alon%taurus.bitnet@WISCVM.ARPA (Alon Wasserman) (04/08/85)
Scott LaFaro - bass.
With what groups did he play?
In what records does he appear?
You might give other details as well, such as style,
relevant autobiographical facts and so on.
Alon Wasserman
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============================dmm@browngr.UUCP (David Margolis) (04/10/85)
Summary: Expires: Sender: Followup-To: Distribution: Keywords: Scott LaFaro is best known for his work with the Bill Evans trio, with Paul Motian on drums. The Village Vanguard Sessions are generally considered to be a jazz classic since LaFaro and Evans had an uncommon intuitive repoire that comes out on the record. LaFaro was killed in a car crash shortly after these sessions, along with Chris Powell, Bud Powell's brother. I am not familiar with any work other than with Bill Evans. Since you are not familiar with Evans you should definately check him out, as he is one of the top jazz pianists of the century. Buy any of his records.
wjhe@hlexa.UUCP (Bill Hery) (04/17/85)
> Scott LaFaro - bass. > With what groups did he play? > In what records does he appear? > You might give other details as well, such as style, > relevant autobiographical facts and so on. > His best known records are with the Bill Evans Trio, of which he was a regular member from 1959 until his untimely death (in an auto accident) in 1961. The 4 lp's they made were released under Bill Evans' name on Reverside Records: Portrait in Jazz Exploration Sunday at the Village Vanguard Waltz for Debbie He was a prime innovator in moving the bass from primarily a time keeping role (even in solos) into a more varied melodic and harmonic role; others involved in that at the time were Charles Mingus and Charlie Haden (with Ornette Coleman's group). The records with Evans are among the most beautiful Evans has recorded-- the interplay between Evans' lyrical piano style and LaFaro's bass improvisations is often striking, particularly on the last two albums which were recorded a few weeks before his death. In a very different vein, LaFaro was also on Ornette Coleman's 'Free Jazz' album. In that album, there are two complete quartets: Coleman's regular qartet (Coleman (alto sax), Don Cherry (trumpet), Cahrlie Haden (bass), and Ed Blackwell (drums)), and a second quartet consisting of Eric Dolphy, Freddie Hubbard, Scott LaFaro and Billy Higgins (hopefully I remembered them all correctly...). The entire album is one 40 minute piece--a totally 'free' simultaneous improvisation by all eight musicians. Bill Hery ihnp4!hlexa!wjhe
doo@mhuxi.UUCP (viscomi) (04/18/85)
> Summary: > Expires: > Sender: > Followup-To: > Distribution: > Keywords: > > > Scott LaFaro is best known for his work with the Bill Evans trio, with Paul > Motian on drums. The Village Vanguard Sessions are generally considered to > be a jazz classic since LaFaro and Evans had an uncommon intuitive repoire > that comes out on the record. LaFaro was killed in a car crash shortly after > these sessions, along with Chris Powell, Bud Powell's brother. I am not > familiar with any work other than with Bill Evans. Since you are not familiar > with Evans you should definately check him out, as he is one of the top > jazz pianists of the century. Buy any of his records. I do believe that Scott LaFaro was not killed with Bud Powell's brother Chris(acutally Bud's brother was Richie Powell). Richie Powell was killed in a car accident with Clifford Brown.