Shirley Scott - Now's The Time

Shirley Scott - Now's The Time - Prestige PR 7440 - Fantasy Reissue, Stereo

Shirley Scott - Organ
Joe Newman - Trumpet on A2
Oliver Nelson - Tenor Sax on A2
Stanley Turrentine - Tenor Sax on A1
Lem Winchester - Vibes on B1
Bob Cranshaw - Bass on A1
George Tucker - Bass on A2
George Duvivier - Bass on A3, B1-B4
Otis Finch - Drums on A1
Roy Brooks - Drums on A2
Arthur Edgehill - Drums on A3, B1-B4

Recorded - [ Not listed on sleeve but according to Doug Payne's Shirley discography: A3- May 27, 1958, Hackensack, NJ, B2-B4- October 23, 1958, Hackensack, NJ , B1- June 23, 1960, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, A2- August 22, 1961, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, A1 - March 31, 1964, Englewood Cliffs, NJ]

Production - Esmond Edwards, Ozzie Cadenza?
Recording - Rudy Van Gelder
Cover Design - Don Schiltten
Cover Photo - Raymond Ross

Released - c June 1967 (This pressing from 1972)

This is an interesting rekkid. It's one of Shirley Scott's final Prestige sides, released of course in 1967, three years after she left the label. Prestige was notorious for stockpiling sessions for release of its major artists once they had left for major label greener pastures. So, this side is mostly for Shirley and Prestige Soul jazz completists, as it's a compilation, a bit of scrapping the barrel for outtakes of her major sessions. It's OK, nothing revelatory here , just more solid Shirley playing. FYI, while A2 and B1 have been excerpted on various Fantasy/OJC CDs, the rest of the side remains unreleased on CD. Above average fidelity off a reissue early 70s green label stereo vinyl with a pretty worn cover.

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