Elliot Scozzaro Quintet

Elliot Scozzaro is a saxophonist, composer, arranger, and educator from Buffalo, NY. He earned a Bachelor of Music at Capital University in Columbus, OH, where he studied with Dr. Michael Cox, and a Master of Music in Jazz Studies at the University of North Texas (UNT), where he was mentored by Brad Leali. While at UNT, Elliot played lead alto saxophone in the seven-time Grammy-nominated One O’ Clock Lab Band.

Elliot maintains a busy freelance schedule as a leader and a sideman. He has extensively toured throughout the United States, Canada, and Japan with the Glenn Miller Orchestra, Al Stewart and the Empty Pockets, and Louis Prima Jr and the Witnesses. Elliot has also played at venues both in the Western New York area and throughout the Northeast and Midwest with such artists as the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, Father John Misty, Bright Eyes, and Debby Boone.