During the early Fifties a good deal was written about the new sounds of modern jazz. The seven piece band assembled for these recordings two saxes, trumpet, trombone, bass and drums contributed a solid, haunting backdrop which bids fair to keep the aural arguments permanently in the forefront of the cool music league. The absence of guitar and piano helped configure the very special sound we hear a solid groundwork over which Tony blows at his impressive best. There are no other soloists, for Tony is and rightly so the whole show; it is not often that jazz can offer such a brilliant, lucid and logical individual exposé. He is, by any standards, a great clarinetist and, on the strength of these performances alone, very possibly one of the most brilliant spokesmen regardless of instrument.
Tracklist
Total time: 60:50 min.
01. Vendome (John Lewis) 3:21
02. Blue Room (Rodgers-Hart) 2:40
03. Riding High (Cole Porter) 2:34
04. Late Show (Bobby Scott) 2:48
05. Lullaby of Birdland (George Shearing) 3:14
06. Squaw With No Reservation (Tony Scott) 2:29
07. Body And Soul (JOhnny Green) 3:01
08. My Melancholy Baby (Burnett-Norton) 2:25
09. Friday The 13th (Tony Scott) 3:05
10. Fingerpoppin' (Tony Scott) 3:08
11. But Not For Me (G. & I. Gershwin) 3:05
12. Forty-Second Street (Warren-Dubin) 2:54
13. Abstraction Nº1 (Tony Scott) 1:56
14. Lucky To Be Me (Comden-Bernstein-Green) 2:54
15. Requiem For 'Lips' (Tony Scott) 4:08
16. Autumn Nocturne (Myrow-Gannon) 3:09
17. Our Love Is Here To Stay (G. & I. Gershwin) 2:04
18. Sunday Scene (Tony Scott) 2:53
19. Three Short Dances For Solo Clarinet (Tony Scott) 2:38
20. Glad To Be Unhappy (Rodgers-Hart) 2:31
21. Let My Fingers Go! (Tony Scott) 2:59
Album details
Sources:
Tracks #1-4, from the 7-inch "Tony Scott Septet" (RCA EP EPA-596)
Track #6, taken from the 12-inch album "Lullaby of Birdland" (RCA LPM-1146)
Tracks #6-9, from the 7-inch "Tony Scott" (RCA EP EPA-705)
Tracks #10-21, from the 12-inch album "Scott's Fling" (RCA LPM-1022)
Personnel and recording dates:
Tracks #1-5: Jimmy Nottingham (tp), Kai Winding (tb), Tony Scott (cl), Eddie Wasserman (ts), Danny Bank (bs), Milt Hinton (b), Osie Johnson (d).
Recorded in New York City, September 28, 1954
Tracks #6-21: Same personnel but Billy Byers (tb) replaces Kai Winding.
Recorded in New York City, December 18, 1954, January 7 & 12, 1955
This CD release produced by Jordi Pujol
This compilation © & ℗ 2006 by Fresh Sound Records
Mono · 24-Bit Digitally Remastered
Blue Moon Producciones Discograficas S.L.
