Bass, Vocals, Saxophone and Keyboards
Masters of Music in Jazz Studies from Univ. of North Texas 1998.
Bachelors of Music in performance from Winthrop University in 1994.
Down Beat Magazine Student Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Soloist in  1993. 

   

 

   

 

Currently Scott can be seen & heard gigging 3-7 nights per week (see gig schedule ) throughout the southeast on: Bass & Vocals  with the  Rock-Funk-Jazz Trio Hipshack, the Jeff Hartman Band as well as Church of the Beloved  and other groups.  Tenor Sax, Bass and Keyboards  with the Scott McCloud Group  as well as recording for such Grammy winning producers & studio engineers as Dallas Austin & Carlton Lynn.  Scott also teaches Jazz History & Music Appreciation at Central Piedmont Community College.

                                                                  

     

 

 

The Scott McCloud Trio released a self-titled CD in 1998. Jazz Times Magazine favorably reviewed  "The Scott McCloud Trio" in its May 2000 Jam Band issue.  

Scott has performed with talented artists including Edwin McCain Slide Hampton,   Wycliffe Gordon, Galactic, University of North Texas Lab Bands, the Jon Thornton Swing Thing, the Mighty Mighty Men, the Mark Rapp Funk Ensemble Scott Jeffrey's Band, the Joe Silva Band, Groove Posse, Sugar Coated Sweet, the Entertainers, the House of Funk and Hipshack.

Photos by Lee Mcleod

 

 

Discography:   "the Superfunk" with Chronic (1997),  "the Scott McCloud Trio"  (1998),  "the Christmas Way" with Jimma James (1999), "File Under Funk"  with Hipshack(1999), "Heartless Road" with Chris Cook (2001),   "Just Happens" with Hipshack (2001),   "These Boots - Live 2001-2002" with the Scott Jeffrey's Band,   "On the Gig" - Scott McCloud Group (2002), "Northern Accent" with the Scott Jeffrey's Band (2003), "Let's Have a Swing' Time" with Russ Wilson's Mighty-Mighty Men (2003), "Looking Through Windows" with Church of the Beloved. Various "Sound-a-like" recordings of artists that include: Dave Matthews Band, Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Presley,  James Brown, Booker T & the MG's, Billy Haley, etc.. 

Motion pictures : "Shallow Hal"  - 2001