Tom Scott - The Very Best of [2006]
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The Very Best of Tom Scott covers his recording career for the GRP label between 1987 and 1996.The 11 cuts selected reveal different aspects of Scott's playing, but all but one, the bebop tune "Born Again," this set's last tune from the album of the same name, feature Scott in the various smooth jazz and jazz-funk settings. Scott's sound has been synonymous with the genre for three decades -- long before the genre had a name, in fact. Scott's session work alone would fill a box set, so it's difficult to narrow the man down to this one 11-track sampler. The collection's best tracks are the aforementioned (because it displays a completely different sound of the saxophonist's expertise), the title cut from 1994's Reed My Lips (with the late Grover Washington, Jr. on soprano), "Only You" (from 1996's Bluestreak, with Robben Ford,Joe Sample , Steve Gadd, and Ralph MacDonald), and the ballad "In Your Eyes" (also from Bluestreak). This is one of those sets for folks for whom smooth jazz is the only kind of jazz and who are looking for an introduction to his work.
Tom Scott - Night Creatures [1995]
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Throughout Tom Scott's legendary career, the saxman's strengths have always been those impossibly funky patented L.A. Express grooves and an uncanny ability to take instrumental experimentation to new and challenging places. His after-hours jaunt with some very surprising Night Creatures finds him at home whipping willing horn sections and gospel-oriented chantalongs into a frenzied intensity that packs more punch than should be legal. Scott thumbs his horn at conventionality by combining straight-ahead jazz with hip-hop on the fascinating, machine-generated "B hop," an otherworldly flute explosion straight out of The Twilight Zone. His energetic take on Sting's "We'll Be Together" is solid as covers go.Vocals don't get any safer than Maysa Leak's ultra-generic "Don't Get Any Better." As always, Scott's genius has something in store for everyone, and it's easy to forgive the trespasses when the fire glows so convincingly in every other corner of this wild night.
Tom Scott - Streamlines [1987]
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Who was the bandleader for both Pat Sajak and Chevy Chase? If you answered Tom Scott, you would be correct. Unlike his other albums, Tom really puts the smooth into smooth jazz on this one. Tom really turns the table and we are all to benefit. My favorite is Outzone as Tom builds the suspense and keeps us until the end. If you have Tom's other stuff (which is good), this is the one to keep your collection balanced.
Tom Scott - Blow It Out [1977]
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Blow It Out was among Tom Scott's best selling albums of the 1970s. Hey didn't you know that song "Shadows" was sampled by no other than Musiq Soulchild himself off the 2003 disc SOULSTAR. The theme from the 70's hit series STARSKY & HUTCH "Gotcha" is also on this album. "Down to Your Soul" which features Tom singing and mostly everything else that is real good and fun to relax and dance with. One of the songs that touch my heart and got me into is "Dream Lady". Such a sweet song.Props to Tom Scott, well known saxplayer,arranger,producer.
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