Personnel:

Tony Scott (cl, bs), Clark Terry (tp), Sahib Shihab (bs), Jimmy Knepper (tb), Bill Evans (p), Milt Hinton, Henry Grimes (b), Paul Motian (d)

From 1955-1959 Tony Scott was th Number One on clarinet and enjoyed considerable fame having been awarded top clarinet honors by the Downbeat International Jazz Critics' poll as well as winning Downbeat's 'New star on baritone sax'. He claims to be the first person to have used Clark Terry and Bill Evans. Scott's sincerely held belief is that improvisation is the very essence of good jazz. He anticiped the free jazz of the '60s, Indo-jazz fusions and the incorporation of ethnic music into the music of the '80s. On these recordings, we can hear him at a peak moment in his life.

TRACKLIST:

CD 1

01. Five (Evans) 7:53

02. She's Different (Darwin-Girard) 3:34

03. The Lady Is A Tramp (Rodgers-Hart) 3:56

04. Tenderly (Lawrence-Gross) 4:35

05. Blues For Three Horns (Scott) 6:06

06. I Remember You (Schertzinger-Mercer) 3:26

07. Llulaby Of The Leaves (Young-Petkere) 8:46

08. A Shoulder To Cry On (Darwin-Girard) 2:59

09. At Home With The Blues (Darwin-Simon) 3:09

10. There Will Never Be Another You (Warren-Gordon) 4:30

11. Portrait Of Ravi (Scott) 4:25

12. Body And Soul (Green-Heyrnan-Sauer) 4:55

CD 2

01. I Can't Get Started (Ellington-Gershwin) 7:12

02. Gone With The Wind (Wrubel-Magidson) 6:05

03. The Explorer (Scott) 6:30

04. If I'm Lucky [I'll Be The One] (Darwin-Girard) 3:03

05. The Chant (Scott) 3:32

06. Villa Jazz (Scott) 4:54

07. Zonk (Scott) 5:34

08. Blues For Five (Scott) 4:47

09. Third Moon (Scott) 7:35

10. For Pete's Sake (Scott) 6:48

11. Just One Of Those Things (Porter) 7:38

12. Franzy Pants (Scott) 7:26

Personnel & recording dates: Tony Scott (cl, bs on CD1 #2,7,9 and CD2 #3,5,7), Bill Evans (p), Milt Hinton or Henry Grimes (b), Paul Motian (d). Guest: Clark Terry (tp on CD1 #4,12 and CD2 #9), Sahib Shihab (bs on CD1 #3,5,11 and CD2 #2,5,8,11), Jimmy Knepper (tb on CD1 #3,5,6,7,9,11 and CD2 #1,3,6,7,8,9,10).

Recorded in New York City, November 16, 1957

This compilation produced by Jordi Pujol