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| Scott Sorkin (2008) | |
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| Bay Area native Scott Sorkin grew up in Millbrae and Bolinas, and received a degree in Jazz Performance from San Jose State University, where he studied with fellow guitarists Bruce Forman, Steve Erquiaga, and Tuck Andress. After graduation, he spent four years with the Royal Society Jazz Orchestra of San Francisco.
Following a period as composer, producer and guitarist in the band Burning Bridges (alongside now Bay Area fixtures Jason Lewis, John Shifflett and Kristen Strom), Scott “went corporate”, working successively as a programmer and house composer for White Shark Interactive in Santa Cruz, as Webmaster for high tech startup eVoice in Menlo Park, and as a freelance producer, composer and guitarist. It was probably this last that opened the path, as it were, to joining Open Path Music in San Jose as a producer/engineer/composer working on projects too numerous to list—although mention must be made of his multiple roles as composer/producer/engineer/guitarist on the score for the feature film “Fat Rose & Squeaky” (with Louise Fletcher & Cicely Tyson). Before and during this period, Scott shared the stage with the likes of Steve and Michael Turré, Mike Vax, Wesla Whitfield, Louie Bellson and his old San Jose State teacher Bruce Forman, as well as performing in groups large (the Count Basie Orchestra, Dave Eschelman’s Jazz Garden Big Band and the Full Faith & Credit Big Band) and small (the Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra). Currently Scott performs and writes regularly in three bands: Crossing Borders, Ed Johnson & Novo Tempo, and Kristen Strom. |
| Pick | Artist | Album | Song | Label |
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| # 1 | Jacques Gallot | French Baroque Lute Suites (Du Fault/ Gallot/ Reusner/ Conradi), Michael Schäffer | Suite in D Minor, Movement V, "Canarie: Les Castagnettes" | (Sony Seon) |
| # 2 | Sergei Prokofiev | Romeo and Juliet, Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra | Dance of the Knights | (RCA) |
| # 3 | Toninho Horta | Moonstone | Spirit Land | (Polydor) |
| # 4 | Elis Regina | Elis, Esse Mulher | O Bêbado E a Equilibrista | (WEA Latina) |
| # 5 | Väsen | Trio | Mitt i Livet | (NorthSide) |
| # 6 | Bill Evans | You Must Believe in Spring | We Will Meet Again | (Warner Bros) |
| # 7 | Keith Jarrett | My Song | Country | (ECM) |
| # 8 | Eric Dolphy | Outward Bound | G.W. | (OJC) |
| # 9 | Kurt Rosenwinkel | Deep Song | Brooklyn Sometimes | (Verve) |
| # 10 | Ralph Towner | Solo Concert | Spirit Lake | (ECM) |
| Book | Either René Descartes, "Discourse on Method", or "The Complete Calvin and Hobbes" | |||
| Luxury Item | A dentist (one who isn't afraid of sharks) | |||
| Alternate Picks/Not Broadcast | ||||
| Alt 1 | João Bosco | Da Licenca Men Senhor | Heróis da Liberdade | (Sony International) |
| Alt 2 | Ornette Coleman | The Shape of Jazz to Come | Lonely Woman | (Atlantic) |
| Alt 3 | Bill Frisell | This Land | Rag | (Elektra) |
| Alt 4 | Lenine | Olho De Peixe | A Gandaia das Ondas/Pedra E Areia | (Velas) |
| Alt 5 | Egberto Gismonti | Sanfona | Loro | (ECM) |
| Alt 6 | G.F. Händel | Handel in Hamburg: Music from Almira, Nero, Rodrigo, Daphne and Florindo, Parley of Instruments, Peter Holman conductor | Suite from Almira | (Hyperion UK) |
| Alt 7 | Jim Hall | Jim Hall Live! | Angel Eyes | (Verve) |
| Alt 8 | Joe Henderson | Double Rainbow | Passarim | (Verve) |
| Alt 9 | Toninho Horta | From Ton to Tom: A Tribute to Tom Jobim | Agua de Beber | (Video) |
| Alt 10 | Toninho Horta | From Ton to Tom: A Tribute to Tom Jobim | Modinha | (Video) |
| Alt 11 | Nguyên Lê | Tales from Vietnam | The Wind Blew It Away | (ACT) |
| Alt 12 | Marin Marais | Tous les Matins du Monde | La Badinage for Viola de Gamba and Continuo in F Sharp Minor | (Valois) |
| Alt 13 | Marin Marais | Tous les Matins du Monde | La Reveuse from "Pièces de Viole, Book IV, No. 82" | (Valois) |
| Alt 14 | Pat Metheny | Question and Answer | Law Years | (Geffen) |
| Alt 15 | Pat Metheny | Rejoicing | Lonely Woman | (ECM) |
| Alt 16 | Kurt Rosenwinkel | Deep Song | The Next Step | (Verve) |
| Alt 17 | Steely Dan | Two Against Nature | Jack of Speed | (Giant) |
| Alt 18 | Väsen | Live in Japan | Vilse i Betlandet | (NorthSide) |
| Alt 19 | Stevie Ray Vaughan | Texas Flood | Pride and Joy | (Epic/Legacy) |
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26 Apr Nolan Gasser 14 Jun Ben Goldberg 01 Mar Lua Hadar 08 Mar | Molly Holm
19 Apr Remy Le Boeuf 15 Mar Michael Manring 31 May Stephanie Nakasian 18 Jan | Marlena Shaw
29 Mar Ben Sidran 12 Apr |