Rhoda Scott - Fly Me To The Moon (Live in Eaubonne)

Styles: Jazz, Post Bop
Year: 2024
Time: 67:24
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Size: 155,4 MB
Art: Front

(8:11) 1. Fly Me To The Moon
(5:50) 2. Hippest cat in Hollywood (Live)
(4:45) 3. I got my mojo working (Live)
(6:03) 4. Angel Eyes (Live)
(3:55) 5. Chitlins con carne (Live)
(7:07) 6. This masquerade (Live)
(6:10) 7. One mint julep (Live)
(4:04) 8. Life is just a bowl (Live)
(6:07) 9. Impressions (Live)
(5:55) 10. Stormy weather (Live)
(7:17) 11. Watch what happens (Live)
(1:55) 12. Lil' darlin (Live)

Who can pass Rhoda Scott? But what's the matter with? The one that was very (too much for some) media we didn’t use the term on television in the '60s and '70s, the one that accompanied the Choeurs de France playing Gospel, the iconic leader of the Lady Quartet and the Ladies All Stars who have been filming for 20 years, the organist with bare feet and the absolute toe to the inimitable sound, or It is in this last formation that we find him here in a very recent recording of 7 May 2024 at the Orangerie d’Eaubonne. With her faithful stagemate, drummer Thomas Derouineau and the elegant guitarist Nicolas Peslier. A reduced training that highlights this great lady of jazz so pleasant and simple when you have the chance to meet her.https://lagazettebleuedactionjazz.fr/rhoda-scott-et-le-lady-quartet/

So this is Rhoda's nectar and the Hammond organ, so this sound so taking and enveloping, these deep bass, this energy alternating with softness. You have to see Rhoda in concert to measure the fusion with her instrument, how sometimes she shakes him or after the caress, a visual show as well.

Rhoda chose a repertoire of standards that she had never recorded before. The contrasting dialogues of the organ with Nicolas Peslier's guitar arbitrated by Thomas Derouineau's subtly drumming are sublime clear and make us rediscover certain standards that are still not worn and here regenerated. A weak concern me for "This Masquerade" with the cheerful energy contained and for "Impressions" by John Coltrane in a tonic version. Beautiful trio really. Pure jazz to put in all ears, a gift to the Audience of Aug., and I hope will be shared with many others. By Philippe Desmond https://blog.lagazettebleuedactionjazz.fr/rhoda-scott-trio-live-in-eaubonne/
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Fly Me To The Moon (Live in Eaubonne)

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Rhoda Scott - Paris - New York Disc 1 And Disc 2

Album: Paris - New York   Disc 1

Styles: Jazz, Post Bop
Year: 2012
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:19
Size: 134,6 MB
Art: Front

(3:08)  1. Moanin'
(3:43)  2. Il Est Mort Le Soleil
(7:41)  3. Medley from ''West Side Story''
(4:13)  4. Take A Ladder
(4:43)  5. Ebb Tide
(2:47)  6. What Kind Of Fool Am I?
(2:26)  7. Count Basie (Lil Darlin)
(6:38)  8. Splanky
(4:29)  9. Mach II
(3:26) 10. Fire And Brimstone
(5:08) 11. Jeremy
(6:30) 12. Delilah
(3:20) 13. Blues At The Bilboquet

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Album: Paris - New York  Disc 2

Time: 43:57

Size: 101,4 MB

(4:32)  1. Mach 2

(4:33)  2. Tanikka

(5:02)  3. Rhoda Map

(4:15)  4. R And R

(4:34)  5. Charlotte's Walz

(5:08)  6. Walkin' About

(7:26)  7. Take A Ladder

(4:24)  8. La La Solitude

(4:00)  9. Quand Je Monte Chez Toi

In 1967, following in the footsteps of Tadd Dameron and Quincy Jones, Rhoda Scott arrives in France to take classes with Nadia Boulanger. Barely a year later, she recorded her debut album Barclay, Take a Ladder duet with one of the best drummers of the moment, Daniel Humair. A long series of albums will follow, two of which are particularly distinguished by the presence of first-rate accompanists: Mach II (1971) in which his long-time accomplice, American saxophonist / flutist Joe Thomas and especially Rhoda Scott in New York, participate. (1976), the result of the collaboration between the virtuoso organist and the great orchestra of Thad Jones / Mel Lewis. Translate by Google https://www.amazon.fr/Paris-New-York-Rhoda-Scott/dp/B007JNN1LG

Personnel: Organ [Hammond] – Rhoda Scott; Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Flute – Edward Xiques, Jerry Dodgion; Arranged By, Flugelhorn – Thad Jones; Baritone Saxophone – Pepper Adams; Bass – Bob Bowman ; Drums – Mel Lewis; Electric Piano – Harold Danko; Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet – Larry Schneider; Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet – Gregory Herbert; Trombone – Billy Campbell, Clifford Adams, Earl Mc Intyre, John Mosca; Trumpet – Al Porcino, Cecil Bridgewater, Earl Gardner, Lynn Nicholson

Paris - New York Disc 1,Disc 2

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Rhoda Scott Lady Quartet - We Free Queens

Size: 102,5 MB
Time: 42:49
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Jazz, Hammond Organ
Art: Front

01. We Free Queens (Feat. Geraldine Laurent & Anne Paceo) (5:45)
02. I Wanna Move (Feat. Geraldine Laurent & Anne Paceo) (4:20)
03. Que Reste-t-il De Nos Amours (5:01)
04. One By One (Feat. Julien Alour) (5:06)
05. Rhoda's Delight (Feat. Geraldine Laurent) (4:25)
06. Valse A Charlotte (5:43)
07. Joke (Feat. Anne Paceo) (7:31)
08. What I'd Say (Feat. Geraldine Laurent & Julien Alour) (4:54)

Rhoda Scott (b. July 3, 1938, Dorothy, New Jersey) is an African-American hard bop and soul jazz organist.

The daughter of an AME minister, Scott spent much of her childhood in New Jersey, where she learned to play organ in the churches where her father served. Soon she herself was serving frequently as organist for youth and gospel choirs at her father's and other churches. Scott later studied classical piano, but she concentrated on the organ, eventually earning a Masters' degree in music theory from the Manhattan School of Music.

By this time she had been asked by a choir member to fill in with a small band as a jazz pianist. Enjoying the music, she agreed to stay on with the band on condition that she be allowed to play organ instead of piano. Choosing as her instrument the Hammond organ, she soon became a preeminent jazz musician and is considered by many to be the top female jazz organist.

Scott was first attracted to the organ in her father’s church at age seven. "It's really the most beautiful instrument in the world," she stated in a recent interview. "The first thing I did was take my shoes off and work the pedals." From then on she always played her church organ in her bare feet, and to this date she has continued the practice, earning her nicknames such as "The Barefoot Lady" and "The Barefoot Contessa".

In 1967 Scott moved to France, where she has since spent most of her career and earned recognition far greater than that accorded to her in the United States, though she often performs in the latter country as well.

She has many famous standards in her repertoire, like In the Mood, Theme from New York, New York, Summertime, Mack the Knife, Take Five, Hit the Road Jack, Greensleeves, Tico-Tico no Fubá, Let it Snow, and Delilah. In May 2011 in a context of Versailles Jazz Festival she gave a significant performance together with a classical organist Francis Vidil, combining sonic palettes of classical organs with jazz and Hammond organs.

We Free Queens

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Rhoda Scott - Take Five / In The Mood / Summertime...

Styles: Soul Jazz, Post Bop
Year: 1980
File: MP3@224K/s
Time: 78:26
Size: 127,9 MB
Art: Front

(2:40) 1. Take Five
(5:49) 2. Summertime
(3:28) 3. Espoir
(4:39) 4. Tanikka
(2:50) 5. Old Man River
(2:24) 6. Mach II
(1:50) 7. Tico-Tico
(3:44) 8. Les Parapluies De Cherbourg
(3:58) 9. In The Mood
(3:41) 10. 'Till
(2:17) 11. Just A Gigolo
(1:51) 12. When The Saints Go Marching In
(4:12) 13. R & R
(4:11) 14. Groggy
(3:19) 15. Toe Jam
(3:42) 16. Ballade For Doriane
(3:19) 17. Blues At 'The Bilboquet
' (7:22) 18. Take A Ladder
(5:04) 19. Sweet Cool
(4:30) 20. Valse A Charlotte
(3:26) 21. Bitter Street

Rhoda Scott, born in 1938 in Dorothy, New Jersey, U.S.A., is the daughter of an itinerant minister, and she grew up in the tradition of small African-American churches. It is while accompanying the Gospels and Negro Spirituals at the age of 8, that her exceptional musical talent was revealed. Although self-taught, she was determined to perfect her musical education, and after attending Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey, she entered Manhattan School of Music in New York, where she was awarded the Borden Prize for the highest academic average, and obtained her Master of Music degree in 1967. She came to France for the first time in July 1967 to study counterpoint, harmony, and composition at the American Conservatory of Beaux Arts in Fontainebleau, with the great Nadia Boulanger, who had also taught, among others, Aaron Copeland, Pierre Henry, Phillip Glass, and also Quincy Jones.

After such an illustrious cursus, Rhoda Scott is at ease in any context: classical music, jazz, gospels and blues. Gifted with an exceptional memory, she can play hundreds of themes from standards, but capable of composing a large part of her repertory.It was Count Basie who discovered her and hired her to play in his club in Harlem, which is where Eddie Barclay, during a stay in New York with his friend Raoul Saint-Yves, heard her play. Impressed by her original style and her communicative talent, they suggested she come to Paris. Director of the renowned jazz club, Le Bilboquet, Raoul Saint-Yves signed her on in July 1968. The following year her first French album was released on the Barclay label, “Take A Ladder,” on which, accompanied on drums by Daniel Humair, she interpreted jazz standards, as well as themes from “West Side Story,” and her own composition, “Take A Ladder.” The album was an immediate success, both critical and popular.

Mastering perfectly her Hammond Organ, the famous B-3, attached to three Leslie speakers, Scott records and performs generally with her only support being a drummer, playing her own bass lines on the organ pedalboard. She invariably removes her shoes to play, which has earned her the nickname of “The Barefoot Lady,” or in French, “l’Organiste aux Pieds Nus.” In October 1969, she wed Raoul Saint-Yves who continued to be the producer of her numerous recordings, usually associated with a particular circumstance (“Live At The Olympia in 1971, “In New York With Thad Jones and Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra” in 1975, “With Kenny Clarke” in 1977, etc.) or a particular theme (“Ballades” in 1973, “Orgues de Noël” in 1977, “Negro Spirituals” in 1983, etc.) All published on the Barclay label. In 1978, Eddie Barclay presented Scott with a trophy attesting the sale of over 500 000 albums sold.

With the arrival of the Compact Disc, while many of her vinyl albums were being re-edited or compiled, Scott signed a contract with the Verve label and recorded “Frame For The Blues” (1992,) “Feeling The Groove” (1993,) and “Alone” (1997.) In 2003, her “Encore, Encore, Encore,” with Lucien Dobat on drums, was released on the Sunnyside label (USA). Scott is frequently sought after for her powerful Hammond sound. Among her many collaborations, one can mention “Organ Masters” with Emmanuel Bex, Thierry Eliez, Stéfan Patry, and Benoît Sourisse, “Soul Sisters” with singer La Velle, “Rock My Boat “with David Linx and André Ceccarelli, or “Djangolized” with violinist Aurore Voilqué. On stage, she has been seen with Ella Fitzgerald, George Benson, ,and Ray Charles.

At the famous festival, “Jazz à Vienne” she created in 2004 the Rhoda Scott Lady Quartet with musicians Sophie Alour (tenor sax,) Airelle Besson (bugle,) and Julie Saury (drums.) A group that has lasted, with Airelle Besson being replaced by Lisa Cat-Berro (alto sax.) often appearing at the Sunset Jazz Club in Paris, and on tour.. In 2017, Stéphane Portet, owner of the Sunset, created his own label in order to record the CD “We Free Queens”, with special guests Geraldine Laurent, Anne Pacéo, and Julien Alour.

In 2018, Soctt was promoted to the title of Commandeur in the Order of Arts and Letters. She lives regularly in Chartres, and is active with many choral groups, having made arrangements of Negro Spiritual which are sung throughout France. In 2014, 47 years after her first Master’s degree, Scott obtained a Master of Arts degree in Jazz History and Research from Rutgers University of New Jersey. For her 80th birthday, Scott has chosen the rising generation of jazzwomen in France. The grand lady of the Hammond organ offers us a jazz which is generous with swing and a touch of blues; a music as joyful as it is lively, music within every listener’s field of reference. http://www.rhoda-scott.com/bio/

Take Five / In The Mood / Summertime...

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Rhoda Scott - Rhoda Scott Lady All Stars

Styles: Soul Jazz, Post Bop
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:17
Size: 102,5 MB
Art: Front

(5:32) 1. R & R
(4:45) 2. City of the Rising Sun
(5:28) 3. Les Châteaux de Sable
(6:04) 4. Laissez-moi
(5:59) 5. Golden Age
(6:03) 6. Escapade
(5:11) 7. I Wanna Move
(5:12) 8. Short Night Blues

Rhoda Scott is one of the greatest musicians in the history of jazz, playing on the most important international stages with Lionel Hampton, Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Clarke, Count Basie… She returns this year, after her much appreciated stint in 2007, at the head of an incredible all-female octet made up of major musicians in today's jazz: Anne Paceo, Geraldine Laurent, Airelle Besson, Céline Bonacina, Sophie Alour… Groove and swing await you!Translate By Google https://www.rendezvouserdre.com/portfolio/rhoda-scott-ladies-all-stars/

Personnel: Rhoda Scott: Hammond organ / Sophie Alour: tenor saxophone / Lisa Cat-Berro: alto saxophone / Julie Saury: drums / Anne Paceo: drums / Géraldine Laurent: alto saxophone / Airelle Besson: trumpet / Céline Bonacina: baritone saxophone

Rhoda Scott Lady All Stars

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Sophie Alour - Time For Love

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:38
Size: 109.1 MB
Styles: Ballads, Saxophone jazz
Year: 2016
Art: Front

[3:24] 1. Nos Cendres
[5:29] 2. I Loves You, Porgy
[4:19] 3. The Second Time Around
[4:49] 4. Left Alone
[4:39] 5. Skylark
[4:58] 6. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
[3:54] 7. Stars Fell On Alabama
[4:33] 8. Answer Me
[3:57] 9. I'm Old Fashioned
[3:37] 10. A Time For Love
[3:54] 11. Comptine

Sophie Alour (ts,ss); Sandro Zerafa (g); Sylvain Romano (b); Dédé Ceccarelli (ds); Stéphane Belmondo (tp); Rhoda Scott (org); Glenn Ferris (tb); David El Malek (ts); Alain Jean-Marie (p). QUINTET ALLEGRIA: Anne-Cécile Cuniot flûte traversière; Catherine Coquet hautbois et cor anglais; Gaëlle Burgelin clarinette; Cécile Hardouin basson; Camille Lebrequier cor.

"Time for Love", Sophie Alour's new opus is an album devoted to ballads and especially those immortalized by Shirley Horn, Joni Mitchell, Ella Fitzgerald or Nina Simone. Surrounded by the very best jazz musicians in France (Stéphane Belmondo, David El Malek (who is in charge of the musical direction of the project), and a wind quintet arranged by François Théberge, Rhoda Scott, Alain Jean-Marie, Dédé Ceccarelli) Sophie Alour confirms its sensitivity and expressiveness in the Jazz ballads. Time for Love is a great collective adventure that will hit the road of France and elsewhere, throughout the 2018/2019 season.

Time For Love

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Rhoda Scott & Kenny Clarke - Jazz In Paris: Rhoda Scott & Kenny Clarke

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 41:37
Size: 95.3 MB
Styles: Soul jazz
Year: 2001
Art: Front

[3:26] 1. Bitter Street
[5:18] 2. Satin Doll
[6:07] 3. It's Impossible
[5:43] 4. Speak Low
[3:01] 5. Now's The Time
[4:35] 6. Out Of Nowhere
[5:29] 7. What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life
[3:19] 8. Toe Jam
[4:34] 9. On Green Dolphin Street

Originally recorded in Paris at a pair of two-day sessions in 1977 and then released as a BarClay Records LP that same year, this fine duo set features the sturdy soul-jazz organ of Rhoda Scott paired with Kenny Clarke on drums, and together they create a remarkably full sound. It is worth noting that two of the best numbers here are Scott originals, "Bitter Street," which opens the album, and the funky "Toe Jam." ~Steve Leggett

Jazz In Paris: Rhoda Scott & Kenny Clarke

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Rhoda Scott - Movin'Blues

Styles: Soul Jazz, Post Bop
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 71:36
Size: 165,7 MB
Art: Front

(4:12) 1. Blue Law
(5:16) 2. Movin'Blues
(5:12) 3. Come Sunday
(5:42) 4. Blues at the Pinthière
(5:51) 5. Caravan
(3:52) 6. Dans ma vie
(4:42) 7. Honeysuckle Rose
(5:36) 8. Watch What Happens
(6:55) 9. I'm Looking for a Miracle
(6:35) 10. Let My People Go
(5:24) 11. Prière
(3:44) 12. Yes Indeed
(3:35) 13. Fais comme l'oiseau
(4:54) 14. In a Sentimental Mood

The eldest daughter of an American pastor, Rhoda Scott was immersed in the atmosphere of gospels throughout her childhood.

Passionate about the Hammond organ, The Barefoot Lady was quickly fascinated by jazz and its bluesy swing: “I first knew religious music and then jazz”. She has around fifty records to her credit.

Arrived in France in 1968, she played for many years in duet with a drummer. This was followed by Daniel Humair, Franco Manzecchi and Félix Simtaine. In 2009, she recorded Soul Sisters with singer La Velle and, in 2011, Rock my boat, with David Linx and André Ceccarelli. Recently, it was with her Lady Quartet that she played, recording We free Queens (nod to We free kings by Roland Kirk), with Sophie Alour (ts), Lise Cat Berro (as) and Anne Paceo (dm). For Movin’Blues, she returns to her old loves: the duo with drums. She is here accompanied by Thomas Derouisseau, young drummer who we discovered in Liège for the West Side Story Medley project. Here she chooses an eclectic repertoire: the spiritual Let my people go (Go down Moses), Caravan by Juan Tizol, Come Sunday by Duke Ellington, Honeysuckle Rose by Fats Waller and Watch what happens by Michel Legrand, without forgetting one or the other references to the blues: Movin’Blues, Blue Law, Blues at Pinthière. We find all the magic of the Hammond organ, its bluesy swing, its low notes played with the feet: “I sing with my instrument: it breathes in me.” A nice cover but a small gap: the list of titles does not specify the names of the composers.

Born in the United States, Rhoda Scott, the eldest daughter of a traveling pastor, grew up, she recalls, in the atmosphere of the small black churches with the accents of gospels and spirituals. In France, she also held the organ for forty years in her parish of Perche: “I sing with my instrument. He breathes in me. I’m faithful to it I first knew religious music and then jazz “, “God can encompass all styles of music” she says. Passionate about Bach’s works, she has established herself as the ambassador of the Hammond organ popularized by artists like Jimmy Smith. Mastery, energy and thick timbres, Rhoda Scott remains the living myth of the Hammond organ. Encircled by two monumental Leslie cabins and B3 controllers, she hops with a smile to groove his keyboards by ensuring a swing “bluesy”, airy and hard-hitting … With fifty records to his credit, concerts at the Olympia and in the most prestigious festivals, Rhoda Scott returns with his new “Movin ‘Blues” to his first love the drum organ duo that made his success and his trademark. The Barefoot Lady is back!

The Barefoot Lady is back! After a first album success with the Rhoda Scott Lady Quartet “We free queens” and more than 100 dates of concerts around the world, the adventure continues. Far from being sparse and reserved for initiates, her music is rich, dense, groovy, like Rhoda Scott’s generosity. As a tightrope walker, she gives the Hammond organ its full dimension, respecting the great tradition of jazz and blues in a special duet with drums that has been her hallmark all along her career. Her audience will enjoy this homecoming.

Personnel: Rhoda Scott, organ Hammond B3; Thomas Derouineau, drums

Movin'Blues

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Rhoda Scott - Stardust

Styles: Soul Jazz, Post Bop
Year: 1991
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:46
Size: 133,3 MB
Art: Front

(7:03)  1. Stardust
(4:07)  2. Manhattan
(4:13)  3. Groggy
(4:23)  4. Moonlight Serenade
(6:34)  5. Stormy Weather
(5:26)  6. Long Ago (And Far Away)
(4:17)  7. Un Jour Tu Verras
(5:01)  8. Ballade For Michele
(6:02)  9. Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be)
(5:05) 10. Sweet Cool
(5:32) 11. Tenderly

Rhoda Scott (born July 3, 1938) is an American soul jazz organist. Scott was first attracted to the organ in her father’s church at age seven. "It's really the most beautiful instrument in the world", she stated in a recent interview. "The first thing I did was take my shoes off and work the pedals." From then on she always played her church organ in her bare feet, and to this date she has continued the practice. In 1967 Scott moved to France, where she has since spent most of her career. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhoda_Scott

Stardust

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Rhoda Scott - Beyond The Sea

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 74:12
Size: 169.9 MB
Styles: B3 Organ jazz
Year: 2010
Art: Front

[ 7:14] 1. Half Moon Bay
[ 9:31] 2. My One And Only Love
[ 5:42] 3. Falling In Love With Love/By The River Saint Marie
[10:11] 4. Beyond The Sea
[ 5:56] 5. Green Dolphin Street
[ 8:16] 6. Beyond The Sea
[ 7:00] 7. Roll'em Pete
[10:26] 8. Secret Love
[ 9:51] 9. Blue Bossa

This is Rhoda Scott’s second release for Doodlin’ Records and her first live recording in the United States in many years. Hear how she thrills the audience with her patented organ style and how saxophonist Ricky Woodard and drummer Akira Tana move her forward with their energy. Vocalist Kim Nalley adds extra spice with three vocals straight from the duo performances that she and Rhoda have been known for in the Bay Area.

"For her second album, it was decided to return Rhoda to her original format of organ, tenor sax and drums. Ricky Woodard was an inspired choice and his playing here is some of the best he has put on record. Woodard has been one of the major voices on his instrument for almost thirty years and has worked with Ray Charles, the Capp-Pierce Juggernaut, the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, Jimmy Smith and Jeannie Cheatham’s Sweet Baby Blues Band.

Drummer Akira Tana completes the cast. He had originally been inspired by Kenny Clarke and Art Blakey and, after studying with Alan Dawson, had worked with almost everyone of note in the New York area, including bassist Rufus Reid, with whom he co-led his own combo. He returned to his native California in 1999 and has continued his active free-lance work." ~Bob Porter

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Christophe Monniot, Rhoda Scott, Jeff Boudreaux - Blanc Casse

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:30
Size: 113.3 MB
Styles: Hammond Organ jazz, Saxophone jazz
Year: 2017
Art: Front

[4:36] 1. Mack The Knife
[7:33] 2. Amazing Grace
[1:32] 3. Improvisation A 2 Voix
[9:07] 4. Chameleon
[1:50] 5. Before-Over
[8:35] 6. Over The Rainbow
[7:59] 7. Blanc Cassé
[8:14] 8. Mercy Mercy Mercy

Christophe Monniot brought together the legendary barefoot organist Rhoda Scott, and drummer of the New Orleans Jeff Boudreaus to form a trio with the deep colors of soul jazz, swing, love and freedom! Hot rooms with electric and eclectic atmospheres guaranteed! A legendary organist in the jazz and gospel scene, Rhoda Scott is the outstanding guest of saxophonist Christophe Monniot for an electrifying concert.

Christophe Monniot is truly one of the most beautiful emblems of today's jazz! He jostles the genres, plays the academic with the spirit of a fiery free-thinker.

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Christian Rover Group - Live In Concert (Feat. Rhoda Scott)

Size: 159,1 MB
Time: 68:52
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1998
Styles: Jazz: Hammond Organ
Art: Front

01. Easter Blue (10:15)
02. We'll Be Together Again (10:53)
03. In A Mellow Tone (11:25)
04. Mack The Knife ( 6:35)
05. Stay With Me Lord ( 7:21)
06. Toccate - Impressions (13:26)
07. Splanky ( 8:54)

After a long stint in the USA, Christian Rover is making a name for himself on the international music scene. A summa cum laude graduate of Berklee College Of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, Rover captured first prize at DOWNBEAT'S "Music Fest USA" and was awarded the Joe Zawinul Award for outstanding achievements in music synthesis. His own CDs and numerous other recordings demonstrate his unique musical talent, both as a solo artist and a sideman. Rover has toured and given concerts in the USA, Israel, China, Japan and throughout Europe.

Rover has performed and recorded with such jazz greats as Rhoda Scott, Pee Wee Ellis, Houston Person, George Garzone, John Zorn, Matt Garrisson, Jim Black, Dan Rieser, John Stowell, Skuli Sverrisson, Cesar Olguin, Enzo Zirilli, Alberto Marsico, Raetus Flisch, Piotr Barron, Jaromir Honzak, Gildas and Jean-Batiste Boclé, Emil Mangelsdorf, Wolfgang Engstfeld and Peter Weiss among many others. He enjoys being active in many styles of music from contemporary to popular, ethnic to all shades of jazz. The settings that he has worked in range from solo performances to unique band projects to leading a Japanese/East German Big Band ("Far East Far Out Orchestra”). A skilled composer Rover likes the challenge of writing in contemporary as well as classical context such as arranging and performing the Goldberg Variations on three electric guitars for the International Bachfestival.

Christian Rover is also in great demand as a teacher. He has worked as a professor at the University of Graz (Austria), the Conservatory of Music in Weimar and Leipzig (Germany) and has taught at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachuessetts (USA). He has given countless lectures at conservatories such as the Sibelius Academy (Finland), in Zurich and Basel (Switzerland) as well as workshops in Gdansk (Poland), Prague (Czech Republic) and many other institutions around the globe. For many years he has been a contributing writer to major publications such as Gitarre & Bass, Musiker and Fachblatt.

Live In Concert

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Rhoda Scott - Frame For The Blues

Styles: Jazz
Year: 1992
File: MP3@256K/s
Time: 54:27
Size: 100,3 MB
Art: Front

(6:33)  1. So What
(4:51)  2. Frame For The Blues
(4:39)  3. Little Girl Blue
(5:09)  4. Save your love For Me
(5:32)  5. Short Night Blues
(5:18)  6. Song For Philippe
(4:29)  7. Blue Law
(7:45)  8. Whose Side Are You On
(6:00)  9. My Romance
(4:07) 10. A Child Is Born

Rhoda Scott (b. July 3, 1938, Dorothy, New Jersey) an African-American hard bop and soul jazz organist.The daughter of an AME minister, Scott spent much of her childhood in New Jersey, where she learned to play organ in the churches where her father served. Soon she herself was serving frequently as organist for youth and gospel choirs at her father's and other churches. Scott later studied classical piano, but she concentrated on the organ, eventually earning a Master's degree in music theory from the Manhattan School of Music.By this time she had been asked by a choir member to fill in with a small band as a jazz pianist. Enjoying the music, she agreed to stay on with the band on condition that she be allowed to play organ instead of piano. Choosing as her instrument the Hammond organ, she soon became a preeminent jazz musician and is considered by many to be the top female jazz organist. Scott was first attracted to the organ in her father’s church at age seven. "It's really the most beautiful instrument in the world," she stated in a recent interview. "The first thing I did was take my shoes off and work the pedals." From then on she always played her church organ in her bare feet, and to this date she has continued the practice. In 1967 Scott moved to France, where she has since spent most of her career and earned recognition far greater than that accorded to her in the United States, though she often performs in the latter country as well.She has many famous standards in her repertoire, like In the Mood, Theme from New York, New York, Summertime, Mack the Knife, Take Five, Hit the Road Jack, Greensleeves, Tico-Tico no Fubá, Let it Snow, and Delilah. In May 2011 in a context of Versailles Jazz Festival she gave a significant performance together with a classical organist Francis Vidil, combining sonic palettes of classical organs with jazz and Hammond organs.~https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhoda_Scott

Personnel:  Victor Jones - Drums; Rhoda Scott - Hammond XB-2, Hammond B3000.

Frame For The Blues

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David Linx - Rock My boat

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2011
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:12
Size: 122,5 MB
Art: Front

(5:01)  1. Rock My Boat
(5:09)  2. I Never Went Away
(3:13)  3. Just Give Me Time
(5:57)  4. Letter To My Son/Aos Nossos Filhos
(4:52)  5. Childhood
(2:06)  6. Foolkiller
(5:22)  7. Northern Star
(4:01)  8. Where Rivers Join
(5:14)  9. A Quiet Place
(5:41) 10. Even Make It Up
(2:48) 11. Yesternow
(3:42) 12. On The Other Side

Belgian vocalist David Linx is to jazz what Rufus Wainwright is to pop, a chameleonic avant-gardist of the first order. Though Linx has been recording since the mid-1980s, a survey of just his 2010 projectsthe richly imaginative tribute Follow Jon Hendricks… If You Can, with Michele Hendricks and the French singer-songwriter André Minvielle; the clever quasi-travelogue Follow the Songlines, with Portuguese vocalist Maria João; and One Heart, Three Voices, a magnificent summit with Dutch vocalist Fay Claassen and pianist Diederik Wissels is enough to illustrate his remarkable dexterity. Throughout Rock My Boat, featuring Rhoda Scott on Hammond B3 and André Ceccarelli on drums, Linx’s adventurous eclecticism continues unabated. At various points, Linx suggests Kurt Elling channeling Jimmy Scott and Allen Ginsberg by way of Smokey Robinson, with shades of Hendricks and George Benson. Half of the dozen tracks are given over to a wide-ranging assortment of covers, extending from the hushed glory of Christian music pioneer Ralph Carmichael’s “A Quiet Place” and a bruised, bilingual exploration of Ivan Lins’ “Aos Nossos Filhos,” to a coolly swinging reading of Mose Allison’s “Foolkiller” and an arresting treatment of Miles Davis’ “Yesternow,” fitted to a Tejan Karefa poem, that suggests a lost, smoke-filled night at San Francisco’s City Lights bookstore. 

The six originals are equally heterogeneous. There’s the rollicking Carnaby Street-esque title track, the sweet innocence of “Childhood,” the stealthily romantic “Where Rivers Join,” the joyful, fresh-from-Sunday-service closer, “On the Other Side,” and, most arresting, the swirling carnival of “Even Make It Up.”~Christopher Loudon http://jazztimes.com/articles/29194-rock-my-boat-david-linx

Personnel: David Linx (vocals); André Ceccarelli (drums); Rhoda Scott (Hammond b-3 organ).

Rock My boat

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Rhoda Scott - Les Orgues De Noel

Size: 131,7 MB
Time: 55:28
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1998
Styles: Jazz: Soul Jazz, Holiday
Art: Front

01. Jingle Bells (2:26)
02. Petit Papa Noel (2:35)
03. Douce Nuit, Sainte Nuit (2:47)
04. The Little Drummer Boy (2:28)
05. There Is A Balm In Gilead (5:39)
06. Ave Maria (2:09)
07. C'est Noel (2:57)
08. I Wonder As I Wander (3:24)
09. Ave Maria (2:34)
10. Medley De Noel (6:22)
11. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (3:10)
12. Every Time I Feel The Spirit (3:47)
13. Winter Wonderland (2:56)
14. Green Sleeves (3:55)
15. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (2:14)
16. Les Orgues De Noel (2:38)
17. Minuit Chretiens (3:18)

Rhoda Scott (b. July 3, 1938, Dorothy, New Jersey) is an African-American hard bop and soul jazz organist.

The daughter of an AME minister, Scott spent much of her childhood in New Jersey, where she learned to play organ in the churches where her father served. Soon she herself was serving frequently as organist for youth and gospel choirs at her father's and other churches. Scott later studied classical piano, but she concentrated on the organ, eventually earning a Masters' degree in music theory from the Manhattan School of Music.

By this time she had been asked by a choir member to fill in with a small band as a jazz pianist. Enjoying the music, she agreed to stay on with the band on condition that she be allowed to play organ instead of piano. Choosing as her instrument the Hammond organ, she soon became a preeminent jazz musician and is considered by many to be the top female jazz organist.

Scott was first attracted to the organ in her father’s church at age seven. "It's really the most beautiful instrument in the world," she stated in a recent interview. "The first thing I did was take my shoes off and work the pedals." From then on she always played her church organ in her bare feet, and to this date she has continued the practice, earning her nicknames such as "The Barefoot Lady" and "The Barefoot Contessa".

In 1967 Scott moved to France, where she has since spent most of her career and earned recognition far greater than that accorded to her in the United States, though she often performs in the latter country as well.

She has many famous standards in her repertoire, like In the Mood, Theme from New York, New York, Summertime, Mack the Knife, Take Five, Hit the Road Jack, Greensleeves, Tico-Tico no Fubá, Let it Snow, and Delilah. In May 2011 in a context of Versailles Jazz Festival she gave a significant performance together with a classical organist Francis Vidil, combining sonic palettes of classical organs with jazz and Hammond organs.

Les Orgues De Noel

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Rhoda Scott Lady Quartet - Live In Paris At The Sunset

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 64:05
Size: 146.7 MB
Styles: Organ jazz
Year: 2008
Art: Front

[ 8:19] 1. Nova
[ 7:53] 2. Tom Thumb
[ 5:31] 3. Nizza
[ 6:41] 4. Do What' Cha Gotta Do
[ 5:13] 5. I'm Just Your Fool
[ 7:28] 6. Alligator Boogaloo
[ 6:58] 7. Hymne à L'amour
[ 5:57] 8. Mach 2
[10:01] 9. Pistaccio

Rhoda is so talented she is comfortable in classical music, jazz, gospel or the blues. Gifted with an exceptional musical memory, she knows more than a thousand songs by heart. She never needs an evening program; she plays by the inspiration of the moment and especially by the public reaction.

At the Vienna Festival 2004, she formed "Lady Quartet with Sophie Alour (tenor saxophone), Bilberry Besson (flugelhorn), Lisa Cat-Berro (alto saxophone) and Julie Saury (drums). They recorded this album on January 21, 2008 at "Sunset" (60 rue des Lombards, Paris).

Live In Paris At The Sunset

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Rhoda Scott - Alone

Size: 120,8 MB
Time: 51:08
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1997
Styles: Soul Jazz
Art: Front

01. Alone (5:19)
02. Reminiscence (6:18)
03. Soliloquy (Live) (3:23)
04. Bad Mattie (4:47)
05. All Clear (5:37)
06. Oh Lonesome Me (5:03)
07. This Year (4:28)
08. Stardance (4:47)
09. Motor Pool (5:19)
10. Barcarolle (4:04)
11. Epilogue (1:58)

The number of jazz musicians having adopted the organ are rather few in number, compared to other instruments used in jazz:: Fats Waller, Jimmy Smith, Bill Doggett, "Wild" Bill Davis, Lou Bennet, Jimmy McGriff, and naturally Rhoda Scott.
The latter achieves an original synthesis in her productions and in her music and she allows herself with grace and joy to combine themes which are typically jazz, other religious, but also themes from classical music played in jazz.
A minister's daughter, brought up in the classical music tradition, and having attended Manhattan School of Music in New York, surrounded by traditional Afro-American music, how could it be otherwise?
This is wat she demonstrates in her music. Thus it is not surprising to discover, other than her original compositions, wel-known jazz tunes, classical music themes or French airs at the same time as certain Gospels or Negro Spirituals.
All of this comes from the essence of her personality and the unique characteristics of the Hammond organ, so original on the level of jazz music.

Alone

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Patrick Saussois & Rhoda Scott - The Look Of Love (A Tribute To Burt Bacharach)

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 55:27
Size: 127.0 MB
Styles: Soul jazz, Gypsy jazz
Year: 2010
Art: Front

[3:34] 1. The Look Of Love
[4:12] 2. Alfie
[5:20] 3. Walk On By
[4:09] 4. Wives And Lovers
[4:12] 5. Don't Make Me Over
[3:03] 6. Raindrops Keep Fallin On My Head
[5:04] 7. Close To You
[6:12] 8. I Will Never Fall In Love
[4:24] 9. This Girl Is In Love With You
[4:29] 10. What The World Needs Now Is Love
[6:45] 11. A House Is Not A Home
[3:58] 12. Don't Go Breaking My Heart

I stand at the forefront of Jazz Manouche. As a musician he is one of the few able to navigate between styles and genres, whether it's playing bebop with Richie Cole, musette with Jo Privat or jazz Manouche with my own band, Alma Sinti, never letting one style bleed into the other and always maintaining my own identity. It is with the latter group that I has risen above the rest of my contemporaries. Alma Sinti uses Jazz Manouche as a base to incorporate swing, Latin, bop and valse Manouche and musette all without losing their unique guitar/accordion driven sound and all supported with “le pompe”, the Manouche style of rhythm guitar that gives the music its unique flavor. A gifted and prolific composer and improviser par excellence whose originals “Jojo Swing” and “Just One for Babik” have become standards in the jazz Manouche lexicon. I am at the top of a very short list of Jazz Manouche's most important and respected players. My record company, Djaz Records has released a slew of acclaimed CD's highlighting some of today's finest artists including Dorado and Tchavolo Schmitt and Dino Mehrstein. They swing- three guitarists, acoustic bassist, and button accordionist - offer a heady mix of tzigane (music in the gypsy style), musette (post-1910, accordion-driven music played for public balls), and jazz associated with Belgian gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt , Stephan Grappelli and the Quintette du Hot Club de France during the '30s and '40s. I am perhaps best known for my work with accordionists, having in the past accompanied the late great accordion legend Jo Privat for years, and later he has collaborated with other fine players of piano des bretelles, like Jean-Claude Laudat and Daniel ... ~ All About Jazz

The Look Of Love (A Tribute To Burt Bacharach)

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La Velle & Rhoda Scott - Soul Sisters Come Together In Paris

Styles: Jazz
Year: 2011
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 52:29
Size: 120,8 MB
Art: Front

(6:13)  1. Compared to What
(6:37)  2. Sunny
(6:31)  3. Come Together
(6:24)  4. Lord, I Want to Be a Christian In My Heart Amen
(6:30)  5. Bernie's Tune
(6:59)  6. Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me
(7:47)  7. Lord, I Want to Be a Christian In My Heart He Keeps On Doing Great Things
(5:24)  8. With a Little Help from My Friends

Un des projets les plus beaux de l année. Un CD unique issu de 3 concerts incroyables enregistrés en 2008 à Paris. Rhoda SCOTT, la fameuse organiste aux pieds nus qui fut découverte par Count Basie et qui se produira la première fois en France en 1968 à la demande d Eddy Barclay et de son complice Raoul Saint-Yves, toujours à l affut de nouveau talent... et La VELLE, de son vrai nom Lavelle McKinnie Duggan, chanteuse de Rythm N Blues et de Gospel, prodige musicale (à l âge de onze elle est la plus jeune étudiante du Conservatoire National de Chicago), se réunissent pour la première fois. Leurs origines communes, leur swing naturel et leur foi font de cette rencontre un événement sans précédent dans leurs carrières respectives. Des reprises des Beatles, aux balades jazz en passant par l energie du Gospel. Rhoda SCOTT, la reine de l orgue Hammond qui a enregistré à ce jour une cinquantaine d albums et La VELLE, qui possède une voix unique sur quatre octaves reconnaissable dès la première note. Deux stars qui nous donnent le meilleur d elles mêmes. Elles sont tout simplement sublimes. http://www.amazon.fr/Soul-Sisters-CD-La-Velle/dp/B002JRR6N6

One of the most beautiful of the year projects. A single CD from 3 amazing concerts recorded in 2008 in Paris. Rhoda Scott, the famous organist barefoot which was discovered by Count Basie and will happen the first time in France in 1968 at the request of Eddie Barclay and his partner Raoul Saint-Yves, still on the lookout for new talent .. . and La VELLE, whose real name Lavelle McKinnie Duggan, singer Rhythm N Blues and Gospel, musical prodigy (at the age of eleven she was the youngest student at the National Conservatory of Chicago), met for the first time. Their common origins, their natural swing and faith make this meeting an unprecedented event in their respective careers. Covers of Beatles to jazz walks through the energy of the Gospel. Rhoda Scott, the Queen of the Hammond organ that has so far registered about fifty albums and La VELLE, which has a unique voice four octaves recognizable from the first note. Two stars that give us the best of themselves. They are simply sublime. ~ Translate by google  http://www.amazon.fr/Soul-Sisters-CD-La-Velle/dp/B002JRR6N6

Soul Sisters Come Together In Paris

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Rhoda Scott & Benoît Sourisse - Organ Masters

Styles: Organ jazz
Year: 2011
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 77:11
Size: 176,7 MB
Art: Front

( 8:30)  1. Nova
(12:19)  2. Portrait In Black & White
( 9:28)  3. Take the A Train
(12:13)  4. A Child Is Born
( 7:47)  5. Isn't She Lovely
( 9:32)  6. Le bar est ouvert
( 8:13)  7. C Jam Blues
( 9:05)  8. La valse à Charlotte

The daughter of an AME minister, Scott spent much of her childhood in New Jersey, where she learned to play organ in the churches where her father served. Soon she herself was serving frequently as organist for youth and gospel choirs at her father’s and other churches. Scott later studied classical piano, but she concentrated on the organ, eventually earning a Masters’ degree in music theory from the Manhattan School of Music. By this time she had been asked by a choir member to fill in with a small band as a jazz pianist. Enjoying the music, she agreed to stay on with the band on condition that she be allowed to play organ instead of piano. Choosing as her instrument the Hammond Organ, she soon became a preeminent jazz musician.

Scott was first attracted to the organ in her father’s church at age seven. “It’s really the most beautiful instrument in the world,” she stated in a recent interview. “The first thing I did was take my shoes off and work the pedals.” From then on she always played her church organ in her bare feet, and to this date she has continued the practice, earning her nicknames such as “The Barefoot Lady” and “The Barefoot Contessa.” Following her lead, many other performers of popular organ music now also play barefoot. Because of her church training, however, Scott uses the pedals to play a genuine bass line, unlike many other jazz organists, which allows her to use her left hand for more elaborate chord work. The resulting music is an energetic fusion of musical styles that partakes of jazz, gospel, and classical, reflecting both Scott’s early experience and her formal training. In 1967 Scott moved to France, where she has since spent most of her career and earned recognition far greater than that accorded to her in the United States, though she often performs in the latter country as well. http://www.last.fm/music/Rhoda+Scott/+wiki

Organ Masters

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