Ken Scott was born on 20 April 1947 and is a British record producer and engineer known for being one of the five main engineers for the Beatles, as well as engineering Elton John, Pink Floyd, Procol Harum, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Duran Duran, the Jeff Beck Group, Supertramp and many more.
15 Facts About Ken Scott
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Ken Scott was influential in the evolution of jazz rock, pioneering a harder rock sound through his work with Mahavishnu Orchestra, Stanley Clarke, Billy Cobham, Dixie Dregs, Happy The Man, and Jeff Beck.
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Ken Scott was born in South London, and grew up listening to 78 rpm records of artists like Elvis Presley, Bill Haley, and Eddie Cochran on a wind-up gramophone.
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On Saturday, 18 January 1964, Ken Scott wrote letters inquiring about recording engineer job openings and mailed them to several London recording studios.
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Ken Scott began working the following Monday at the age of just 16.
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Ken Scott received the traditional Abbey Road studio training under engineers like Malcolm Addey and Norman Smith.
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In September 1967, Ken Scott was promoted to engineer, where his first session was with the Beatles on their song "Your Mother Should Know".
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Ken Scott went on to co-produce Bowie's Aladdin Sane and Pin Ups albums, as well as the little-seen Midnight Special television program episode "The 1980 Floor Show".
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Ken Scott helped change the sound of the cross-pollination genre known as jazz rock or progressive jazz, adding a much harder edge rock sound to albums like Mahavishnu Orchestra's Birds of Fire, Visions of the Emerald Beyond and The Lost Trident Sessions, Billy Cobham's Spectrum, Crosswinds, Total Eclipse, and Shabazz, Stanley Clarke's Stanley Clarke and School Days, and Jeff Beck's There and Back.
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At the behest of Zappa's wife Gail, Ken Scott was asked to check out a demo featuring ex-members of Frank's band, Terry Bozzio and Warren Cuccurullo, along with Bozzio's wife Dale, who had formed a band eventually to be named Missing Persons.
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In 2000, Ken Scott reunited with former Beatle George Harrison to work on the reissue of his catalogue, included the huge hit All Things Must Pass.
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Ken Scott was responsible for the organization of Harrison's entire tape library during that period.
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Ken Scott continues to be active in the studio and gives talks around the world.
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Ken Scott is currently a Senior Professor at Leeds Beckett University's School of Film, Music and Performing Arts.
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Originally from South London, Ken Scott resided in Los Angeles from 1976 to 2013, then relocated to Nashville.