list of years in music 1970s in music // January 17 - Highway 51 South in Memphis, Tennessee is renamed Elvis Presley Blvd January 20 - Pink Floyd debuts Dark Side of the Moon during a performance at The Dome, in Brighton, but due to technical difficulties... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... See also: other events of 1973 list of years in music 1970s in music // January 9 - Mick Jaggers request for a Japanese visa is rejected on account of a 1969 drug bust, putting an abrupt end to The Rolling Stones plans to tour the Orient. ... A woodwind instrument is a musical instrument in which sound is produced by blowing through a mouthpiece against an edge or by a vibrating reed, and in which the pitch is varied by opening or closing holes in the body of the instrument. ... The saxophone (colloquially referred to as sax) is a conical-bored instrument of the woodwind family, usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece like the clarinet. ... Carole King (born February 9, 1942) is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

Scott is a member of the The Blues Brothers Band, although he doesn't appear in the movie. He was also the leader of the house band on two short-lived late night talk shows: CBS' The Pat Sajak Show and Fox's The Chevy Chase Show. The Blues Brothers Band was the backing band for John Belushi and Dan Aykroyds Saturday Night Live (SNL) side-project, The Blues Brothers. ... CBS is one of the largest radio and television networks in the United States. ... The Pat Sajak Show was an American late-night television talk show which aired on CBS from January 9, 1989 to April 13, 1990. ... The Fox Broadcasting Company is a television network in the United States. ... Chevy Chase Cornelius Crane Chase, better known as Chevy Chase (born October 8, 1943) is an American comedian, writer and television and film actor from Woodstock, New York. ...

External links

• Tom Scott official website
• All Music Guide Article