Composer: Porter: All that listening to the trio had another effect on me. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZ_rZZusz90, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbTEgBEaEM4. 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 . LaFaro-Fernandez, Helen; Ralston, Chuck; Campbell, Jeffrey R.; Palombi, Phil (2009). He also played in Stan Getz's band between jobs with the Bill Evans trio. Rocco Scott LaFaro (April 3, 1936 July 6, 1961)[1] was an American jazz double bassist known for his work with the Bill Evans Trio. Hes just so damn elegant. Once he got the gig, his college days were over. Scott Yanow, All-Music GuideScott LaFaros life and career were cut short in July of 1961. Everyone would say Dont go to the creek! but we did anyway, and would come home with red shoes. Often controversial, always entertaining, JazzTimes is a favorite of musicians and fans alike. HOMETOWN Newark, NJ, United States of America BORN April 3, 1936 Similar Artists Paul Motian. On date night, people would end up at The Smith. 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. Showing all 2 results. I quit very fast, but he was a natural. Q: Your family ended up following Scotty out to California. We never got to enjoy it as a concert venue in our day, unfortunately. Born in Newark, New Jersey, he was an influential jazz bassist best known for his work with the Bill Evans Trio. It was an idyllic childhood. His records with Bill Evans are among the finest jazz trio discs ever made. He replaced Charlie Haden as Ornette Coleman's bassist in January 1961. 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. Died . Press J to jump to the feed. It was then he fell in love with the tenor saxophone. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. Genres. The last day was recorded for two albums, Sunday at the Village Vanguard and Waltz for Debby.[8]. 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. Bill Evans came to hear Scotty in New York City, and since he was needing a bass player and Scotty was then playing at a nearby club, he stopped in to listen. But its a moment were meant to be a part of, that both surrounds us and is for us. What a natural setting for a multi-ecosystem guy like LaFaro, the dream bassist for a project of this nature, which is jazz, classical, painterly, open yet demonstrative. [3] He took up double bass at 18 before entering college because learning a string instrument was required of music education majors. Scottys death was hard on my Mom. Friedman relates inJade Visions,He used to play my piano, and was very interested in minor 7thchords with the flat 5th. Pictures of people only please! How did that happen? When Scotty came east to play with Goodman, he shared a cold-water flat in the East 70s with Freidman that went for $18 a month. Shortly after, their collaboration began. Your family ended up following Scotty out to California. Dad (Joe LaFaro) never forced us to play music. Member Of . To top it off, the old cars didn't have self-sealing gas tanks and as in the case of LaFaro's accident, if they ruptured, frequently resulted in fire. Mangione remembersLaFaro calling Baker an American tragedy, and says, Over the years, [Scotts] using the term an American tragedy still strikes me as incredibly ironic and portentous [given what happened] that night., At about 1:45 on the morning of July 6, LaFaro apparently fell asleep at the wheel and veered off Route 5-20, hitting a tree and killing himself and Ottley instantly. We would explore all around our neighborhood on West Street our house was where the elementary school is. Scotty and I were born in New Jersey but we moved back to Geneva in 1942. 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. Composer: Mercer / Kosma / Prevert My dad loved the director, so we had to go and have that experience as well. The two albums released by Riverside Records from that fabled performance,Sunday at the Village VanguardandWaltz for Debby, have long stood as his epitaph. He took up bass because he was required to play a stringed instrument at Ithaca College. 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. Composer: Coleman On date night, people would end up at The Smith. comments . Well, Michael Cera did play a bassist in Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World. In Jade Visionshe says, Scott wasnt what one would consider a big band bass player. Sometimes its defined by contrasting stylistic paths that amalgamate into a career, as with Miles Davis. Genre. So even a low speed accident which would be survivable in today's cars, would be a mess in an older car. Performers: Ornette Coleman, as; Don Cherry, c; Scott Lafaro, b; Ed Blackwell, d. New York City, 31 Jan 1961. 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. Joining Palombi on this date are Don Friedman and Eliot Zigmund. Born 1936 in Newark, N.J., La Faro studied clarinet and tenor sax as a boy, but in college switched to bass. Later we moved to Elmwood Place, and during the summer we would spend many of our days at the Brook Street Playground. He began working in jazz radio in 1977 at WCUW, a community-licensed radio station in Worcester, Massachusetts. But LaFaro had a pronounced Dolphy streak too, in that both musicians were playmakers, facilitators, helping others to raise their games by playing theirs at the highest level. John Tynan wrote inDownbeatthat the rhythm duo [LaFaro and Billy Higgins] were the baddest cats on the date. 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. Born . LaFaro died in an automobile accident on July 6, 1961, in Seneca, New York, [5] on U.S. Route 20 between Geneva and Canandaigua, [9] four days after accompanying Stan Getz at the Newport Jazz Festival. You know how some people (and you may be one of them) like to go on YouTube and listen to isolated Beach Boys backing vocals and John Bonham drum parts? In spring 1960, he featured on a half-dozen tracks that trumpeter Booker Little cut for his second session as leader. 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. "[12], In 1988, Insights label of RVC Corporation in Japan released Memories for Scotty. See all our current specials here. Jan. 30, 2021 1:47 PM PT. A record like this could easily have become just a mood disc: sound as fuzzy, woolly painting, in which the experiment becomes an end unto itself, the gesture, the gambit, being everything. LaFaro originally played clarinet and tenor before settling on bass while in college. LaFaro died in an automobile accident on July 6, 1961 in Flint, New York on U.S. Route 20 between Geneva and Canandaigua, four days after accompanying Stan Getz . The trio attracted attention for its style. LaFaro-Fernandez: Dad (Joe LaFaro) never forced us to play music. 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. His death came just ten days after recording two live albums with the Bill Evans Trio, Sunday at the Village Vanguard and Waltz . The top of the instrument is a three-piece plate of slab-cut fir; the back is a two-piece plate of moderately flamed maple with an ebony inlay at the center joint; the sides are made of matching maple. Let us be grateful that he didnt rest easy during what would prove to be the last Christmas season of his life, for in December 1960, he was called in for a couple of dates that we must look to every bit as much as the June 1961 Village Vanguard recordings to fully appreciate him. A professor encouraged him to audition for an open spot in the Buddy Morrow Orchestra. LaFaro completed his first year at Ithaca, but not his second. Sound-carver. 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. 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. It was an idyllic childhood. It originally appeared as a solo piano piece on Evans' debut album, New Jazz Conceptions. A jazz musicians legacy can be a multifarious slope. Nov 13, 2008 #2 Mark Carlsen Oct 4, 2004 we do worse! Cool Modal Music Post-Bop. So they were constantly trying for fresh approaches and fresh improvisationsAnd Bill told me, I remember it exactly, If I played the same lick on a tune two nights in a row, the next time I playe dit Scott would play it with me in harmonyhe would actually harmonize it so that at that point it was time for me to get rid of that lick and move on to something else.Is that what LaFaro was trying to bring to Getzs attention at the Blackhawk? This article is about the 1961 Village Vanguard recordings. Nearly six decades later, Helene LaFaro-Fernandez continues to keep her older brothers flame alive. It was then he fell in love with the tenor saxophone. Both Nat Hentoff and Ralph J. Gleason took note. [5] He left that organization to work in Los Angeles. Little was as star-crossed as LaFaro, and hes usually talked about in conjunction with altoist Eric Dolphy as often as LaFaro is with Evans. All rights reserved. She had lost her husband, then four years later lost her son, and she still had young kids to raise. After that touch of piano, he really started to enjoy music and develop a keen awareness of what it was all about. 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. My mom was still pregnant with my last sister. LaFaro left Morrow and settled in Los Angeles in 1957. ~ Charles A. Ralston, A Site About Dead Musicians and how they got that way. Elsewhere, a legacy is a reflection on what might have been, based on a limited amount of what was. The car, tree and garage all caught fire. At age 12 he was recommended for the Ithaca Conservatory of Music, where he was classically trained in violin. We were like brothers., Six months before the session with Kuhn, LaFaro recorded with trumpeter Booker Little on April 13 and 15. The 25-year-old Scott LaFaro's death in a car accident shortly after was a major shock to the jazz world." Scott Yanow. Ted Gioia, in his 1997 survey,The History of Jazz, said, "LaFarotook far greater chances, departing markedly from the traditional walking line, instead offering countermelodies and guitar-like phrases. Performers: Bill Evans, p; Scott LaFaro, b; Paul Motian, d. Village Vanguard, 25 June 1961. Other birthdays Monday: Jimmy McGriff, 64; Harold Vick, 19361987; and Eric Kloss, 51. The BMW then struck a fourth car which was traveling south on Corbin Avenue. Then wed go home and have dinner and ice cream. Evans was an articulate interweaver of a pianist, a melodic speaker, a filigree lord rather than a rhythm king. And how does it go? He became a professional musician in New York City during the Roaring 20s. April 3, 1936 in Newark, NJ. Available Qualities. The portion of Linden Street that runs from Seneca Street to South Exchange. Scotty was on the road at the time, in California. He was a musician from age 4. Though hed previously appeared onGolden Trombonewith Buddy Morrow,The Arrival of Victor Feldmanwas essentially the first LP that showcased his singular gifts. 52.119.1.55 In 2009 she published a biography about him, Jade Visions: The Life and Music of Scott LaFaro. 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. He had an incredible ear. (, This page was last edited on 15 February 2023, at 23:36. LaFaro was killed in a car accident near his hometown of Geneva, N.Y., at age 25. Read More Joe Williams: Beyond the Blues, As a JazzTimes writer, I can talk about the powers of a dynamic drummer until Im blue in the face: the weight of each tom-toms Read More Chops: What Bassists Listen for in Drummers, America's jazz resource, delivered to your inbox. Scott LaFaro was born 64 years ago today. 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. Is that a jazz thing? Q: Did you and your brother spend time at the Smith Opera House (which was Schines Geneva Theatre back then)? He recorded with pianist Don Friedman as well. Before long he mastered the instrument, and he toured with trombonist Buddy Morrow and trumpeter Chet Baker. 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. We also spent time at the First Presbyterian Church choir. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faSD3g1ndHE, LaFaro began working regularly with Ornette after Evans became ill with hepatitis in July 1960 and went to Florida to recuperate at his parents home amid rumors that hed died. Composer: Styne / Sondheim In 2009 she published a biography about him, Jade Visions: The Life and Music of Scott LaFaro. Performers: Pat Moran, p; Scott LaFaro, b; Gene Gammage, d. 1958. We never got to enjoy it as a concert venue in our day, unfortunately. Joe LaBarbera, who drummed in the trio with Evans and Johnson, says, Bill said regarding Scott and the music, that Scott hated it when it remained the same. By City News Service. Published since 1970, JazzTimesAmericas Jazz Magazineprovides comprehensive and in-depth coverage of the jazz scene. Bud Powell. 1926). On March 5, 2014, the Geneva (New York) City Council approved making April 3 Scott LaFaro Day. After that touch of piano, he really started to enjoy music and develop a keen awareness of what it was all about. Scott LaFaro. Scott LaFaro - Death. 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. Gloria Gabriel was one of the dancers. That is what so many families Sunday ritual were like. Bassist Dave Green joins Alyn Shipton to pick the highlights of these, and to trace the other significant records in LaFaro's brief but brilliant career. 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