A. Scott Galloway is a prolific Los Angeles-based Music Journalist who has been writing since 1988 for magazines including Urban Network, Wax Poetics, Variety, Players, Lowrider, Alternatives and the U.K.’s Blues & Soul – interviewing artists from Max Roach to Maxwell. He has appeared on numerous occasions as an on-camera music expert on the television programs “Unsung” (TV-One) and “Celebrity Legacies” (Reelz). He has written scores of project biographies for artists that include George Clinton, Yolanda Adams, Michael Franks, Cree Summer, Marcus Miller, Tower of Power and Terence Blanchard. His specialty is composing liner note essays for CD reissues and compilations of classic recordings for which he has written nearly 400 including Ray Charles: True Genius, the 25th anniversary Deluxe 2-CD reissue of Curtis Mayfield’s “Superfly,” “The Reel Quincy Jones” compilation of film music, a 24-karat gold edition of Sly & The Family Stone’s “There’s a Riot Goin’ On,” a high-end audio vinyl reissue of Isaac Hayes’ seminal “Hot Buttered Soul,” “D’Angelo: The Best So Far,” Donny Hathaway’s “Extension of a Man,” The Dells’ “Freedom Means” drummer Steve Gadd’s 70th birthday project “70 Strong,” Clairdee’s “A Love Letter to Lena,” Grant Green’s “Slick,” The Tubes’ “Outside/Inside” and The Isley Brothers’ 23-disc “The Complete RCA Victor and T-Neck Records Masters (1958-1983).” He also produced the anthologies “Petals: The Minnie Riperton Collection,” “Pillow Talk: The Sensuous Sounds of Sylvia,” “David Sanborn: Anything You Want – The Warner Reprise Elektra Years (1975-1999),” “George Benson: Anthology,” “Brenda Russell: Ultimate Collection” and “Jesse Johnson: Ultimate Collection.”

Mr. Galloway is the Editor of the 2013 Hal Leonard deluxe coffee table book “Down the Rhodes: The Fender Rhodes Story.” He also wrote the Foreword for the hard cover art book “Invitation to Openness: The Jazz & Soul Photography of Les McCann.” His travels have taken him to Barbados, Netherlands, Rio and Quebec.

Prior to his years in writing, Mr. Galloway started in the music business as a clerk then buyer for Wherehouse Records, had the position of Music Librarian created for him at KUTE-102-FM “The Quiet Storm” in Los Angeles, and was the Music Director for the weekly 3-hour internationally syndicated contemporary jazz radio show “Fusion 40” via Teleprograms. He is also a former three-year Chairman of the Liner Notes Committee for The Recording Academy (Los Angeles).

 

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