Scott, R.f.

The genius harpsichordist Scott Ross remains famous for his comprehensive Bach and Scarlatti recordings, but he explored a wider range of Baroque music, for instance Antonio Soler who had supposedly studied with Scarlatti and whose lively sonatas bear witness to the richness of the keyboard Spanish school and the intensity of musical life at the Spanish court.

The genius harpsichordist Scott Ross remains famous for his comprehensive Bach and Scarlatti recordings, but he explored a wider range of Baroque music, for instance Antonio Soler who had supposedly studied with Scarlatti and whose lively sonatas bear witness to the richness of the keyboard Spanish school and the intensity of musical life at the Spanish court.

The genius harpsichordist Scott Ross remains famous for his comprehensive Bach and Scarlatti recordings, but he explored a wider range of Baroque music, for instance Antonio Soler who had supposedly studied with Scarlatti and whose lively sonatas bear witness to the richness of the keyboard Spanish school and the intensity of musical life at the Spanish court.

The genius harpsichordist Scott Ross remains famous for his comprehensive Bach and Scarlatti recordings, but he explored a wider range of Baroque music, for instance Antonio Soler who had supposedly studied with Scarlatti and whose lively sonatas bear witness to the richness of the keyboard Spanish school and the intensity of musical life at the Spanish court.

Despite the absence of Joe Sample and Larry Carlton, Tom Scott's L.A. Express remains very Crusaders-influenced on Tom Cat – a highly accessible jazz-funk-R&B date that, as commercial as it is, leaves room for inspired blowing courtesy of both the leader and sidemen like electric guitarist Robben Ford and keyboardist Larry Nash. Sweaty, hard-hitting jazz-funk is the rule on such down-home grooves as "Good Evening Mr. & Mrs. America & All the Ships" and "Day Way," which allow the players to let loose, blow, and say what needs to be said. "Love Poem" is a pleasant, likable piece of delicate mood music (but not "Muzak"!) that features wordless vocals by pop-folk singer Joni Mitchell and has a slightly Flora Purim-ish appeal.

One of the most extraordinary achievements on disc in the last quarter-century…Wherever you dip into them, the sense of stylishness, energy and, especially, Ross's affection for Scarlatti's boundless harmonic and rhythmic imagination is obvious. It's a constant, almost inexhaustible joy.

Still as inspiring as ever at 83 years old, Rhoda Scott has surrounded herself here with an impressive gang of contemporary jazz Amazonians for a track aptly called Lady All Stars which follows on from her Lady Quartet created in 2004 at Jazz in Vienna, with Sophie Alour on tenor saxophone, Airelle Besson on trumpet and Julie Saury on drums. In 2007, the saxophonist Lisa Cat-Berro replaced Besson. Rhoda Scott has joined forces with Géraldine Laurent on alto saxophone, Céline Bonacina on baritone and Anne Paceo on drums, and has also brought back Airelle Besson. Here Rhoda Scott has joined forces with Géraldine Laurent on alto saxophone, Céline Bonacina on baritone and Anne Paceo on drums, and has also brought back Airelle Besson. In short, some excess power to boost the funky DNA of this brass band. Behind her blazing Hammond, the American organist, supported by this rising generation of French jazzwomen, shows above all that her Leslie has not finished turning! “Playing with these young artists has inspired me and I have learned a lot from them. After concerts, some spectators have also told me that it makes them feel good, and that we are likely role models for their daughters.”