Tom Scott - The Very Best Of Tom Scott (2006)

voyeurnice · 16 Grudzień 2016

Artist: Tom Scott

Title: The Very Best Of Tom Scott

Year Of Release: 2006

Label: GRP Records

Genre: Smooth Jazz

Quality: FLAC (image) / MP3

Total Time: 53:46 min

Total Size: 366 MB / 146 MB

Tracklist:

01. Upbeat 90's [04:27]

02. Only A Heartbeat Away [04:24]

03. Reed My Lips [05:42]

04. Anytime, Anyplace [05:04]

05. Mazin' [04:56]

06. Lost In Love [05:38]

07. In Your Eyes [05:10]

08. Chester & Bruce [04:34]

09. Only You [04:46]

10. Amaretto [05:05]

11. Born Again [03:54]

Personnel:

Tom Scott (woodwinds, saxophone, keyboards, synthesizer);

Tom Scott; Will Lee (vocals, bass guitar);

Jerry Lopez (guitar, electric guitar);

Dean Parks, Pat Kelley, Paul Jackson, Jr. , Robben Ford, Eric Gale (guitar);

Robin Ford (acoustic guitar);

Dave Koz (saxophone);

Grover Washington, Jr. (soprano saxophone);

Joe Sample, Kenny Kirkland, Jerry Peters (piano);

David Witham (organ, synthesizer);

Ron Aston (keyboards, synthesizer, drums, electronic drums, percussion, programming);

Tom McMorran, Barnaby Finch, Randy Kerber (synthesizer);

Steve Gadd , William Kennedy , Vinnie Colaiuta (drums);

Luis Conte, Michael Fisher, Mike Fisher , Ralph MacDonald (percussion);

Art Rodriguez (drums, percussion);

Rick Hahn (drum programming, percussion programming);

Lise Miller (background vocals);

Lynne Scott (vocals, background vocals);

Monalisa Young, Terry Wood, Phil Perry (vocals).

Now well into his fifth decade as a recording artist, Scott's has made 27 albums as a leader, beginning with Honeysuckle Breeze (at age 19, in 1967) and Rural Still Life (Impulse, 1968) then on to his two L.A. Express classics, Tom Scott and the L.A. Express and Tom Cat (Ode), and several albums for Columbia, Elektra, and Atlantic. Just as his earlier albums were cornerstones of '60s small-band jazz and then the '70s fusion movement, Scott's nine-year tenure with GRP - which is beautifully chronicled on this collection - helped usher in the smooth jazz format.

The most fascinating aspect of Scott's GRP recordings is that each album represents a different facet of Scott's musical persona. His 1987 label debut Streamlines (represented here by "Amaretto") and the successive albums Flashpoint ("Lost in Love"), Them Changes ("Chester & Bruce"), Reed My Lips (with the late Grover Washington, Jr.), and Night Creatures ("Anytime, Anyplace," "Mazin'") all perfectly capture the balance between Scott's aggressive, funk edge and his sweetly lyrical side. "Only a Heartbeat" from Keep Your Love Alive harks back to Scott's session days, when he played supporting roles behind such vocal greats as Diane Schuur, Brenda Russell, and Bill Champlin. The retro effort Bluestreak ("In Your Eyes," "Only You") was Scott's first L.A. Express recording in over 20 years, and Born Again (represented here by the title track), which received rave reviews across the board by jazz purists and critics, brought him back to his bebop roots.

"Each of those records represented a unique moment in time along the continuum for me, and I had the wonderful luxury of following my heart and bouncing back and forth between pop, fusion, and straight ahead," Scott says. "In my time with GRP, I felt like I was part of a special family, and it was fun to take my very loyal audience on these new adventures. There's always that bridge between what I want to create and what people want to hear. No matter what I do, the work is the fun part. At the end of any given period of time, I can look back at a large body of work, but so what? I'd rather move forward. Being open and creating new music is what gives meaning to my life." -- Jonathan Widran

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