Latest Release
- 28 APR 2023
- 10 Songs
- On a Clear Day · 1966
- Talkin' Verve: Shirley Scott · 2001
- Soul Song · 1968
- The Soul Is Willing (feat. Stanley Turrentine) · 1969
- Jazz Classics Series: Dearly Beloved · 1961
- Something · 1970
- Gravy Waltz · 1958
- Priceless Jazz Collection: Stanley Turrentine & Shirley Scott · 1983
- Workin' / Soul Shoutin' / Drag 'Em Out · 1963
- Milestones of Legends: The Prestige of Jazz, Vol. 9 · 1959
Artist Playlists
- Joyous jazz instrumentals led by snake-charming organ runs.
Singles & EPs
- 2016
- Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
About Shirley Scott
The "Queen of the Organ," pianist and Hammond B-3 specialist Shirley Scott helped to define the sound of small-group soul-jazz. Scott initially came to prominence in the 1950s alongside saxophonist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, with whom she recorded a string of seminal albums for Prestige, spawning the 1958 hit "In the Kitchen" and proving a lasting template for the organ-trio-and -sax sound. She debuted as a leader with 1958's Great Scott!, and with (then-husband) tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine collaborated on albums like 1963's Never Let Me Go and 1968's Common Touch, that again proved highly influential in soul-jazz's development. Scott later recorded for Cadet and Strata East, putting her organically funky spin on pop and R&B hits. She rode a wave of resurgent interest in organ jazz into the '90s and even revisited the piano on record, as on 1991's Blues Everywhere, before her death in 2002.
- HOMETOWN
- Philadelphia, PA, United States
- BORN
- 14 de marzo de 1934
- GENRE
- Jazz