Tony Scott
Since leaving New York in 1959, Tony Scott (a top bebop-oriented clarinetist) has been an eager world traveler who enjoys exploring the folk music of other countries. Unfortunately, his post-1959 recordings have been few, far between, difficult-to-locate, and sometimes erratic, but Scott was an unheralded pioneer in both world music and new age.
Tony Scott attended Juilliard during 1940-1942, played at Minton's Playhouse, and then after three years in the military he became one of the few clarinetists to play bop. His cool tone (heard at its best on a 1950 Sarah Vaughan session that also includes Miles Davis) stood out from the more hard-driving playing of Buddy DeFranco. Scott worked with a wide variety of major players (including Ben Webster, Trummy Young, Earl Bostic, Charlie Ventura, Claude Thornhill, Buddy Rich, and Billie Holiday), led his own record dates (among his sidemen were Dizzy Gillespie and a young Bill Evans) which ranged from bop and cool to free improvisations (all are currently difficult to locate), and ranked with DeFranco at the top of his field.
Unfortunately the clarinet was not exactly a popular instrument in the 1950s (as opposed to during the swing era) and Tony Scott remained an obscure name outside of jazz circles. In 1959, he gave up on the U.S. and began extensive tours of the Far East. He played Eastern classical music, recorded meditation music for Verve, and, other than some brief visits to the U.S, lived in Italy since the 1970s where he sometimes experimented with electronics. Tony Scott passed away in Italy on March 3rd, 2007.
© Scott Yanow /TiVo
Similar artists
-
Tony Scott in Hi-Fi (Remastered)
Jazz - Released by Avid Entertainment on 17/10/2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
-
Sung Heroes (Remastered)
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Jazz Arena on 29/08/2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
East Coast Sounds (Remastered 1999)
Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, Tony Scott
Jazz - Released by Original Jazz Classics on 1/01/1957
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
-
You and I, Vol. 4
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Supreme Media on 30/10/2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
You and I, Vol. 3
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Supreme Media on 30/10/2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
You and I, Vol. 2
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Supreme Media on 30/10/2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
You and I, Vol. 1
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Supreme Media on 30/10/2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
In Afrika/ Mayibue Afrika! Uhuuru! - Dedicated to Nelson Mandela and to The Afrikan People
Jazz - Released by Saar srl on 27/03/2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Jazz Collection
Jazz - Released by Marmot Music on 29/08/2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Lullaby of the Leaves
Contemporary Jazz - Released by SINETONE AMR on 24/07/2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
-
-
The Lady Is a Tramp
Jazz - Released by Mack The Knife on 19/06/2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Jazz Club (The Jazz Classics Music)
Jazz - Released by Fabulous Jazz Records on 23/03/2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
-
-
In Hi-Fi
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Marmot Music on 22/08/1955
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -