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Scott Neuman
(October 2005 Issue)
On The NYC Jazz Scene Scott Neumann, born and
bred
in Oklahoma, combines formal and informal techniques of playing
the drumset--to great effect. Neumann began performing as a
child,
graduated from North Texas with a degree in music education, and over a
decade ago entered the sometimes harsh
reality of the New York City
scene.
Scott grew up listening to and playing country, rock,
and jazz. He says, "Local
musicians and the well-known bands that
played the Tulsa area helped me develop a particularly open view of
music." And
Neumann's teachers--Kermit Tandey, Gary Sloan (in
Oklahoma), Colin Bailey, Henry Okstel (at North Texas), and
later,
Peter Erskine--were caring, careful, and encouraged him to be
stylistically flexible.
That Scott deals so well
with so many kinds of music has brought him
diverse employment. "I came to New York specifically because there are
so
many opportunities to grow here," he asserts. "I've worked with The
Woody Herman Thundering Herd several times--even
appeared at Carnegie
Hall and played Stravinsky's piece for the band, 'Ebony Concerto.'" His
other credits
include Joshua Redman, Brother Jack McDuff, The Jazz
Mandolin Project, The Tony Trishka Group, Dave Liebman, and The
BMI/New
York Jazz Orchestra.
Scott was the primary source of pulsation and rhythmic intelligence in the recent
Broadway musical, Swing, which ran for fourteen months. Currently he's subbing in the revival of 42nd Street,
and is involved with other musical shows slated for the Main Stem.
Burt Korall
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