SHIRLEY SCOTT
Soul Jazz / Hard Bop • United States
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American jazz organist, and artist.
Born: 14 March 1934 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Died: 10 March 2002 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (aged 67).
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An admirer of the seminal Jimmy Smith, Shirley Scott has been one of the organ's most appealing representatives since the late '50s. Scott, a very melodic and accessible player, started out on piano and played trumpet in high school before taking up the Hammond B-3 and enjoying national recognition in the late '50s with her superb Prestige dates with tenor sax great Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis. Especially popular was their 1958 hit "In the Kitchen." Her reputation was cemented during the '60s on several superb, soulful organ/soul-jazz dates where she demonstrated an aggressive, highly rhythmic attack blending intricate bebop harmonies with bluesy melodies and a gospel influence, punctuating everything with great use of the bass pedals. Scott married soul-jazz tenor man Stanley Turrentine, with whom she often recorded in the
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Hip Soul
Soul Jazz
1961
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Workin'
Soul Jazz
1967
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Soul Duo
Soul Jazz
1967
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Stompin'
Soul Jazz
1968
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Oasis
Soul Jazz
1990
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