Ronnie Scott (28 January 1927 – 23 December 1996) was an English jazz tenor saxophonist and jazz club owner.Ronnie Scott (originally Ronald Schatt) was born in Aldgate, east London, into a Jewish family. His father Joseph Schatt was of Russian extraction and his mother Sylvia's family attended the Portuguese synagogue in Alie Street. Ronnie Scott attended the Central Foundation Boys' School