Shirley Scott,legendary jazz organist with a huge 60 odd albums to her credit and a trailblazer back in the day hailed from Philly & was born in 1932 & passed 2002. She was known by the nickname "Queen of the Organ". Her father operated a jazz club in the basement of the family home and her brother played Saxophone. At the age of eight, Scott began piano lessons. After enrolling at Philadelphia High School for Girls, where she was awarded a scholarship, Scott switched to trumpet and played in the all-city schools band. She studied for bachelor and master's degrees at Cheyney University. Later in life Scott would return to the university as a teacher. As a performer in the 1950s, she played the Hammond B-3 organ. Her recordings with Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis included the hit "In the Kitchen". Influenced by gospel and blues, she played soul jazz in the 1960s with Stanley Turrentine, who became her husband during the same decade, the couple divorced in 1971.Although organ trios declined in popularity during the 1970s, they resurged in the 1980s and she recorded again. In the 1990s, she recorded as pianist in a trio and performed at venues in Philadelphia. Scott won an $8 million settlement in 2000 against American Home Products, the manufacturers of the diet drug fen-phen. She died of heart failure in 2002.Shirley Scott was among hundreds of artists whose material was destroyed in the 2008 Universal fire. Just look at the line up ...Incredible!
AMM
The Taster!
Tracks & Line Up Below (FLAC)
16 comments:
Thanks AMM. Never heard of the 'Queen of the Organ' nickname.
Really good organ on the taster, thanks very much!
Many thanks for this review
Unknown artist to me ! So thanks of course !
Yes, I had heard of Shirley Scott and her mighty organ sound in the 60's and 70's. She has some good gems. Thanks for the information and of course the tracks. Thanks AMM
Another jazz gem... many thanks for the review :)
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Great Review Thank You AMM
Soinds good this review Thanks AMM
thanks for this Shirley Scott another Cadet thing much appreciated also nice weird cover!
Great drop on this review gracias
A wonderful album by the organ queen. Thanks for review, P.
Another interesting album AMM many thanks for sharing
Reb
One hell of an organ player. Nice to hear the taster.
This Beauty is missing from my review List!!
Some really smooth jazz from Shirley and co these albums that now survived the universal fire are like an encyclopedia
Cheers Pedro
Thanks for the review there were not to many woman organ players around
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