Scott Ambush | |
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 Scott (right) at his performance | |
| Background information | |
| Born | April 28, 1970 Frederick, Maryland |
| Genres | Jazz fusion |
| Instrument(s) | Bass |
Scott Antel Ambush is an American musician, best known as the bass player of jazz fusion band Spyro Gyra. [1] [2] [3]
He was born April 28, 1970, in Frederick, Maryland, to Webster and Jeanette Lofton Ambush. He attended Urbana Elementary School in Urbana, Maryland, West Frederick Middle, and Frederick High School. After high school, he attended the University of Maryland at College Park. [4] While studying psychology during the day, he was introduced to the Washington, D.C., music scene at night. Through word of mouth, he was recommended for the bass job with Spyro Gyra and filled the bass space after audition. He made his studio debut with Spyro Gyra in 1992 on the album "Three Wishes". [5]
| Title | Year of Release | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Wishes [6] | 1992 | GRP | |
| Dreams Beyond Control | 1993 | GRP | |
| Love and Other Obsessions | 1995 | GRP | |
| Heart Of The Night | 1996 | GRP | |
| 20/20 | 1997 | GRP | |
| Road Scholars (live) | 1998 | GRP | |
| Got The Magic | 1999 | Windham Hill Jazz | |
| In Modern Times | 2001 | Heads Up | |
| Original Cinema | 2003 | Heads Up | |
| The Deep End | 2004 | Heads Up | |
| Wrapped in a Dream | 2006 | Heads Up | |
| Good to Go-Go | 2007 | Heads Up | |
| A Night Before Christmas | 2008 | Heads Up | |
| Down the Wire | 2009 | Heads Up | |
| A Foreign Affair | 2011 | Amherst Records | |
| The Rhinebeck Sessions | 2013 | Crosseyed Bear | |
| Title | Year of Release | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mindset | 1991 | na |
Frederick is a city in, and the county seat of, Frederick County, Maryland, United States. It is located at an important crossroads at the intersection of a major north–south Native American trail and east–west routes to the Chesapeake Bay, both at Baltimore and what became Washington, D.C., and across the Appalachian mountains to the Ohio River watershed. Frederick's population was 78,171 people as of the 2020 census, making it the second-largest incorporated city in Maryland behind Baltimore. It is a part of the Washington metropolitan area, which is part of a greater Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area.
Spyro Gyra is an American jazz fusion band that was formed in Buffalo, New York, in 1974. The band's music combines jazz, R&B, funk, and pop music. The band's name comes from Spirogyra, a genus of green algae which founder Jay Beckenstein had learned about in college.
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Three Wishes is an album by the American jazz band Spyro Gyra, released in 1992 by GRP Records.
Dreams Beyond Control is the seventeenth album by the American jazz group Spyro Gyra, released in 1993 by GRP Records. The group supported the album with a North American tour.
Love and Other Obsessions is the eighteenth album by the American jazz group Spyro Gyra, released in 1995 by GRP Records.
Heart of the Night is the nineteenth album by the American jazz group Spyro Gyra, released in 1996 by GRP Records.
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