Jim Scott is a guitarist, singer/songwriter and composer in the genres of jazz, classical and folk music.

Life

Jim Scott has made it his business to create and perform music that celebrates peace, justice and the earth. He co-wrote the celebrated Missa Gaia - Earth Mass and many other pieces with the Paul Winter Consort. He's recorded many albums of original music, and collected and arranged “The Earth and Spirit Songbook,” an anthology of 110 songs of earth and peace by many contemporary songwriters. A line of choral compositions are published by Hal Leonard. In between tours, Jim conducts the Worcester MA Community Choir.

He has performed in 49 U.S. states (not Alaska), England, Scotland, Italy, France, Greece, Australia, Nicaragua, Mexico and Canada.
He also performed in Carnegie Hall

Carnegie Hall

Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States, located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street, two blocks south of Central Park....

, the Newport Jazz Festival

Newport Jazz Festival

The Newport Jazz Festival is a music festival held every summer in Newport, Rhode Island, USA. It was established in 1954 by socialite Elaine Lorillard, who, together with husband Louis Lorillard, financed the festival for many years. The couple hired jazz impresario George Wein to organize the...

 (with the Paul Winter Consort

Paul Winter Consort

The Paul Winter Consort is an American musical group, led by soprano saxophonist Paul Winter. Founded in 1967, the group mixes elements of jazz, classical music, world music, and the sounds of animals and nature. They are often classified as new age music or "ecological jazz", and their unique...

), The Great Peace March for Global Nuclear Disarmament with Pete Seeger

Pete Seeger

Peter "Pete" Seeger is an American folk singer and was an iconic figure in the mid-twentieth century American folk music revival. A fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s, he also had a string of hit records during the early 1950s as a member of The Weavers, most notably their recording of Lead...

 and Peter Yarrow

Peter Yarrow

Peter Yarrow is an American singer who found fame with the 1960s folk music trio Peter, Paul and Mary. Yarrow co-wrote one of the group's most famous songs, "Puff, the Magic Dragon"...

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His world tours have included a European tour with The Griffith Singers performing his choral music (in 1997), recording in the gardens of Findhorn

Findhorn

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, Scotland

Scotland

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 with jazz flautist Paul Horn, touring Nicaragua

Nicaragua

Nicaragua is the largest country in the Central American American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. The country is situated between 11 and 14 degrees north of the Equator in the Northern Hemisphere, which places it entirely within the tropics. The Pacific Ocean...

 with Holly Near

Holly Near

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 (in 1984), and performing in Australia for colleges and the Institute for Earth Education

Institute for Earth Education

The Institute for Earth Education was set up in 1974 by Steve Van Matre and others to promote Earth Education. It is a not-for-profit organization with branches in several countries, including Australia, Canada, Finland, Germany, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United...

 International Conference (in 1990).
He has also played on stage with musicians John Denver

John Denver

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, Tracy Chapman

Tracy Chapman

Tracy Chapman is an American singer-songwriter, best known for her singles "Fast Car", "Talkin' 'bout a Revolution", "Baby Can I Hold You", "Give Me One Reason" and "Telling Stories". She is a multi-platinum and four-time Grammy Award-winning artist.-Biography:Tracy Chapman was born in Cleveland,...

, Joan Baez

Joan Baez

Joan Chandos Baez is an American folk singer, songwriter, musician and a prominent activist in the fields of human rights, peace and environmental justice....

, 10,000 Maniacs

10,000 Maniacs

10,000 Maniacs is a United States-based alternative rock band, which formed in 1981 and continues to be active with various line-ups.-1981–1993:...

, Joni Mitchell

Joni Mitchell

Joni Mitchell, CC is a Canadian musician, singer songwriter, and painter. Mitchell began singing in small nightclubs in her native Saskatchewan and Western Canada and then busking in the streets and dives of Toronto...

, Jackson Browne

Jackson Browne

Jackson Browne is an American singer-songwriter and musician who has sold over 17 million albums in the United States alone....

, Dan Fogelberg

Dan Fogelberg

Daniel Grayling "Dan" Fogelberg was an American singer-songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist, whose music was inspired by sources as diverse as folk, pop, rock, classical, jazz, and bluegrass music...

, Odetta

Odetta

Odetta Holmes, known as Odetta, was an American singer, actress, guitarist, songwriter, and a human rights activist, often referred to as "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement". Her musical repertoire consisted largely of American folk music, blues, jazz, and spirituals...

, Steve Gadd

Steve Gadd

Steve Gadd is an American session and studio drummer, notable for his work with popular musicians from a wide range of genres.-Biography:...

, Tony Levin

Tony Levin

Tony Levin is an American progressive rock musician, specializing in bass guitar, Chapman stick and upright bass ....

, Nelson Rangell

Nelson Rangell

Nelson Rangell is an American velvet-smooth jazz musician and composer originally from Castle Rock, Colorado. Although Rangell is known for his work with the tenor, alto, and soprano saxophone, his primary instrument is the piccolo flute, which he began playing at the age of 15...

, Ed Tossing, and Tom Chapin

Tom Chapin

Tom Chapin is a Grammy Award-winning American musician, entertainer, singer-songwriter and storyteller.-Biography:Chapin attended State University of New York at Plattsburgh and graduated in 1966. From 1971-1976, he hosted a TV show called Make a Wish...

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Discography

• 1977 - Common Ground - Paul Winter Consort. A&M Records
  A&M Records
  A&M Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that operates under the mantle of its Interscope-Geffen-A&M division.-Beginnings:...
  
  
• 1980 - Callings - Paul Winter Consort. Living Music
• 1981 - Jim Scott Alone - Jim Scott
• 1982 - A Song for the Earth - Radiance
• 1982 - Lake Unto The Clouds - Radiance
• 1983 - Inverness - Radiance
• 1981 - Missa Gaia/Earth Mass - Paul Winter Consort. Living Music
• 1984 - A Concert for the Earth (Live at the U N) - Paul Winter Consort and the Back Bay Chorale of Boston. Living Music
• 1985 - The First Winds of Autumn - Jim Scott
• 1986 - Big and Little Stuff: Songs for Kids - Jim Scott
• 1989 - The Tree and Me - Jim Scott
• 1989 - Wolf Eyes - Paul Winter Consort. Living Music
• 1995 - Earth Sky Love and Dreams - Jim Scott
• 1996 - For A Time - Jim Scott
• 1997 - Sailing With the Moon - Jim Scott
• 1999 - Body and Soul (Soundtrack - documentary series on PBS Television)
• 2001 - Instruments of Peace - Radiance
• 2007 - Gather the Spirit - Jim Scott and Friends with the Master Singers To Go Choir, Matthew Johnsen, Director

External links

• http://jimscottmusic.com
• http://www.jimscottsongs.com/
• http://www.facebook.com/jimscottmusic