Scott Henderson

Scott Henderson
Scott Henderson, 2010
Scott Henderson, 2010
Background information
Born (1954-08-26) August 26, 1954 (age 72)
West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.
GenresJazz fusion, blues, instrumental rock
OccupationMusician
InstrumentGuitar
LabelsPassport, Relativity, Bluemoon,
Tone Center, Atlantic, Zebra, Shrapnel
Formerly ofTribal Tech, Vital Tech Tones
Websitewww.scotthenderson.net

Scott Henderson (born August 26, 1954) is an American jazz fusion and blues guitarist best known for his work with the band Tribal Tech. He was born in West Palm Beach and raised in Lake Worth Beach.

Biography

Henderson began his career as a blues-rock player. In addition to electric guitar (mostly Suhr models), Henderson plays electric sitar.

Tribal Tech

Henderson formed Tribal Tech with bass player Gary Willis in 1984. In 1991 Henderson was named No. 1 Jazz Guitarist by Guitar World magazine, and in January 1992 he was voted Best Jazz Guitarist in Guitar Player magazine's Annual Readers' Poll.

Tribal Tech reunited and released an album entitled X in 2011, but in June 2014, Henderson posted on his message board that the band would again be dissolving.

Other work

Since 1984, Henderson has taught at the Guitar Institute of Technology, which is part of the Musicians Institute in Hollywood, California.

Discography

As leader

With Tribal Tech

Solo albums


As Vital Tech Tones (with Steve Smith and Victor Wooten)

As HBC (with Jeff Berlin and Dennis Chambers)

As sideman

References

  1. ↑ "West Palm native Henderson found guitar glory far from home". palmbeachartspaper.com.
  2. ↑ "The Palm Beach Post from West Palm Beach, Florida • Page 76". newspapers.com. 20 October 1995.
  3. ↑ "Scott Henderson Interview—Effected by Fusion". Guitar.com | All Things Guitar. Retrieved 2025-05-02.
  4. ↑ "Jazz Articles: Tribal Tech: Rekindling & Reinventing - By Bill Milkowski — Jazz Articles". jazztimes.com. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
  5. ↑ "Tribal Tech Returns with the Release of "X"". No Treble. 27 March 2012. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
  6. ↑ "Tribal Tech Disbanded".
  7. ↑ "Scott Henderson". Musicians Institute. Archived from the original on 2016-05-13. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
  8. ↑ "Vital Techtones | Discography | Discogs". Discogs.