Scott Ambush
Encyclopedia
Scott Ambush is an American musician, best known as the bass player of jazz fusion
band Spyro Gyra
.
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. 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".
tuner, while the other feeds a Countryman direct box. The signal is split again at the direct box. One side feeding the house and monitor consoles the other side is fed into the stage rig. On stage he uses an Eden Navigator preamp, fed into a QSC
3500 power amp, driving an Eden 4x10 cabinet. The cabinet is miked and fed to the house and monitor desks as well. The band uses an in-ear monitoring system, so a combination of the direct and miked signals are mixed in the monitors. As for effects, he sometimes use a TC Electronics chorus pedal and an EBS Octave pedal.
In addition to the Ambush basses, he sometimes uses an Athlete acoustic bass guitar or a custom Jazz Bass
with a Moses composite neck. In the studio, the bass goes direct to the console, and is combined with signal from either a miked Eden cabinet or the Navigator preamp.
His home studio is a basic writer/project affair with Alesis
ADAT, Mackie
Board, Yamaha NS10 and KRK KROC monitors, various keyboards, Alesis DM5 drum module, Hart Dynamics Multipad and kick drum triggers, a Power Computing CPU, MOTU Digital Performer sequencing software, and soon, Pro Tools
.
Jazz fusion
Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...
band Spyro Gyra
Spyro Gyra
Spyro Gyra is an American jazz fusion band that was originally formed in the mid-1970s in Buffalo, New York, USA. With over 25 albums released and 10 million copies sold, they are among the most prolific as well as commercially successful groups of the genre...
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Biography
He was born April 28, 1960 in Frederick, MarylandFrederick, Maryland
Frederick is a city in north-central Maryland. It is the county seat of Frederick County, the largest county by area in the state of Maryland. Frederick is an outlying community of the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is part of a greater...
to Webster and Jeanette Lofton Ambush. He attended Urbana Elementary School in Urbana, Maryland
Urbana, Maryland
Urbana is an unincorporated community located in southern Frederick County, Maryland. It lies at the I-270/MD 80 interchange, about southeast of Frederick.-History:The Urbana area was first settled in 1730....
, West Frederick Middle, and Frederick High School. After high school, he attended the University of Maryland at College Park. While studying psychology during the day, he was introduced to the Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
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".
Equipment
His main bass is an Ambush Custom five-string bass. The signal goes into a Whirlwind Selector A/B box, where it is split. One side of the box feeds a KorgKorg
is a Japanese multinational corporation that manufactures electronic musical instruments, audio processors and guitar pedals, recording equipment, and electronic tuners...
tuner, while the other feeds a Countryman direct box. The signal is split again at the direct box. One side feeding the house and monitor consoles the other side is fed into the stage rig. On stage he uses an Eden Navigator preamp, fed into a QSC
QSC Audio Products
QSC Audio Products, LLC is an American manufacturer of professional audio products. QSC's target markets are audio professionals in concert, installation, portable entertainment and cinema applications.-History:...
3500 power amp, driving an Eden 4x10 cabinet. The cabinet is miked and fed to the house and monitor desks as well. The band uses an in-ear monitoring system, so a combination of the direct and miked signals are mixed in the monitors. As for effects, he sometimes use a TC Electronics chorus pedal and an EBS Octave pedal.
In addition to the Ambush basses, he sometimes uses an Athlete acoustic bass guitar or a custom Jazz Bass
Fender Jazz Bass
The Jazz Bass was the second model of electric bass created by Leo Fender. The bass is distinct from the Precision Bass in that its tone is brighter and richer in the midrange and treble with less emphasis on the fundamental harmonic...
with a Moses composite neck. In the studio, the bass goes direct to the console, and is combined with signal from either a miked Eden cabinet or the Navigator preamp.
His home studio is a basic writer/project affair with Alesis
Alesis
Alesis is a company based in Cumberland, Rhode Island, that designs and markets electronic musical instruments, digital audio processors, audio mixers, digital audio interfaces, recording equipment, drum machines, professional audio and electronic percussion products...
ADAT, Mackie
Mackie
Mackie is a brand of the United States-based company LOUD Technologies. The Mackie brand is used on professional music and recording equipment, such as mixing consoles, loudspeakers, and DAW control surfaces....
Board, Yamaha NS10 and KRK KROC monitors, various keyboards, Alesis DM5 drum module, Hart Dynamics Multipad and kick drum triggers, a Power Computing CPU, MOTU Digital Performer sequencing software, and soon, Pro Tools
Pro Tools
Pro Tools is a digital audio workstation platform for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems, developed and manufactured by Avid Technology. It is widely used by professionals throughout the audio industries for recording and editing in music production, film scoring, film, and television...
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Albums (with Spyro Gyra)
| Title | |Year of Release | Label | ||
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| Three Wishes Three Wishes (Spyro Gyra album) Three Wishes is the sixteenth album by Spyro Gyra, released in 1992 . The album cover shows a kaleidoscope with a magic lamp in between.- Track listing :*"Jennifer's Lullaby" was dedicated to the memory of Stan Getz.... |
1992 | GRP | ||
| Dreams Beyond Control Dreams Beyond Control Dreams Beyond Control is the seventeenth album by Spyro Gyra, released in 1993 .- Track listing :# "Walk the Walk" – 4:20# "Patterns in the Rain" – 4:38... |
1993 | GRP | ||
| Love and Other Obsessions Love and Other Obsessions Love and Other Obsessions is the eighteenth album by Spyro Gyra, released in 1995 . The album cover showed a bunch of people dancing in the cloudy sky.- Track listing :#"Lost and Found" – 5:09... |
1995 | GRP | ||
| Heart Of The Night Heart of the Night Heart of the Night is the nineteenth album by Spyro Gyra, released in 1996 .- Track listing :#"Heart of the Night" – 4:34#"De La Luz" – 5:14#"Westwood Moon" – 4:56... |
1996 | GRP | ||
| 20/20 20/20 (Spyro Gyra album) 20/20 is the twentieth album by Spyro Gyra, released in 1997 . The album showed a bunch of closed particles around a sun under a microscope.- Track listing :# "The Unwritten Letter" – 5:07... |
1997 | GRP | ||
| Road Scholars Road Scholars Road Scholars is the second live album by Spyro Gyra recorded and released on March 24, 1998, making it their twenty-third album overall. The album depicted a very crooked warning sign on top of a map.- Track listing :... (live) |
1998 | GRP | ||
| Got The Magic Got the Magic Got the Magic is the first studio by Celtic Harp Orchestra, released by Ethnoworld in 2003.-Tracks:# An Analarc'h# Morrison Jig# With this Love# Brian Boru's March# Suil a Ruin# The Shrine# Children of Llyr# Miss Mc Dermot# Me, You & Bathroom... |
1999 | Windham Hill Jazz Windham Hill Records Windham Hill Records is a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment specializing in Acoustic, New Age and Folk music. Originally founded in 1976 as an Independent record label by guitarist and carpenter William Ackerman and his then-wife Anne Robinson, Windham Hill was a successful and well-respected... |
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| In Modern Times In Modern Times In Modern Times is the twenty-fifth album by Spyro Gyra recorded and released in 2001 . This was the first album on Heads Up Records.- Review :... |
2001 | Heads Up Heads Up International Heads Up International is an independent jazz and contemporary instrumental label located in Cleveland, Ohio.Founded in 1990 by Dave Love, Heads Up International has gained international recognition for its contribution to the world of contemporary instrumental music... |
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| Original Cinema Original Cinema Original Cinema is the twenty-sixth album by Spyro Gyra, recorded and released on February 25, 2003 .- Review :A slightly sharper edge surfaces in Spyro Gyra's second effort for the Telarc-affiliated Heads Up label. While their performance still tilts more toward easy listening than searing fusion,... |
2003 | Heads Up | ||
| The Deep End The Deep End (Spyro Gyra album) The Deep End is the twenty-seventh album by Spyro Gyra recorded and released on May 25, 2004. The album cover showed a figure of a man about to dive into the ocean.- Review :... |
2004 | Heads Up | ||
| Wrapped in a Dream Wrapped in a Dream Wrapped in a Dream is the twenty-eighth album by Spyro Gyra recorded and released in 2006. The album showed a shadow of two people dancing together.- Review :... |
2006 | Heads Up | ||
| Good to Go-Go Good to Go-Go Good to Go-Go is the twenty-ninth album by Spyro Gyra, recorded and released on June 12, 2007. Many songs on the album have been featured on The Weather Channel's "Local On The 8s" segments... |
2007 | Heads Up | ||
| A Night Before Christmas | 2008 | Heads Up | ||
| Down the Wire | 2009 | Heads Up | ||
| A Foreign Affair | 2011 | Amherst Records | ||