In Jade Visionshe says, Scott wasnt what one would consider a big band bass player. When Evans returned to the trio format later in 1962, it was with Motian and bassist Chuck Israels.[2]. He was a tremendous talent [who] wanted to go on to greener pastures.Over the next two years, Scotty toured the country with Chet Baker, and worked around L.A. with Hampton Hawes, Harold Land, Buddy DeFranco, Richie Kamuca, Joe Gordon, and Stan Kenton. Performers: Stan Getz, ts; Steve Kuhn, p; Scott LaFaro, b; Roy Haynes d. Newport, 2 July 1961. When did your brother start getting interested in music? On Sundays our family would go to church, then go to the movies in the afternoon. Having followed him out to Los Angeles in the late 1950s along with the rest of the LaFaro family, LaFaro-Fernandez still lives in California and continues to answer daily inquiries about her brother, conduct interviews, and ensure his legacy will inform musicians and fans for generations to come. Q: Did you and your brother spend time at the Smith Opera House (which was Schines Geneva Theatre back then)? It will be observed on his birthday anniversary, April 3. It was an idyllic childhood. I would love to see it. Following the Vanguard engagement, LaFaro played with Getz, Steve Kuhn, and Roy Haynes at Newport on July 2. We were like brothers., Six months before the session with Kuhn, LaFaro recorded with trumpeter Booker Little on April 13 and 15. For Evans, Misery offered a glimpse of a relationship to come., Two months later, on December 28, 1959, the Bill Evans Trio made its premiere recording for Riverside,Portrait in Jazz. This year The Smith is excited to have National Endowment of the Arts Jazz Masters Kenny Barron (piano) and Dave Holland (bass) together on stage on Saturday, April 6. After Scotty joined the Buddy Morrow Orchestra, he traveled with them all over the country until they reached California, as he really wanted to be where the West Coast jazz scene was happening. Everyone would say Dont go to the creek! but we did anyway, and would come home with red shoes. Then wed go home and have dinner and ice cream. He says they formed an immediate friendship, and that musically, Id never felt such an instant connection. July 6, 1961 in Seneca, NY. 1.1 Gloria's Step [Take 2] 1.2 My Man's Gone Now 1.3 Solar 1.4 Alice in Wonderland [Take 2] 1.5 All of You [Take 2] 1.6 Jade Visions . Ornettes group with Don Cherry and Ed Blackwell played the Village Gate for three weeks in August and September followed by engagements in Philadelphia and Detroit. Is that a bass thing? Perhaps one thinks of the contrast, as I do: the balmy New England coast, sailboats alongside the bandstand, and then the hard, unforgiving asphalt of the interstate. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. [9], Writing for AllMusic, music critic Thom Jurek wrote of the album: "While the Sunday at the Village Vanguard album focused on material where LaFaro soloed prominently, this is far more a portrait of the trio on those dates Of the many recordings Evans issued, the two Vanguard dates and Explorations are the ultimate expressions of his legendary trio. Toggle filters. This page was last edited on 24 February 2023, at 08:03. Man, woman decapitated after car slams into big rig on 5 Freeway in San Fernando Valley. Today would be the 78th birthday of the great Scott LaFaro, who died in a car accident in 1961. That show typically includes stories about LaFaro, who forever changed the jazz worlds concept of what bass playing could accomplish with his counter-melodic style. Mom needed the money. Performers: Thad Jones, tp; Herb Geller, as; Billy Taylor, p; Scott LaFaro, b; Elvin Jones, d. June 1959. Providing entertainment, education, and the energizing force that pulls us all together in celebration of great work. By City News Service. Bassist Marc Johnson, who was with Evans between 1978 and his death in 1980, wrote in the liner notes forPieces of Jadethat the Vanguard performance was the highest measure of Scotts musical vision. InJade Visions, he says, I must have listened to those recordingsthousands of timesTo this day, I still dont see how Scott articulated his ideas with such startling clarity and velocity., Johnson also speaks for the continuing hold that the recordings have on listeners touched by their emotional richness. AllMusic Quiz. Everything. Click to reveal The trio attracted attention for its style. He lives in Boston and has contributed toJazzTimessince 2006. He felt such a strong passion for the bass that he became obsessed with practicing, spending countless hours in the rehearsal rooms at Ithaca College. Geller said Goodman was unhappy with his current bassist, and offered to recommend Scotty but cautioned, Bennys very conservative, dont do any of those fast things you can do. One of the most substantial biographies Ive read in recent years is the 2009 publication that Helene LaFaro-Fernandez devoted to her brother Scott. Composer: Mercer / Kosma / Prevert LaFaro continued to play this bass until his death. In his playing you can hear how happy Evans is to have this helmsman at the back of the boatI think it helped him see better at the front. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. We never got to enjoy it as a concert venue in our day, unfortunately. LaFaro joined the Bill Evans Trio in 1959 and, although he would record with Ornette Coleman (including Free Jazz) and gig with Stan Getz, the bassist is best-remembered for his association with Evans, particularly their Village Vanguard recordings of 1961. RE: Person I Knew is a tribute to bass legend Scott LaFaro, who died tragically in a car accident 50 years ago this year at the age of 25.Phil Palombi plays the EXACT bass that made Scotty a legend on the Bill Evans Trio, Live at the Village Vanguard Sessions!. Bassist Scott LaFaro of Geneva had already achieved acclaim when he died in a car accident at the age of 25. We spoke with LaFaro-Fernandez by phone to give us a glimpse on her brothers formative years in Geneva. It was there his career exploded. Cool Modal Music Post-Bop. You may additional context in comments. Available Qualities. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. In 2009, Resonance Records reissued five tracks from Memories for Scotty on Pieces of Jade, together with twenty-two minutes of LaFaro and Bill Evans practising "My Foolish Heart" during a rehearsal in 1960. Jade Visions: The Life and Music of Scott LaFarorecounts how three days after his appearance at the Newport Jazz Festival with the Stan Getz Quartet, hed driven to Geneva, NY to take care of some business related to his mothers home there. DSD 128 fs (2) DSD 64 fs (2) . Pianist Prez was then a professor at the New England Conservatory; his student, Read More Explaining the Taubman Approach, Everyone knows that Joe Williams sang the hell out of the blues, but do you know what else he sang the hell out of? Our Dad was from here. Tracks such as "Solar" (RealAudio excerpt), from the Village Vanguard sessions, highlight his ability to play high notes with surprising speed. Scotty had the concept for a trio to be conversational instead of the classic structure, instead of bass and drummer just keeping time. We are in a fix! But LaFaro makes the music pulsehe provides its heartbeat and flow. California had affordable education, and we could all go to college. comments . He insisted that Stan fire LaRoca and hire Roy Haynes, and Stan was so impressed with how strong and unique he was that he acceded to his wishes.. AMAGANSETT, N.Y. - Acclaimed tenor saxophonist Robert Berg was killed Thursday when a cement truck skidded across a snow-slicked road and rammed into his sport utility vehicle, East Hampton police said. A jazz musicians legacy can be a multifarious slope. Mom needed the money. Kuhn is uncertain about exactly where he met LaFaro, but says it was most likely when he heard the Evans trio at the Five Spot late in 1959. This Third Stream affair has jazz as a major tributary vein, and it has LaFaro to thank for it. Then wed go home and have dinner and ice cream. They spent so much time discussing music, listening to records, at the piano, they were inseparable. Its there for a reason, and thats not solely to complement the proof of the magic that occurred at a New York City club in late June 1961. "[3], It was voted number 465 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000).[10]. Bud Powell. Smith Opera House is owned and operated by the Smith Center for the Arts, a private not-for-profit 501(c)(3) corporation. Both Nat Hentoff and Ralph J. Gleason took note. New England Public Media | In 2009 she published a biography about him, Jade Visions: The Life and Music of Scott LaFaro. In 1959, after working with trumpeter Chet Baker, bandleader Stan Kenton, vibraphonist Cal Tjader,[6] and clarinetist Benny Goodman, LaFaro returned east and joined Bill Evans, who had recently left the Miles Davis Sextet. How did that happen? When Scotty was in sixth grade we took our first piano lessons. The young bassist was friends to other artists and art during his all-too brief sojourn upon the mortal coil. Scott LaFaro was born 64 years ago today. The CD reissue of the album contains several outtakes. Before long he mastered the instrument, and he toured with trombonist Buddy Morrow and trumpeter Chet Baker. The album was the fourth and final effort from the unitLaFaro died in a car accident just ten days after the live date at the Village Vanguard from which Waltz for Debby and its predecessor, Sunday at the Village Vanguard, were taken. Tragically, LaFaros chance to see how far his talent would take him was cut short when he died in a car crash near Geneva in July 1961 at the age of 25. They needed a bass clarinetist, and he promised Scotty that he would be allowed to play clarinet and eventually the tenor sax if he took that position. She recalls that Zoot Sims so impressed her brother that he was impatient for the intermission to end, and that bassist Leroy Vinnegar hummed all the while he was playing, a habit Scotty later developed as well. Helene says he talked about seeing Duke Ellington for weeks, shaking his head in disbelief of howthey could fool with the melody and make it so much more. As for religion, she says that whenever shes asked, I always answer, We went wherever the music was best. That was Dads criterion, be it a mass at a Roman Catholic church or Friday evening Shabbat dinner at the cantors home., Scottys first instruments were piano, clarinet, and tenor saxophone. MTV, EMA and all related titles, logos and characters are trademarks of Viacom International Inc. 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Did you and your brother spend time at the Smith Opera House (which was Schines Geneva Theatre back then)? 2023 Smith Center for the Arts, All rights reserved. Its the top of the sheet, instead of the coarseness of the winter blanket. The album was the fourth and final effort from the unitLaFaro died in a car accident just ten days after the live date at the Village Vanguard from which Waltz for Debby and its predecessor, Sunday at the Village Vanguard, were taken. Ornette Coleman was another musician who appeared on the Jazz Abstractions datebut as with Dolphy and Evans, on just half the recordand I often imagine the conversations he might have had with LaFaro during breaks and between takes about what Coleman had in mind for the next day. He became a professional musician in New York City during the Roaring 20s. Sound-carver. How did that happen? Thanks to Rifftides readers Frank Roellinger and Svetlana Ilyicheva for alerting us that last Thursday, Geneva honored LaFaro on his 78th birthday by proclaiming April 3rd its first annual Scott LaFaro Day. We decided to move the family to California. The Scott La Faro book was wonderful. Like Evans, Kuhn, whod arrived on the New York scene in 1959 as a 21-year-old Harvard grad, was being managed by Helen Keane. Everyone heard him. LaFaro-Fernandez: After Scotty joined the Buddy Morrow Orchestra, he traveled with them all over the country until they reached California, as he really wanted to be where the West Coast jazz scene was happening. April 3, 1936 in Newark, NJ. Elsewhere, a legacy is a reflection on what might have been, based on a limited amount of what was. Little, another ill-fated star of the period who died at 23 in October 1961, described LaFaro in the liner notes as distant, but closea paradox that resolves only for those who were simpatico. He also recognized Scottys distinctiveness as an innovator who was much more of a conversationalist behind you than any other bassist I know[Hes] technicallyabout the greatest bassist we have. Remarking on the solo LaFaro plays on Bee Tees Minor Plea, the trumpeter said, The bass is a crude and rude instrument, but Scott makes it into something else. Helene says Scotty would have loved being described as something else, since I could remember how excited [he] was when he brought around to play for me the first record of Ornettes he owned,Something Else.. Youll have to adjust your ears, but theyll fall into line quickly. He started playing piano in elementary school, bass clarinet in middle school, and tenor saxophone when he entered high school. Composer: Hawes Scott Yanow, All-Music Guide Scott LaFaro's life and career were cut short in July of 1961. In the mid 1950s, at the Los Angeles music scene, he became known as one of. I quit very fast, but he was a natural. Oscar Peterson Trio . It was then he fell in love with the tenor saxophone. Composer: Hammerstein II / Kern 2023 Viacom International Inc. All Rights Reserved. After that touch of piano, he really started to enjoy music and develop a keen awareness of what it was all about. Christian said, Scottys playing was the bible for bass playersJimmy Blanton the old testament, Scotty the new., LaFaro spent the evening of July 5 with old friends in Geneva then drove 80 miles west with Frank Ottley to visit another friend in Warsaw who was house-sitting at a place with a good stereo. But he was best known for his collaborations and recordings with the Bill Evans Trio. Find him on the web at colinfleminglit.com (where he maintains the unique online journal, the Many Moments Moreblog) and on Twitter @colinfleminglit. We all knew something important was going to happen with this guy., https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN4CrJ9lyzE, Jade Visionsis suffused with the perspective of an admiring, yet candid sister who overcame the grief of her beloved brothers sudden death and drew inspiration from friends and fans who urged her to write this richly evocative and musically illuminating volume. Chuck and Gap Mangione were among the locals hanging out that night, andJade Visionsincludes Gaps recollection of listening to Chet Bakers recording of Grey December with Scotty. Shortly after, their collaboration began. Just about any jazz fan knows that on June 25, the 25-year-old had been in NYC as part of Bill Evans trio at the Village Vanguard, cutting the Sunday live date that will be reissued and repackaged so long as the earth continues to spin. Lets call it the chimerical voice of the rhythm sectionas well as what could often be the lead instrument when LaFaro was in your band. Composer: Rosolino I remember one time Scotty came home with an LP under his arm. Kuhn remembers hearing that it was a St. Christopher medal that LaFaro always wore that helped to identify his badly burned body. I remained close friends with Scotty in New York, and would go over there to see and admire them, and Scotty and Paul would come over to the Five Spot, too. The 25-year-old Scott LaFaro's death in a car accident shortly after was a major shock . Death. Composer: Styne / Sondheim Search Music. Bassist Scott LaFaro of Geneva had already achieved acclaim when he died in a car accident at the age of 25. Brockton-born alto player and clarinetist Dick Johnson was also on the band. LaFaro is heard soloing while George Duvivierplays the bass riff that Percy Heath had introduced on the first recordings of "Django" by the Modern Jazz Quartet. It was written with so much love and insight. [1] With Evans and drummer Paul Motian he developed the counter-melodic style that would come to characterize his playing. Dad (Joe LaFaro) never forced us to play music. He would be playing in the hotel room and hit a quadruple stop that was a harmonious sound, and then set the bass on its side and it seemed the sound just rang and rang for so long. Scotty and I were born in New Jersey but we moved back to Geneva in 1942. He also played in Stan Getz's band between jobs with the Bill Evans trio. [17], When I was in L.A., Scotty LaFaro and I roomed together. He was playing mandolin and violin publicly by age 7. A driver was killed when a car crashed into a home in the Hancock Park . LaFaro originally played clarinet and tenor before settling on bass while in college. Many believe that Evans never fully recovered from the loss, as well as that it contributed to his pattern of heroin usage, an addiction that would later kill him. A copy of the latest annual report may be obtained from the Smith Center or from the Office of the Attorney General, Charities Bureau, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. 2023 Madavor Media, LLC. LaFaro started his professional career playing a German-made Mittenwald double bass but it was stolen in the Spring of 1958. A master of the upright bass, he recorded with Bill Evans and Ornette Coleman before he died in a car crash at age 25. You can read our interview with Holland. Performance & security by Cloudflare. That is what so many families Sunday ritual were like. I quit very fast, but he was a natural. ", In 1966, Evans spoke with George Clabinabout what he called his "complexand quick relationship" with Scotty, and said his technique was "built throughintuitive insightand fire, as some kind of a spark in him which took over and he would just grab the bass and he would work and work and work and work and he would just lay it down. He heard what I was doing at the piano, and I heard what he was doing. Cloudflare Ray ID: 7a154b16ff047cd4 Places to dine, drink, stay near the Smith Opera House, A word of caution about buying tickets on the secondary ticket market. Later we moved to Elmwood Place, and during the summer we would spend many of our days at the Brook Street Playground. Includes Obituary, Biography, Discography, Photo, and Links. You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. My day consists of such a singular preoccupationthe physicology of music. For when Jazz Abstractions wrapped, December 21 dawned, and that meant LaFaroalong with Dolphywas boomeranging back to A&R Studios for the landmark waxing of the legendary, epoch-rattling Free Jazz, with a lineup of Dolphy on bass clarinet, Freddie Hubbard on trumpet, Charlie Haden on bass, and Ed Blackwell on drums in the right channel, and Coleman on alto, Don Cherry on pocket trumpet, Billy Higgins on drums, and LaFaro in the left. LaFaro continued to divide his time between Getz, Ornette, and Evans in 1961. Little must have loved LaFaros contributions, because he himself was one of those players between spheres: neither a bopper nor a hard-bopper nor an out-and-out New Thing guy. A post-bass bass player, maybe. Scotty was on the road at the time, in California. The BMW then struck a fourth car which was traveling south on Corbin Avenue. Musician. LaFaro was killed in a car accident ten days after the recording. The Sampson Air Force Base was so big that it brought in big names like Duke Ellington. Become a member and get exclusive access to articles, live sessions and more! [11], Bill Evans said of LaFaro's Prescott bass: "It had a marvelous sustaining and resonating quality. The highlight of the session was Scotts original, Misery (to Lady Day). Evans biographer Peter Pettinger said of the dedication to Billie Holiday, Not much happens, but a wavelength is established. It is LaFaros bass that makes this thing go, such as it does go. Gloria Gabriel was one of the dancers. While driving home late one nighthis car went off the road and struck a tree. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. The great bassist is best known for his work with the Bill Evans Trio between 1959 and '61, and for the tragic car accident that claimed his life on July 6, 1961, two weeks after the trio's . While his music education began in grade school with piano and then clarinet and tenor saxophone in junior high and high school, he didnt start playing bass until his senior year, and only because a string instrument was required for his enrollment at Ithaca College, where his intent was to major in clarinet and tenor saxophone. In Meet Me at Jim & Andy's: Jazz Musicians and Their World, Gene Lees wrote, "The shock of LaFaro's death stayed with Bill for years, and he felt vaguely guilty about itHe felt that because of his heroin habit he had made insufficient use of [their] time togetherAfter LaFaro's death, Bill was like a mane with a lost love, always looking to find its replacement. So if you were all living in California, how was it that your brother was near Geneva when he died? As such, the album is a sort of memorial record for him; all of the tracks featured were either written by him, or feature a bass solo performed by him as the centerpiece of the track. Evans and Dolphy dont feature on a couple tunes, while LaFaro is the constant. Los Angeles Fire Department crews were called to the scene to extinguish the blaze. He proved to be a natural for the instrument, which obsessed him, and early in his sophomore year he went on the road with Buddy Morrows orchestra. I dont blame him, said Morrow. Composer: Urso It was an idyllic childhood. Pianist Pat Moran, who led a trio that Scott toured and recorded with in 1958, says he was was very aware of his genius and used to love to go into clubs and intimidate bass playersHe was quite a character, lots of fun. Moran is little known today as Patti Moran McCoy, butin 1960 LaFaro was quoted ina profile written by Martin Williams forJazz Review, I dont even like any of my records except maybe the first one I did with Pat Moran., https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HAbUcKTdcI. My mom was still pregnant with my last sister. LaFaro's death took an enormous emotional toll on Bill Evans, who was, according to drummer Paul Motian, "numb with grief," "in a state of shock," and "like a ghost" after LaFaro's death. I was 19 and working. What kind of influence did your father have on your brothers music? Is that a jazz thing? Evans stopped performing for several months. There is a creek that ran through the park, it would go up past Shuron Optical where they used this rouge chemical to make glass lenses, so the creek was always red. He began working in jazz radio in 1977 at WCUW, a community-licensed radio station in Worcester, Massachusetts. LaFaro-Fernandez: Scotty and I were born in New Jersey but we moved back to Geneva in 1942. Such is the legacy of bassist Scott LaFaro, though I would suggest that what was was more than we often think. My dad took Scotty to see anyone who came there, or to Syracuse or Rochester. He emphasized high notes, could play with great speed and his interplay with Bill Evans in their trio was mutually stimulating and influential. He replaced Charlie Haden as Ornette Coleman's bassist in January 1961. The Getz Quartet, with either Henry Grimes or Jimmy Garrison spelling LaFaro (Kuhn cant recall for certain), was playing that week at Saranac Lake in the Adirondacks. Tales are told of how much John Coltrane practiced, but you could say the same about the bassist from Newark. He was visiting some friends west of Geneva and was driving home late when he crashed. It was then he fell in love with the tenor saxophone. Dave Green joins Alyn Shipton to pick the essential recordings of fellow bassist Scott LaFaro's brief but brilliant career, including work with Bill Evans. Tracks. The important thing is his art while he lived. Later we moved to Elmwood Place, and during the summer we would spend many of our days at the Brook Street Playground. LaFaro-Fernandez: My father passed away (from a heart attack) in 1957. And youre out, Death letyou out, Death had the Mercy, youre done with your century, done with God, done with the path thru itAllen Ginsberg (b. His death came just ten days after recording two live albums with the Bill Evans Trio, Sunday at the Village Vanguard and Waltz . Scott LaFaro at Newport July 2, 1961 - Killed in a Car Wreck 4 days later. In addition to hosting Jazz la Mode since 1984, Tom writes the jazz blog and produces the Jazz Beat podcast at NEPM. After Scotty played at the Newport Jazz Festival with Stan Getz (July 1961), he went to Geneva to try to convince the people who had been renting our house to buy it. I still have people from all over the world knocking at my doorstep, wanting to see where Scotty played. The loss of LaFaro hit Evans hard, and he went into a brief seclusion. We also spent time at the First Presbyterian Church choir. LaFaro also played opposite bassist Charlie Haden in alto saxophonist Ornette Coleman's experimental double quartet on Free Jazz. Each year during the first week of April, The Smith hosts the Scott LaFaro Day Celebration concert that features a contemporary bass player. He recorded with pianist Don Friedman as well. According to Paul Motian, the death of LaFaro left Bill Evans "numb with grief", "in a state of shock", and "like a ghost". Bassist Scott LaFaro would die in a car accident just ten days after this album's recording, at the age of 25. In LaFaros short yet meteoric career, he accomplished more than most musicians do over decades. All is possible, and then all is no more. [15][16], According to Joachim Berendt, LaFaro's innovative approach to the bass caused "emancipation", introducing "so many diverse possibilities as would have been thought impossible for the bass only a short time before". LaFaro-Fernandez, Helen; Ralston, Chuck; Campbell, Jeffrey R.; Palombi, Phil (2009). Scotty and I rented a house for Mom and the girls, I got married a few months later and (soon) we all moved into a new house in a new development in West Hills. Scotty sort of led the way on the bass becoming a solo instrument in its own right. LaFaro-Fernandez: Dad (Joe LaFaro) never forced us to play music. Scott LaFaro. May 23, 2021. [1] For a time, Haden and LaFaro shared an apartment. This year The Smith is excited to have National Endowment of the Arts Jazz Masters, Kenny Barron (piano) and Dave Holland (bass), together on stage on Saturday, April 6. He had an incredible ear. ~ Scott Yanow. Pictures of people only please! LaFaro began by practicing his fingers off. [3] He took up double bass at 18 before entering college because learning a string instrument was required of music education majors. He played sessions at the Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach, and roomed with fellow bassist Charlie Haden, who recalled the first time LaFaro mentioned Bill Evans. Q: What happened to your brother after Ithaca College? Q: Your family ended up following Scotty out to California. There is also a street off of Seneca Street, just across from the Smith Opera House, that has been renamed Scott LaFaro Way. At the time it was such a revolutionary idea, and it ushered in a sea change for jazz. There was great rapport. You can read our interview with Holland here. Performers: Victor Feldman, p, vib; Scott LaFaro, b; Stan Levey, d. 22 Jan 1958. His most recent books are an entry in the 33 1/3series on Sam CookesLive at the Harlem Square Club, 1963, a volume about the 1951 film Scrooge as the ultimate work of cinematic terror, and the story collection, If You [ ]: Fabula, Fantasy, F**kery, Hope. Orrin Keepnews told Helene that when the trio recorded its second session,Explorations,on February 2, 1961, Scott was being very explicit about his problem; he was very reluctant to go back on the road unless it was for a lot more money. She writes, What he said not only had an impact on me, but seemed to sum up much of what I had been hearing as I talked to musicians. Ornette drew mixed reviews everywhere including Monterey, where his performance of Youll Never Know elicited a scathing review from John Tynan, who said it was patently bad, disturbed, and utterly unhappy. Still, he singled out LaFaro for his brilliant technique and ideas [that] were remarked on by all., Scotty was given to introspective thoughts about where the music was going and what he recognized as the increasing distance between jazzs new direction and the public. The important thing is his art while he lived one of the dedication to Billie Holiday Not. 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