Scott Harding, sometimes credited as Scotty Hard, is a Canadian producer and musician who is based in

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and who has worked in

underground hip-hop Underground hip hop (also known as underground rap or simply underground) traditionally refers to hip hop music that is outside the general mainstream canon or counter-cultural in nature, usually with a heavy emphasis on emotion, lyricism, and/or ...

and

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, h ...

. He came to prominence as a producer for the WordSound label, which released his debut album ''Return of Kill Dog E'' in 1999. In addition to working in hip-hop, he has worked with funk-oriented jazz performers like

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and Medeski, Martin and Wood. His second solo album, ''Scotty Hard's Radical Reconstructive Surgery'' (2006), was an outright jazz album released by

Thirsty Ear Thirsty Ear Recordings is an American independent record label. It was founded in the late 1970s as a marketing company for the then-unnamed alternative music field, and expanded to issue its own records in 1990. Thirsty Ear came to prominence ...

and featuring Harding producing and remixing "an amazing all-star group". In February 2008, Harding was seriously injured in a car accident in Brooklyn. He suffered spinal damage and now uses a wheelchair, but he continues to work in music.

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External links

Allmusic.com profileScottyHard.comScotty Hard Trust
Living people Canadian expatriate musicians in the United States Year of birth missing (living people) Thirsty Ear Recordings artists {{Canada-musician-stub