Tony Scott - Tony Scott (1967)

Tony Scott - Tony Scott (1967)

jazz | 1cd | eac-flac-cue-log-cover | 230MB

Verve

Allmusic:
Tony Scott's 1967 self-titled album for Verve is a good example of what makes him such an interesting but frustrating artist. After branching out from mainstream jazz in the 1950s, clarinetist Scott began exploring ethnic and folk music. Here listeners find him switching between straight-ahead standards and avant-garde, Eastern-influenced melodies. The result is utterly schizophrenic and ultimately makes for a frustrating listen. That said, Scott is a phenomenal musician and -- when he sticks to the experimental stuff - is quite compelling.

Tracks
-1. "Ode To An Oud" - 4:22
-2. "My Funny Valentine" - 3:38
-3. "Satin Doll" - 3:30
-4. "Homage To Lord Krishna" - 5:04
-5. "Blues For Charlie Parker" - 3:21
-6. "Sophisticated Lady" - 4:00
-7. "Swara Sulina (The Beautiful Sound Of The Flute)" - 5:05
-8. "Nina's Dance" - 3:19
-9. "Brother Can You Spare A Dime" - 3:07

Personnel
* Tony Scott (vocals, baritone saxophone, clarinet)
* Beril Rubenstein (piano, organ); Colin Walcott (sitar)
* John Berberian (oud)
* Attila Zoller (guitar)
* Milt Hinton, Richard Davis (bass)
* Jimmy Lovelace (drums)
* Souren Baronian (dumbek)
* Steve Purnillia (percussion)

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Tony Scott - Music For Zen Meditation (1964)

Tony Scott - Music For Zen Meditation (1964)

jazz | 1cd | eac-flac-cue-log-cover | 190MB

Verve

Allmusic:
After stints at Juilliard and in the Army during the '40s, clarinetist Tony Scott rose to prominence in the '50s as a respected jazz soloist. His resumé at the time included work with Sarah Vaughan, Ben Webster, Dizzy Gillespie, Bill Evans, Billie Holiday, and Claude Thornhill, among many others. In addition to these sidemen dates, Scott also cut several solo albums. His subtle phrasing eventually found a perfect niche in the smattering of meditation and yoga dates he cut in the mid-'60s for Verve. Fueled by his burgeoning interest in Far Eastern culture, Scott hooked up with two Japanese master instrumentalists for this classic 1964 date. And while Scott, koto player Shinichi Yuize, and shakuhachi player Hozan Yamamoto produce nine cuts that sound classically Japanese and really nothing like jazz, they do actually improvise pretty much throughout the entire set. If you'd like to levitate to music with some unexpected twists, then Scott's Music for Zen Meditation is for you.
The album is considered to be the first New Age record.

Tracks
-1. "Is All Not One?" (Tony Scott, Hōzan Yamamoto, Shinichi Yuize) – 3:50
-2. "The Murmuring Sound of the Mountain Stream" (Scott, Yuize) – 8:05
-3. "A Quivering Leaf, Ask the Winds" (Yamamoto)– 2:30
-4. "After the Snow, the Fragrance" (Scott, Yuize) – 7:00
-5. "To Drift Like Clouds" (Yamamoto, Yuize) – 1:38
-6. "Za-Zen (Meditation)" (Scott, Yamamoto) – 2:05
-7. "Prajna-Paramita-Hridaya Sutra (Sutra Chant)" (Scott, Yuize) – 7:10
-8. "Sanzen (Moment of Truth)" (Scott, Yuize) – 6:45
-9. "Satori (Enlightenment)" (Scott, Yuize) – 5:25

Personnel
* Tony Scott - clarinet
* Shinichi Yuize - koto
* Hozan Yamamoto - shakuhachi

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Tony Scott - Music For Yoga Meditation and Other Joys (1968)

 
Tony Scott - Music For Yoga Meditation and Other Joys (1968)

jazz | 1cd | eac-flac-cue-log-cover | 215MB

Verve

Allmusic:
With a title and front cover like this, one would expect 1968's Music for Yoga Meditation and Other Joys to have come out on an obscure San Francisco label run out of the back room of a natural foods store and feature amateurish players no one had ever heard of before or since. Yet, this duet album between clarinetist Tony Scott -- a former hard bop player in the '50s who had become drawn into world music and a style that can only be called proto-ambient -- and sitar player Collin Walcott is actually not just a lifestyle curio, but a musically interesting lifestyle curio. Strip away the Age of Aquarius trappings (although the liner notes are good for an ironic giggle) and Music for Yoga Meditation and Other Joys is not dissimilar to what Alice Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders would get up to over the next decade: long, flowing melodies and one-chord drones colored by elements of Indian classical music and other world music influences. The nine tracks explore a surprising variety of moods and tonalities given the self-limiting instrument lineup, and though this is too twee and hippie-ish to be called jazz, ambient and space rock fans will be fascinated by it.

Tracks
 -1. "Prahna [Live Force]" - Scott - 4:16
 -2. "Shiva [The Third Eye]" - Scott - 5:09
 -3. "Samadhi [Ultimate Bliss]" - Scott - 4:54
 -4. "Hare Krishna [Hail Krishna]" - Scott - 6:16
 -5. "Hatha [Sun and Moon]" - Scott - 3:40
 -6. "Kundalina [Serpent Power]" - Scott - 4:45
 -7. "Sahasrara [Highest Chakra]" - Scott - 3:14
 -8. "Triveni [Sacred Knot]" - Scott - 3:22
 -9. "Santi [Peace]" - Scott - 2:48

Personnel
*Tony Scott (clarinet)
* Collin Walcott (sitar)

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