Bebop United

Tom Scott | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 28, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Mcg Jazz
• ASIN: B000E6FSR0
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #77,033 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Scott returns to bop roots!, March 20, 2006

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C. Morano "mormovies" (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bebop United (Audio CD)

Prolific multi-instrumentalist, sax virtuoso Tom Scott returns to his bebop roots that he explored so well on his BORN AGAIN CD from a few years back. This time Phil Woods is a guest altoist with an all-star band that includes Randy Brecker and Ronnie Cuber. A top-notch blowing session, great original compositions, ulta-hip arrangements and impeccable recording quality! This performance would make a great DVD release too!

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A musicians musician addition, March 23, 2006

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Tony Aguirre "Saxplay" (Seattle) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bebop United (Audio CD)

Simular to the fantastic Big Band CD Joe Henderson released a few years ago this is another must have as Tom Scott brings to light his original passion for all to enjoy with songs like His Eyes Her Eyes from the original Thomas Crown Afair Soundtrack and Sack O Woe by Cannonball Adderley as well as Tom's signature sound demonstrated by Close View.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pre-fusion '60s jazz, June 26, 2006

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Jim Newsom (Norfolk, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bebop United (Audio CD)

Tom Scott first appeared on the radar in the 1970s as musical director for Joni Mitchell, and with his own band of jazz-rock fusioneers, the L. A. Express. His was the sax on Carole King's "Jazzman," and he was the first-call saxophonist for literally everyone. After the smooth jazz format came along in the late `80s, he became a mainstay star of that subgenre. So it's a surprise to hear him fronting a straightahead little big band with "bebop" in the album title. But this is a wonderful outing, a four-horn front line groovin' over a piano-bass-drums rhythm section. The arrangements are sweet indeed; the choice of material---from the pens of Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, Cannonball Adderley and the Tom Cat himself---is impeccable. Bebop vet Phil Woods guests on several tunes, but it's the ensemble work that captivates and entrances with its blend of sax and brass, smooth in the best sense of the word. --Jim Newsom

Originally published in Port Folio Weekly - March 7, 2006
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