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Now's the Time (Shirley Scott album)

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Released
  
1967

Artist
  
Shirley Scott

Label
  
Prestige Records

Now's the Time (1958-64)
  
Blue Flames (1964)

Release date
  
1967

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
May 27 and October 23, 1958, June 23, 1960, August 22, 1961, and March 31, 1964 Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, and Englewood Cliffs

Producers
  
Bob Weinstock (track 3), Esmond Edwards (tracks 2 & 4-7), Ozzie Cadena (track 1)

Similar
  
Shirley Scott albums, Jazz albums

Now's the Time is an album by organist Shirley Scott compiling several tracks recorded between 1958 and 1964 and released on the Prestige label in 1967.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review stated "This is early Scott, several takes from different session for this Prestige release".

Track listing

All compositions by Shirley Scott except as indicated

  1. "As It Was" - 5:20
  2. "How Sweet" - 7:37
  3. "Ebb Tide" (Robert Maxwell, Carl Sigman) - 4:05
  4. "Now's the Time" (Charlie Parker) - 4:35
  5. "That's Where It's At" - 3:28
  6. "Cafe Style" - 4:35
  7. "Out of This World" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 4:37
  • Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey, on May 27, 1958 (track 3) and October 23, 1958 (tracks 5-7) and at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on June 23, 1960 (track 4), August 22, 1961 (track 2), and March 31, 1964 (track 1).

    • Personnel

  • Shirley Scott - organ
  • Joe Newman - trumpet (track 2)
  • Oliver Nelson (track 2), Stanley Turrentine (track 1) - tenor saxophone
  • Lem Winchester - vibraphone (track 4)
  • Bob Cranshaw (track 1), George Duvivier (tracks 3-7), George Tucker (track 2) - bass
  • Roy Brooks (track 2), Arthur Edgehill (tracks 3-7), Otis Finch (track 1) - drums

    • References

    Now's the Time (Shirley Scott album) Wikipedia
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