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| 1. | Like Someone in Love
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| 2. | Peace of Mind
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| 3. | Lament
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| 4. | The Jeep Is Jumpin'
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| 5. | Git Up from There
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| 6. | A Foggy Day
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| 7. | Mountain Greenery [*]
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| 8. | Git Up from There [Alternate Take][*]
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| 9. | Lament [Alternate Take][*]
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Jazz
Recorded: January 21, 1955
Hazel Scott - piano
Charles Mingus - Bass
Max Roach - Drums
It’s not that a young pianist gets a chance to record with the co-proprietors of the record company, but such was the case when Hazel Scott went into the Debut studios with no less than Charles Mingus and Max Roach. Scott (1920-1981) had enjoyed a long, varied, and rewarding career in nightclubs and concert halls, and on Broadway and radio. Adding to her glamorous aura was her marriage to Harlem’s controversial veteran Congressman, Rev. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. On the aptly titled (and newly expanded for CD) Relaxed Piano Moods, the sophisticated lady handles standards, her own blues “Git Up from Here,” and J.J. Johnson’s enduring jazz ballad “Lament” with considerable aplomb and a pearl-like touch. Oh, yes, and bassist and drummer play pretty well, too, for a couple of record company execs.
* Kirk Felton - Digital Remastering
* Rudy Van Gelder - Engineer
Hazel Scott's impressive bop piano was just one facet of talents that extended to playing classical music on the concert stage, singing and acting on-stage and onscreen, and hosting her own radio and television shows. A child prodigy, Scott entered Juilliard at the age of eight and made extensive concert tours of Europe, Africa, and the Near East before recording this date for Debut Records in 1955. For the set, she is accompanied by Debut's founders bassist Charles Mingus and drummer Max Roach. Given her talent and training, it's no surprise that Scott has technique to burn. Her energetic presence and personality and easy authority at the piano are amply demonstrated on the up-tempo numbers "The Jeep Is Jumpin'," "A Foggy Day," and "Mountain Greenery," and on the smouldering mid-tempo of Scott's "Git up From Here." The two ballad tracks are not quite so distinctive, although Scott's attractive performance of "Like Someone in Love" is elegantly detailed and nuanced. The alternate takes of "Git up From Here" and "Lament" are tentative compared to the main takes. Mingus and Roach are generally heard in supporting roles -- which they perform to perfection -- but they also get in some nice four- and eight-bar vignettes here and there. This music is also part of the Mingus boxed set The Complete Debut Recordings.
---Jim Todd, All Music Guide
Hazel Scott
Active Decades: '40s, '50s and '80s
Born: Jun 11, 1920 in Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Ind
Died: Oct 02, 1981 in New York, NY
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Cool, Post-Bop
Though she didn't call it third stream, and it wasn't associated with the genre, Hazel Scott was another musician who found a successful way to blend jazz and classical influences. Scott took classical selections and improvised on them, a practice dating back to the ragtime era. Such numbers as "Hungarian Rhapsody, no. 2" (Liszt) backed by "Valse in D Flat Major, op. 64 no. 1" (Chopin) were audience favorites, even if some critics suggested they smacked of gimmickry (which sometimes they did). Scott was also a good bebop soloist, nice ballad interpreter, fair blues player, and underrated vocalist. Her nightclub act was often more appealing than her albums, where the absence of mitigating circumstances like an audience and club setting resulted in her compositions getting more scrutiny than they could stand. Scott studied classical piano at Juilliard from the age of eight, while also playing jazz in clubs. She became an attraction at downtown and uptown branches of Cafe Society in the late '30s and early '40s. Scott had her own radio show in 1936, appeared on Broadway in 1938, and was in five films during the '40s, among them Rhapsody in Blue. She wrote such songs as "Love Comes Softly" and "Nightmare Blues." Scott later had her own television show and was married to Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Their highly visible, high-profile relationship degenerated under the heat of a nationwide obsession with Powell's activities, influence, and behavior, finally ending in divorce. Scott recorded for Decca, Signature, Tioch, and Columbia, but made her finest jazz album for Charles Mingus' Debut label, Relaxed Piano Moods, in 1955. Mingus and Max Roach joined Scott on this session. It's her only date currently available on CD.
---Ron Wynn and Michael G. Nastos, All Music Guide |
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