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Great Scott!!

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Released
  
Early July 1964

Length
  
33:39

Producer
  
Bob Thiele

Genre
  
Jazz

Label
  
Impulse! A-67

Recorded
  
May 14 & 20, 1964 New York City

Great Scott!! is an album by American jazz organist Shirley Scott recorded in 1964 for the Impulse! label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album 4½ stars.

Track listing

All compositions by Shirley Scott except as indicated

  1. "A Shot in the Dark" (Henry Mancini) - 3:15
  2. "Great Scott" (Bob Hammer) - 2:30
  3. "The Seventh Dawn" - 3:53
  4. "Hoe Down" (Aaron Copland) - 3:36
  5. "Shadows of Paris" (Mancini) - 2:23
  6. "Five O'Clock Whistle" (Kim Gannon, Gene Irwin, Josef Myrow) - 2:57
  7. "The Blues Ain't Nothin' But Some Pain" (Shirley Scott) - 4:59
  8. "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" (George Bassman, Ned Washington) - 3:22
  9. "Make Someone Happy" (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne) - 6:44

Recorded on May 14 (tracks 6-9) and May 20 (tracks 1-5), 1964.

Personnel

  • Shirley Scott — organ, vocals
  • Jerry Kail, Jimmy Nottingham, Joe Wilder, Snooky Young — trumpet (tracks 1-5)
  • Willie Dennis, Urbie Green, Quentin Jackson, Tony Struda — trombone (tracks 1-5)
  • Bob Ashton, Romeo Penque — reeds (tracks 1-5)
  • Barry Galbraith — guitar (tracks 1-5)
  • Bob Cranshaw (tracks 6-9), George Duvivier (tracks 1-5) — bass
  • Otis Finch — drums (tracks 6-9)
  • Osie Johnson, Johnny Pacheco, Willie Rodriguez — percussion (tracks 1-5)
  • Lillian Clark, Jerry Graff - vocals (track 5)
  • Oliver Nelson — arranger, conductor (tracks 1-5)

    • References

    Great Scott!! Wikipedia
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