Sunday, December 26, 2010

Shirley Scott - Great Scott!!




Shirley Scott Trio- Great Scott!! - Impulse A 67 - Stereo, ABC Rainbow Pressing

Side A -

Shirley Scott - Organ Oliver Nelson - Leader and Arranger
Jerome Kail - Trumpet
Jimmy Nottingham - Trumpet
Snooky Young - Trumpet
Joe Wilder - Trumpet
Urbie Green- Trombone
Quentin Jackson - Trombone
Willie Dennis - Trombone
Tony Struda - Trombone
Bob Ashton - Reeds
Romeo Penque - Reeds
Barry Galbraith - Guitar
George Duvivier - Bass
Johnny Pacheco - Percussion
Willie Rodriguez - Percussion
Osie Johnson - Percussion
Lillian Clark - Vocals
Jerry Graff - Vocals

Side B-

Shirley Scott - Organ
Bob Cranshaw - Bass
Otis Finch - Drums
Recorded - May 14 (Side B) & May 24 (Side A), 1964, New York City

Produced by Bob Thiele
Engineer - uncredited
Cover and Liner Photos- Charles Stewart
Liner Design - Joe Lebow
Cover Design - Robert Flynn & Viceroy

Released - October 17, 1964


This is the second of Shirley's collaborations with Oliver Nelson. It follows a similar formula; Side A - groovy big band movie themes arranged and orchestrated by Nelson, Side B - Shirley's trio. This has a great Shirley vocal on B2, 'The Blues Aint Nothing But Some Pain' which hints at Shirley's potential as a blues singer - very cool. Another record that wasn't in the best of condition, but I've done some mild restoration to make it just OK.
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