Scott La Faro

[gomachols]

i always knew of scott as the guy who didn't stay long with ornette... figured he wasn't good enough or something. him and NHOP - who played with ayler. but the bass player usually is an odd one

[entengasse]

Das Original am Bass La Faro. Alle anderen sind PLAGIATE! Ja alle! andere! auch NHÖP. La Faro hat sich geopfert mit Leben.

[swingmanic]

Victor Feldman was an outstanding musician too, as a pianist, drummer, vibes player, arranger and composer too!..."Joshua" and "Seven Steps To Heaven" being just two examples of his compositional skills!

[redhouse7]

Scott Lafaro at 1:46 = pure magic

[manul255]

la ligne de base est wow

[FHD59]

I can't believe Jaco didn't mention him in interviews. Scott had it all. what a feel!

[LaNoire27]

Happy 75th Birthday, Scotty! You may not physically be with

us, but you'll always be in the hearts and minds of those of

us who love you...

[plangentmusic]

I'd swear he had frets on that thing. Best intonation of any of them. Amazing.

[bonzo1023drum]

greeeeeeet!!

what a wonderful bass sounds ...... I can't get up without this

[blue47er]

All the focus seems to be on La Far0. Well, superb bassist he certainly was, but time to add a little balance to this discussion. Let's hear it for one of the finest all-rounders in jazz, Victor Feldman - a truly original pianist and vibraphonist, an outs tanding talent who also died far too young.

[rmac1042]

As a jazz pianist/composer for 45 years, I was early-on--till today--under the spell of Bill Evans, with Scotty and Paul. But the only time I saw Scotty live was at the Sanbah

Club in L.A. with Ornette. That was a great night! The whole group was kickin', but Scotty knocked me out! I would have given my "eye teeth" to see Scotty with Bill, but this night made up for it to some degree.

[slender1]

@rmac1042 I saw Scott at the Vanguard one night playing with Ornette. During an "intermission" I came over to him and said " Hi..what's going on? (or words to that effect) He just shook his head and said "I don't know whats going on man". Ornette could do that to you...you know.

[AragonBill]

I heard of Scotty LaFaro from Monte Budwig in Los Angeles back in the late 1950's when Scotty was wowing them in the jazz clubs. He was said to a fantastic player although some criticism was that when he played live he filled in too much of the time instead of just playing time. He originally started out as a piccalo or flute player that is how he was able to play and think bass lines. In those days a lot of bass players were getting drunk and going off the road...

[AragonBill]

I heard of Scotty LaFaro from Monte Budwig in Los Angeles back in the late 1950's when Scotty was wowing them in the jazz clubs. He was said to a fantastic player although some criticism was that when he played live he filled in too much of the time instead of just playing time. He originally started out as a piccalo or flute player that is how he was able to play and think bass lines.

[gravylegs6t9]

k old man

[gravylegs6t9]

is it just me or is scott's tone fucking amazing?

[willjazz1]

@gravylegs6t9 no, scotts tone is definitely fucking lush. its sounds so good i could eat it....

[EGomezbest]

@gravylegs6t9 You children that use use the "f" demeans the integrity of the world of jazz. Grow up with jazz and you won't be describing jazz with expletives. FACT.

[clockface59]

@EGomezbest lighten up buddy its a fucking word, i love jazz, i also use certain words that fall under the category of expletives. Its time to wake up and smell the 21st century (and take your osteoporosis medication)

[orqsilva]

Great bass lines. Very compelling. It leads one to question the relationship between such sparkling musical genius and an early death. Almost like a brilliant and glorious flame that briefly illuminates the world with its music and quickly dies out. Clifford Brown, Mozart, Bird, Trane, Schubert, even Gershwin (39). You can't even think these deaths as tragic since they are so common. Maybe the human brain can only flash so brilliantly before it either short-circuits or blows a fuse.

[rayjr62]

And you wanna know the real insane part about all of this? When this LP came out, Scott had only been playing the double bass for 4 years. Scott didn't start playing the bass until he was a freshman in college. In 1958 he was 22 years old.

Un-fucking real.

[emilioguarino]

Scott La Faro made me want to play the double bass. His playing and determination are legendary!

[lklkhjhjdfs]

Extraordinary bass line . Scott La Faro is unforgattable !

[Dreadmonkey1]

why is it that in order to regarded as a jazz bass legend you have to die young...

[Mushinronsha3]

@Dreadmonkey1 He and Jaco were so young. They might have revolutionized bass even more than they already did had they lived longer and kept their shit together.

[19cassidy65]

@Dreadmonkey1 Um, Ray Brown didn't die young at 75. Mingus was 56, Ron Carter is still alive at 73, Eddie Gomez is alive and is 66. There are plenty of legends who lived full lives.

[HogBranch]

This album should have been called "The Arrival of Scott LaFaro"

[teemingup]

I don`t care who is soloing, I am only listening at Scotty, taking all the risks as usual!

[DavidDawson33]

Scotty was such an amazing talent. He looks like he's just a teenager in the photo with Bill Evans.

[Alvarikoke16]

Scot lafaro if U wouldn´t died to much young!!!!

[bobbygoesbig]

Love that album cover.

[catalystdrums123]

sorry jaco, I now have a new god

[catalystdrums123]

@catalystdrums123 sorry scott my new god is hadrien feraud.

[casch0101]

@catalystdrums123

Please allow me to digress....Jaco has NOTHING to do with JAZZ (or else) bass playing. LaFaro is simply astounding. Also check out Niels Henning Oersted Pedersen (aka Niels Pedersen) (the best acoustic player ever) to hear what perfect intonation, overwhelming swing, top-notch technique and thourough understanding of harmony is about.

[TubbyMex]

@catalystdrums123 I think in this regard that we can worship a pantheon... jaco is still a god, as is scott lafaro! :-)

[SotR59]

I just learned about Scott LaFaro from Bass Player magazine.

I was never big into jazz. I know enough that I could pick out most of the big names in a photo. And I have some various jazz recordings. But LaFaro was a new name to me.

I was amazed to learn that he died so young. Reading the story, his body of output was leading me to believe that his career was lenghty.

After 30 years of playing electric bass I got an upright bass last week, the timing couldn't be better to discover Scott LaFaro.

[sagtime95]

@SotR59 yea man i started playing upright like last year and found out about because he went to the same school as me but in like the 50s and it was crazy how good he was i would only hope to be as half as good as him

[rootsmoncom]

@SotR59 Hiya, No, Jaco listened to him too. I read about Sctt LaFaro years and years ago and got him totally in the wrong era. First time I heard him playing, with Stan Getz as it was, just a too few years young to understand why all the big,hip guys at my school carried around "Saturday Night at the Village Vanguard". Don't be harsh on Jaco, he took it on.

[SotR59]

@rootsmoncom

I think you mixed me up with someone else. I didn't say anything about Jaco.

[rezmogm]

@SotR59 Hey good for you! Now go and listen to all the Bill Evans Trio albums that Scott played on. You will be totally amazed.

[torontonian77]

My bass teacher in college used to know him. He said the action on Scott's bass was really low. Nevertheless, he still got a clear, bright sound...an amazing player all around.

[mudoctave223]

in his 25's lol! but yes poor kid man i'm not even that old yet

[Kr4k4t0a]

its so bad he died in his 25's in a car accident. he could offer so many things on the bass with his talent...

[bassadamhadam]

He was also a very talented chef

[Fili2009able]

It is sad the way Scott La Faro died and he was so young .

[paulf56]

Yes same could be said for clifford brown !!!

[jibcraip]

Too many to name... =( .RI.P

[Lottolearnstrings]

Every walking bass line Scott does in each chorus is a whole perfect phrase on it's own.

[hurting]

So true man - as nice as Victor sounds I'm really just listening to the bass.

[micaofboca]

Is that really Vic Feldman on vibes. Holy mackeral. He's hotter than Milt Jackson here. What a stone gas! And to play with Scott LeFaro is like playing with Steve Lacy. These guys have the souls of saints.

[mrstrings65]

I studied piano with Victor ,and he was a great player,and a great guy...very supportive...on my first lesson he said, as he sat behind a set of drums,"play something"...he clicked off a medium tempo, and we played...it was great,I got to be a friend of his...great pianist,vibraphonist, and drummer...check out his piano playing on Miles "seven steps to heaven" he also composed a piece on the album !!

[89doublebass]

i like so much the sound of Scott; each note it's like a stone...

[okturus]

fire

[89doublebass]

YEEESSS.......

[mibifinalist]

burning!

[mperik71]

Great, beautiful sound, especially the double bass. It takes a lot of high tec microphones and studio work to get this kind of double bass sound, 'as is', nowadays. Thanks, Scott!!

[mikemaehr4]

Can I take my rating back? I would give it highest marks for good sound quality and jamming tune even without real footage. Scott LaFaro stuff is great.

[dixjazz]

I agree with Vova 47...One of the best trio albums. Also worthwhile, THE ARTFUL DODGER...Vic Feldman Trio.....wonderful stuff.!!! Hard to imagine this was 50 years ago...!!

[vova47]

One of the best trio albums ever !

Scotty really could walk, couldn´t he ?

Stan Levey is a perfect drummer and Vic Feldman to these years was the best musician ever to come out of England.

(And the best pianist Cannonball ever had)