Shirley Scott • Jazz For A Lazy Day

 

An admirer of the seminal Jimmy Smith, Shirley Scott has been one of the organ's most appealing representatives since the late '50s. Scott, a very melodic and accessible player, started out on piano and played trumpet in high school before taking up the Hammond B-3 and enjoying national recognition in the late '50s with her superb Prestige dates with tenor sax great Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis. Especially popular was their 1958 hit "In the Kitchen." Her reputation was cemented during the '60s on several superb, soulful organ/soul-jazz dates where she demonstrated an aggressive, highly rhythmic attack blending intricate bebop harmonies with bluesy melodies and a gospel influence, punctuating everything with great use of the bass pedals. Scott married soul-jazz tenor man Stanley Turrentine, with whom she often recorded in the '60s. The Scott/Turrentine union lasted until the early '70s, and their musical collaborations in the '60s were among the finest in the field. Scott wasn't as visible the following decade, when the popularity of organ combos decreased and labels were more interested in fusion and pop-jazz (though she did record some albums for Chess/Cadet and Strata East). But organists regained their popularity in the late '80s, which found her recording for Muse. Though known primarily for her organ playing, Scott is also a superb pianist -- in the 1990s, she played piano exclusively on some trio recordings for Candid, and embraced the instrument consistently in Philly jazz venues in the early part of the decade. At the end of the '90s, Scott's heart was damaged by the diet drug combination, fen-phen, leading to her declining health. In 2000 she was awarded $8 million in a lawsuit against the manufacturers of the drug. On March 10, 2002 she died of heart failure at Presbyterian Hospital in Philadelphia.
Alex Henderson & Ron Wynn

 

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Admiradora del seminal Jimmy Smith, Shirley Scott ha sido una de las representantes más atractivas del órgano desde finales de los años 50. Scott, una intérprete muy melódica y accesible, empezó tocando el piano y la trompeta en el instituto antes de coger el Hammond B-3 y disfrutar del reconocimiento nacional a finales de los 50 con sus magníficas citas en el Prestige con el gran saxo tenor Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis. Especialmente popular fue su éxito de 1958 "In the Kitchen". Su reputación se cimentó durante los años 60 en varias fechas de órgano/soul-jazz soberbias en las que demostró un ataque agresivo y muy rítmico que mezclaba intrincadas armonías bebop con melodías blues y una influencia gospel, puntuando todo con un gran uso de los pedales de bajo. Scott se casó con el tenor de soul-jazz Stanley Turrentine, con quien grabó a menudo en los años 60. La unión de Scott y Turrentine duró hasta principios de los 70, y sus colaboraciones musicales en los 60 fueron de las mejores del sector. Scott no fue tan visible en la década siguiente, cuando la popularidad de los combos de órgano disminuyó y los sellos se interesaron más por la fusión y el pop-jazz (aunque grabó algunos álbumes para Chess/Cadet y Strata East). Pero los organistas recuperaron su popularidad a finales de los 80, cuando grabó para Muse. Aunque es conocida sobre todo por su forma de tocar el órgano, Scott es también una magnífica pianista: en los años 90, tocó el piano exclusivamente en algunas grabaciones de tríos para Candid, y se dedicó a tocar el instrumento de forma constante en los locales de jazz de Filadelfia a principios de la década. A finales de los 90, el corazón de Scott se vio dañado por la combinación de drogas dietéticas, fen-phen, lo que provocó el deterioro de su salud. En el año 2000 se le concedieron 8 millones de dólares en una demanda contra los fabricantes del fármaco. El 10 de marzo de 2002 murió de insuficiencia cardíaca en el Hospital Presbiteriano de Filadelfia.
Alex Henderson y Ron Wynn

01. Bridge Blue (5:33)
02. Sposin' (4:20)
03. The Scott (3:10)
04. Miles' Theme (3:30)
05. Bye Bye Blackbird (6:37)
06. Goodbye (4:59)
07. Slaughter On 10th Avenue (3:38)
08. It Could Happen To You (4:33)
09. All Of You (3:22)
10. Autumn Leaves (5:49)
11. Brazil (2:26)
12. Baby Won't You Please Come Home (4:01)
13. Four (3:52)
14. I Can't See For Lookin' (4:10)
15. Cherokee (5:20)
16. There Will Never Be Another You (3:21)
17. Summertime (3:57)
18. Nothing Ever Changes My Love For You (4:40)

Time: 77:28
Released: 2015
Styles: Jazz


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