Tom Scott - Rural Still Life (1968) [2015 Japan Impulse! Classics 50 Series]

Artist: Tom Scott
Title Of Album: Rural Still Life [Japan Impulse! Classics 50 Series]
Year Of Release: 2015 (1968)
Label (Catalog#): Universal Music Japan [UCCI-9279]
Country: USA
Genre: Jazz / Jazz Funk / Crossover Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue,log,scans)
Bitrate: Lossless
Time: 37:31
Full Size: 519 MB



A fantastic early album fromTom Scott – cut when he was still a teenager, and a record that combines some sonic adventurousness with hard bop leaning sounds! Scott, especially on his early albums, is one heck of a reed player, and can get as funky as the best of them. This LP includes a massive breakbeat track called "Rural Still Life #26", plus a lot of other nice ones that mix jazz, funk, and grooviness – which may have made it a hard sell at the time, but the blend of the bold and the more easygoing sounds is pretty sweet today. Scott's quartet includes Mike Lang on keyboards, Chuck Damanico on bass, and John Guerin on drums. Titles "Freak In", "Juss Messin' Around", and "With Respect To Coltrane". A great one, and don't pass it up!

Tracklist:

01 - Rural Still Life #26
02 - Song #1
03 - Freak In
04 - With Respect To Coltrane
05 - Juss Messin' Around
06 - Body And Soul

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Tom Scott - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, multivider
Mike Lang - piano, harpsichord
Chuck Domanico - bass
John Guerin - drums