Soul Station π: Shirley Scott

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Tonight at the Soul Station, I present Shirley Scott in the 60’s including tracks fom Hip Soul, Blue Flames, and 1969’s Shirley Scott & the Soul Saxes.
After her music partnership with Tenor Sax player Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis in the 1950's Shirley Scott teamed up with Stanley Turrentine in 1961. Starting with the album Hip Soul and then also later in continuation with Blue Flames in 1964 both on Prestige Records. We will hear "Hip Soul" the title track with the same album name and three tunes from "Blue Flames" including Sonny Rollins' "Grand Street", a collaboration with Turrentine called "Hips Knees An' Legs", and Benny Golson's Five Spot After Dark".

Shirley Scott signed with Atlantic Records at the end of the 1960's after previous albums with Prestige, Impulse, and other record labels. She recorded at least three albums for Atlantic including a wonderful and surprising album called Shirley Scott & the Soul Saxes. This 1969 Atlantic release features King Curtis, David Newman, and Hank Crawford with arrangement by Marty Shellar. We will hear "It's Your Thing", the heavy themed "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free", and her rendition the obscure Marvin Gaye's "You". We also will hear her rendition of Benny E. King's "Stand By Me", her version of "Get Back", and a soul jazz version of the Spiral Staircase classic "More Today Than Yesterday". It's worth noting that Shirley Scott recorded her version before Charles Earland and his version on Black Talk!

This episode is a groovy great romp featuring two different versions of Shirley Scott from the early sixties in a jazz vain featuring Stanley Turrentine to a sophisticated well arranged jazz phase featuring King Curtis, David Newman, and Hank Crawford.

DJ π (a.k.a Paul Yamada assisted by DJ LOBO)

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Set 1

  1. Hip Soul
  2. Grand Street
  3. Hips Knees An' Legs
  4. Five Spot After Dark
    Shirley Scott

Set 1

  1. It's Your Thing
  2. I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free
  3. You
  4. Stand By Me
  5. Get Back
  6. More Today Than Yesterday
    Shirley Scott
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