[Dixielandjazz] Tony Scott

[Marek Boym]

Not my cup of tea, but we've been through that before.
I have heard Scott play better, and, to my surprise, much more
"traditional," at a Nice jam session in 1976 (I did not go to hear him
at the arena, of course - too mouldy).
Cheers

On 25 April 2012 17:39, Stephen G Barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net> wrote:
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> Here's Tony Scott with Bucky Pizzarelli  and a gorgeous blues.
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjLOEw7bZNc&feature=related
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> Scott started out playing Dixieland in NYC in the 1940s. Then, like Miles
> Davis, re-invented his music many times during his life. As I recall, Tony
> Scott sat in with Kash's band in Spain many years ago.
>
> He moved to Rome in the 1970s and was idolized by Italian jazz Fans. His
> web site WAS one of the most interesting (for me anyway) compilations of
> jazz mastery around. However, I guess it has been taken down and that's a
> pity.
>
> The man gigged with just about everyone in jazz from 1940 till his death
> in 2007, travelled round the world exploring musical forms and ignoring
> critics, all the while doing it HIS way. It just doesn't get any better than
> that.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
> www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband
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