Dave Scott has been composing for and performing with his own jazz quintet and also has a new project featuring violin, piano, guitar, bass and drums. He is recognized in the New York jazz community as a prolific composer and his groups feature his compositions exclusively. Both contain some of New York’s finest jazz musicians, including Rich Perry, Gary Versace, Jeff Williams, John Hebert, Ben Monder and Ted Poor. The compositions reflect both specific forms with dense harmonic structures and open frameworks for free improvisation. The focus of both ensembles is to utilize the engaging and often complex compositions as vehicles for improvisation. The pieces develop interactively and organically allowing each musician full individual expression. The quintet released “Song For Amy” on the SteepleChase label in 2004. A second disc for SteepleChase, “Naivete’” was released in February of 2007. The first disc received critical acclaim in JazzTimes in 2005 and the second as well in the Jazz Review in 2007, both making note of the originality of Dave’s works. A third disc was recorded in December of 2007 and will be released in the near future. Dave also co-leads a quartet with tenor saxophonist Tony Malaby. The group has a CD released on the Nine Winds label. All three ensembles perform regularly in the New York City area, and on the Los Angeles County Museum of Art concert series. He has also been featured as a trumpet soloist on Kim Richmond’s big band CD “PASSAGES”. He has also toured and recorded as a featured soloist with the Jim Widner Big Band.As a clinician and soloist Dave has performed on numerous jazz festivals and at schools across the United States including the University of Illinois, the University of Missouri, the University of Texas at Austin, Arizona State University, the University of Oregon, California Institute of the Arts, Syracuse University and the University of Utah. He has been featured at theNewport Jazz Festival with Gerry Mulligan, at the Monterey Jazz Festival with Harvey Wainapel’s Quintet, and recently perfomed with the Tom Harrell Big Band in Los Angeles and New York. Dave is currently on the jazz faculty at Western Connecticut State University and formerly at the University of Southern California.