Randy Scott Begins 2025 with more honors

The saxophonist wins another "Breakout Star of the year" award.

Randy Scott

  • Randy Scott was in Baltimore, Maryland. He started playing the saxophone at a very young age, and was encouraged by his mother's love of jazz. While still in high school, he was able to meet his idol and future mentor, Grover Washington, Jr. who encouraged him to take advantage of his scholarship at Michigan State University to study classical music.

  • While at MSU, Scott competed and won his first of three appearances of the syndicated TV show, “Showtime at the Apollo”. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in music education, and also earned a master's degree from Wayne State University.

  • After graduating, Scott established his own music production company and recording studio. While teaching music locally, he also wrote, recorded, and produced, working with a variety of artists in jazz, R&B and gospel. He released his self-titled solo debut album in 1993, and over the next six years, he produced and collaborated on different albums. After four albums, Scott signed with Trippin 'n' Rhythm Records in 2011 with the release, ‘90 Degrees at Midnight’, which was produced by Demetrius Nabors, and collaborated by guitarist Tim Bowman.

  • Two more albums on the label followed, which made way for what would be Scott’s biggest success, the 2020 release, “Elevation”. The title track single reached number one on Billboard's Smooth Jazz airplay chart. Two more singles also reached number one status, and for his contributions, he was named by Smooth Jazz Global as their international “Breakout Artist of the Year”. Scott’s next two albums “Twilight” and his latest release “Oasis” both reached number one on Billboard’s Smooth Jazz Charts. In 2024, he was named by ‘Beats Magazine’ as their Breakout Artist of the Year.

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Vincent Ingala - January 2024
Adam Hawley - February 2024
Norah Jones - March 2024
Geoge Benson - April 2024
Lizz Wright - May 2024
Bluey & Angela Bofill - June 2024
Blake Aaron - July 2024
Gail Jhonson - August 2024
Michael Lington and Sergio Mendes - September 2024
Spyro Gyra - October 2024
Chris "Big Dog" Davis - November 2024

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Will Downing & Bobby Caldwell - March 2022 David Benoit - March 2022 Jazmin Ghent - March 2021 Dave Grusin - March 2020 Norman Brown - March 2019 Threestyle - March 2018
Quincy Jones - April 2023 Champian Fulton - April 2022 Chick Corea - April 2021 Billie Holiday - April 2020 Duke Ellington - April 2019 Paula Atherton - April 2018
Eric Marienthal - May 2023 Steve Cole - May 2022 Herb Alpert - May 2021 Nils - May 2020 Keiko Matsui - May 2019 Bob Baldwin - May 2018
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Chris Standring - August 2023 Snarky Puppy - August 2022 Bob James - August 2021 WaKaNa - August 2020 Kim Scott - August 2019 Brian Culbertson - August 2018
Andy Snitzer - September 2023 Jeanette Harris - September 2022 Brian Simpson - September 2021 Ben Tankard - September 2020 Earl Carter - September 2019 Grace Kelly - September 2018
Chris Botti - October 2023 Ramsey Lewis - October 2022 Nick Colionne - October 2021 Mindi Abair - October 2020 Miles Davis - October 2019 Chuck Loeb - October 2018
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