BILLY LARKIN & THE DELEGATES FEATURING CLIFFORD SCOTT

Personnel:

Billy Larkin (org), Hank Swarn (g), Mel Brown (d), Clifford Scott (sax, fl)

Reference: FSRCD 392

Never released on CD.

Organist Billy Larkin and The Delegates immediately came to the attention of the Los Angeles jazz audience when their first record was released, but they also picked up a larger audience when the teenagers discovered they could dance to it. Just as Ramsey Lewis, they had an appeal that far exceeded just the jazz listener. Basically a jazz trio with heavy emphasis on the blues, Billy Larkin and The Delegates was a versatile and dynamic group that reached into all corners of music to come up with a style and an approach that is both fresh and distinctive.

Tracklisting:

01. Ice Water (Larkin) 3:45

02. Little Jr. Detroit

(Larkin-Swrn-Brown-Scott) 2:34

03. Foxy Little Ghoul

(Larkin-Swarn-Brown) 3:03

04. Charade (Mancini-Mercer) 5:10

05. Hainty (Larkin-Swarn-Brown) 3:15

06. Quintessence (Jones) 3:07

07. There Is No Greater Love

(Jones-Symes) 4:37

08. The Cooker (Larkin-Swarn-Brown) 2:37

09. Grooveyard (Perkins) 5:15

10. Killer Joe (Golson) 3:34

11. Cristo Redentor (Pearson) 4:31

12. Sticky Wicket

Larkin-Swarn-Brown-Scott) 4:25

13. Pigmy (Larkin-Swarn-Brown) 2:27

14. Transfusion (Lloyd) 3:43

15. Old Country (Adderley) 3:12

16. Blues For Dinner (Larkin-Swarn-Brown) 5:33

17. The Peeper (Crawford) 2:45

18. Blue Lights (Gryce) 5:54

19. Watch Your Motives (Reindehl) 4:50

20. Dallas Blues (Matthews) 2:47

Recorded In Hollywood, on December 28, 1964 and June 24 (#2,10,16), 25 (#4,6,8,12,14,18 & 20), 1965.