Any Tom Scott fans here? (Especially the earlier LA Express stuff)

**bassybill** · #1 01-22-2011, 01:19 PM

I've been a fan for a loooong time. Here's a great lesson on how to really groove like you mean it in 3/4.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pB2QrvZW1g

SixString · #2 01-22-2011, 01:26 PM

I have a Tom Scott album with Marcus Miller on bass, apple juice i think its called. KILLER album

bottomzone · #3 01-22-2011, 05:17 PM

Oh yeah!!!! I've been a Tom Scott fan for a long time!!! Here is a track with the great Gary King on bass:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mfdkvqggtuc

A Groove is a Terrible Thing to Waste!

Lobaw · #4 01-22-2011, 05:23 PM

I always dug "Tom Cat" when he was playing with the L.A. Express. Some really great players in that band and during the Joni Mitchell days.

diehard70 · #5 01-22-2011, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by bassybill

I've been a fan for a loooong time. Here's a great lesson on how to really groove like you mean it in 3/4.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pB2QrvZW1g

I don't know why I've never heard of him before. Great playing, great tone. Thanks for posting this GEM, bassybill. This is why I come here, to find knowledge, groove, etc. I didn't know I was lacking

whyseye · #6 01-22-2011, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Lobaw

I always dug "Tom Cat" when he was playing with the L.A. Express. Some really great players in that band and during the Joni Mitchell days.

^^^^^ +abunch

Love his solo on Joni's "For Free".

**bassybill** · #7 01-22-2011, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by bottomzone

Oh yeah!!!! I've been a Tom Scott fan for a long time!!! Here is a track with the great Gary King on bass:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mfdkvqggtuc

A Groove is a Terrible Thing to Waste!

Nice playing by Gary King on that track.

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Originally Posted by diehard70

I don't know why I've never heard of him before. Great playing, great tone. Thanks for posting this GEM, bassybill. This is why I come here, to find knowledge, groove, etc. I didn't know I was lacking

He's a cool sax player and great writer - he did a lot of TV music back in the day. Here's a tune that many people of a certain age will definitely know.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc4PASuHruo

Last time I saw Tom Scott in recent years was in the Standing In The Shadows Of Motown movie. Make sure you watch the whole clip.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtvBdgyDH8U

Low Class · #8 01-22-2011, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Lobaw

I always dug "Tom Cat" when he was playing with the L.A. Express. Some really great players in that band and during the Joni Mitchell days.

+1! I still have the first Tom Scott and the LA Express LP. Can anyone remember which late night show that he was the band leader? I want to say it was either Pat Sajak or Chevy Chase.

Bass_Thumper · #9 01-22-2011, 11:41 PM

Just had to break out Rock Island Rocket and play along. Thanks for reminding me of some great music.

mwbonsall · #10 01-22-2011, 11:53 PM

I love Tom Scott, thanks for posting this.

Mark

jerry · #11 01-23-2011, 12:25 PM

Dug all of the L.A. Express stuff and Max Bennett's groove. I really wish they would put Apple Juice back out, that was a smoking band too!

JimK · #12 01-24-2011, 08:25 AM

Loved this stuff back in the day!
...it wasn't the Mahavishnu Orchestra...but it was more up my alley.

I had totally forgotten about the tune "Got The Feel'n'" (the OP's link)...at first, I thought it was "Midtown Rush".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6cV-v6iN4I

Gary King is great & definitely underappredciated around here. Tom Scott's New York Connection is one of my favourites...just played it the other night as a trip down memory lane. "Dirty Old Man" is just nasty
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbAk3h9qZws

...great interplaying on "New York Connection" (Gadd-King-Bob James)..."Looking Out For Number 7" is a nice groove in 7.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2JxMGWrmQo
That whole album is a lesson in taste & group intercation...and Richard Tee smokes on it, too!

There are also 2 Tom Scott-less L.A. Express albums out there...David Luell's sax may be a little hard at times (Tom Scott clone, IIRC)...Max Bennett, John Guerin & Victor Feldman make it for it, though.

JimK · #13 01-24-2011, 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Bass_Thumper

Just had to break out Rock Island Rocket and play along. Thanks for reminding me of some great music.

"Good Night Mr. & Mrs. America..." & Robben Ford's "Day Way" are other killers from that album.

jsbarber · #14 01-24-2011, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by jerry

Dug all of the L.A. Express stuff and Max Bennett's groove...

Max is a killer bassist. I recently discovered his website:
http://www.maxbennett.com/

He also a super nice guy. He sold me some charts for RI Rocket, which he wrote and is my favorite of the LA Express tunes.

Jim

Melik · #15 01-24-2011, 08:36 AM

One of my favourite session players!

lucas vigor · #16 01-24-2011, 11:22 AM

I saw Tom Scott live at a cool event they used to have at a local marine corp base, called "taste of orange"....he was hands down AWESOME! Like an elder statesman of smooth jazz!

electracoyote · #17 01-24-2011, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by bassybill

I've been a fan for a loooong time. Here's a great lesson on how to really groove like you mean it in 3/4.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pB2QrvZW1g

Very cool. Thanks for sharing.

As much of this guy's session playing as I've been listening to over the past 40 years, I should start listening to his own bands and recordings.

Bass_Thumper · #18 01-24-2011, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by JimK

"Good Night Mr. & Mrs. America..." & Robben Ford's "Day Way" are other killers from that album.

Yes indeed. Just great stuff that has been a little overlooked for some reason. Maybe this thread will inspire some folks to check it out.

**bassybill** · #19 01-24-2011, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by JimK

"Good Night Mr. & Mrs. America..." & Robben Ford's "Day Way" are other killers from that album.

I love both those tracks.

What got me into Tom Scott was actually a sax playing friend of mine in the late 70s lending me a tape of the first LA Express album, which was equally as good as "Tom Cat". After those two albums, the band seemed to go a little more commercial to me - still good, but the first two albums were something special.

Here's a fantastic track from the first album. The CD or download versions are available on Amazon if you like it.

http://www.mikedrums.pwp.blueyonder....om%20Scott.mp3

http://www.amazon.com/Tom-Scott-L-Ex...5894448&sr=8-1

(By the way, Jim, the track I posted in the OP is called Backfence Cattin'.)

**bassybill** · #20 01-24-2011, 12:12 PM

Please forgive the self-promoting derail, but some of you jazz funk guys might enjoy the cover version of a Crusaders number my band did that I just posted in another thread in this forum. Please check it out (post #2 in the thread) and let me know what you think.

Any Crusader's fans here?