Shirley Scott - A Walkin Thing - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Richard Youngs - The Naive Shaman [COMPACT DISCS] date 09/06/2005

Shirley Horn - InchLive At The Four QueensInch First set of previously unreleased Shirley Horn music to be issued in over 10 years. Captured Live at the 4 Queens Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas on May 2, 1988. Re-mastered audio from the original tapes. 60 page booklet of essays by James Gavin, Sheila Jordan, Rainy Smith (Horn's daughter), Washington DC jazz. Released in partnership with KNPR Las Vegas and in cooperation with Universal Music Enterprises. Features Horn's classic rhythm section of 25 years - Charles Ables on bass and Steve Williams on drums.

Queen Talk Live at the Left Bank is an official never before released concert recording from one of the greatest female jazz organists of all-time, Shirley Scott, featuring a powerhouse trio with George Coleman on tenor saxophone and Bobby Durham on drums, plus special guest vocalist Ernie Andrews on three tracks. This deluxe double CD set was transferred from the original tape reels and features 100 minutes of music packaged in a gatefold sleeve with an extensive 17-page booklet with liner notes by acclaimed music writer A. Scott Galloway; rare photos by Don Schlitten and Raymond Ross, and memorabilia from the Left Bank archives; plus interviews with jazz organ icon Joey DeFrancesco, former Shirley Scott bandmate, saxophonist Tim Warfield, and pianist Monty reminiscing about drummer Bobby Durham. The set is co-produced by tag owner musician Cory Weeds and renowned archival recording producer Zev Feldman. The show was recorded at the Famous Ballroom in Baltimore Maryland on August 20, 1972 and hasn't ever been previously available. Philadelphia born Scott rose to fame in the late 1950s playing the Hammond B-3 organ influenced by blues and gospel evolving into '60s soul jazz. She recorded numerous albums for Prestige, Impulse!, Atlantic, Cadet and Candid performing with countless jazz legends including Stanley Turrentine, Oliver Nelson, Eddie InchLockjawInch Davis, Clark Terry and Kenny Burrell. The 10-track set cooks on songs of the day like InchBy the Time I Get to Phoenix, Inch InchYou Don't Mess Around With Jim, Inch and InchNever Can Say Goodbye, Inch along with standards such as InchSmile, Inch InchWitchcraftInch and John Coltrane's InchImpressions.Inch