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The Very Best of Tom Scott covers his recording career for the GRP label between 1987 and 1996 only, and is therefore misleading. 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.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
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Eric Gale, Electric Guitar, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Scott, Composer, Producer, Tenor Saxophone, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Larry Kimpel, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Ron Aston, Composer, Drum Programming, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, Synth Pads - David Witham, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Lynne Scott, Producer
℗ 1994 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tom Scott, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Randy Goodrum, ComposerLyricist - Will Lee, ComposerLyricist - Lynne Scott, Producer, Associate Producer - Bruce LittleJohn, Producer, Associate Producer
℗ 1991 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Grover Washington, Jr., Soprano Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Rick Hahn, Producer, Co-Producer, Drum Programming, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tom Scott, Composer, Producer, Co-Producer, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Luis Conte, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - David Witham, Producer, Organ, Co-Producer, Synth Bass, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Lynne Scott, Producer, Co-Producer - Jerry Lopez, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1994 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
TERRY LEWIS, ComposerLyricist - Tom Scott, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - JAMES HARRIS, ComposerLyricist - JANET JACKSON, ComposerLyricist - Leon Johnson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Bruce Barris, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lynne Scott, Producer, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Axel Neihaus, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kenji Nakai, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1995 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tom Scott, Composer, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ron Aston, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Leon Johnson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Lynne Scott, Producer
℗ 1995 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tom Scott, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Gary Lubow, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bruce LittleJohn, Producer, Associate Producer
℗ 1988 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tom Scott, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Al Schmitt, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jeffrey "Woody" Woodruff, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Scott And The L.A. Express, MainArtist - Lynne Scott, Producer - Kenji Nakai, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1996 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tom Scott, Producer, MainArtist - Pat Kelley, ComposerLyricist - Bruce LittleJohn, Producer, Associate Producer
℗ 1990 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Salter, ComposerLyricist - Ralph MacDonald, ComposerLyricist - William Eaton, ComposerLyricist - Tom Scott, Producer - Al Schmitt, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jeffrey "Woody" Woodruff, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Scott And The L.A. Express, MainArtist - Lynne Scott, Producer - William Hugh Eaton, ComposerLyricist - Kenji Nakai, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1996 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Harvey Mason, ComposerLyricist - Tom Scott, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Lang, ComposerLyricist - Gary Lubow, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bruce LittleJohn, Producer, Associate Producer
℗ 1987 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tom Scott, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Lynne Scott, Producer, Associate Producer
℗ 1992 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
The Very Best of Tom Scott covers his recording career for the GRP label between 1987 and 1996 only, and is therefore misleading. 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.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:53:26
- Main artists: Tom Scott
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: GRP
- Genre: Jazz
© 2006 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2006 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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