Nov 13, 2008 #2 Mark Carlsen Oct 4, 2004 There was great rapport. Christian said, Scottys playing was the bible for bass playersJimmy Blanton the old testament, Scotty the new., LaFaro spent the evening of July 5 with old friends in Geneva then drove 80 miles west with Frank Ottley to visit another friend in Warsaw who was house-sitting at a place with a good stereo. 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. Scott LaFaro was born 64 years ago . Evans also went on hiatus after LaFaro's death for a period of several months. LaFaro died in an automobile accident in the summer of 1961 in Flint, New York on U.S. 20 between Geneva and Canandaigua, two days after accompanying Stan Getz at the Newport Jazz Festival. Showing all 2 results. According to Paul Motian, the death of LaFaro left Bill Evans "numb with grief", "in a state of shock", and "like a ghost". ", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIzbINNrqcQ. Find him on the web at colinfleminglit.com (where he maintains the unique online journal, the Many Moments Moreblog) and on Twitter @colinfleminglit. She had lost her husband, then four years later lost her son, and she still had young kids to raise. 1998 Kevin Crosby. Member Of . . Despite his short career, he remains one of the most influential jazz bassists, and was ranked number 16 on Bass Player magazine's top 100 bass players of all time.[2]. 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. 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. You may additional context in comments. The group attended the funeral in Geneva, which Kuhn adds was closed casket., LaFaro's death was devastating to Bill Evans. - The Absolute Sound Scott LaFaro's Pieces of Jade features long-lost material recorded in New York City shortly before the bassist's death in a car accident in 1961. Thats his brand of intimacy: the sensation of the stolen moment. LaFaro originally played clarinet and tenor before settling on bass while in college. He said, Man, youve gotta hear this. Both Nat Hentoff and Ralph J. Gleason took note. Sound-carver. LaFaro continued to play this bass until his death. He would be playing in the hotel room and hit a quadruple stop that was a harmonious sound, and then set the bass on its side and it seemed the sound just rang and rang for so long. Your IP: In sum, LaFaro visited Geneva, his home town, spent some time with some local friends, drove one of them to visit a mutual friend, left to return to Geneva, fell asleep at the wheel, hit a tree near Flint, NY, seven miles east of Geneva, and burned to death. He was with Buddy Morrows band (1955-56), toured with Chet Baker (1956-57) and worked during the next few years with Ira Sullivan, Barney Kessel, Cal Tjader and Benny Goodman among others. At the time it was such a revolutionary idea, and it ushered in a sea change for jazz. Search Music. ~ Scott Yanow. Little must have loved LaFaros contributions, because he himself was one of those players between spheres: neither a bopper nor a hard-bopper nor an out-and-out New Thing guy. It is still so wild to me that he was so influential. He would practice for hours: he had all these Sonny Rollins solos he had written out in bass clef! Our Dad was from here. You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. It was released in 1962. LaFaro and his stellar bandmates pianist Don Friedman and drummer Pete LaRoca run through four jazz standards, including two takes of Sacre Blu. I never knew how Scotty felt about my playing until Paul told me later that the first time Paul heard me it was because Scotty had dragged him out in a snowstorm, "You've got to hear this great bass player with Ornette!"[18]. For many, that Evans association, with drummer Paul Motian, is the LaFaro legacy. Scott was already playing like that with Bill., Recorded on November 29, 1960, the four-song session wasnt officially released until 2005. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. I remained close friends with Scotty in New York, and would go over there to see and admire them, and Scotty and Paul would come over to the Five Spot, too. While his music education began in grade school with piano and then clarinet and tenor saxophone in junior high and high school, he didnt start playing bass until his senior year, and only because a string instrument was required for his enrollment at Ithaca College, where his intent was to major in clarinet and tenor saxophone. He had an incredible ear. Press J to jump to the feed. He insisted that Stan fire LaRoca and hire Roy Haynes, and Stan was so impressed with how strong and unique he was that he acceded to his wishes.. He was excited. In a December 29, 1960 letter addressed to his lover Gloria Gabriel, the dancer to whom he dedicated Glorias Step, he wrote, One important thing is that I realize day by day the true artist and musician is becoming more and more meaningless in terms of public comprehension. Cloudflare Ray ID: 7a154b16ff047cd4 He told Helene that Scott lived for the bassHe was looking all the time to play. He started playing piano in elementary school, bass clarinet in middle school, and tenor saxophone when he entered high school. LaFaro began by practicing his fingers off. Its no knock on Charlie Hadena formidable pioneer himselfto say that if hes a bass player, LaFaro is something else, to use the Coleman argot. LaFaro was killed in a car accident near his hometown of Geneva, N.Y., at age 25. That show typically includes stories about LaFaro, who forever changed the jazz worlds concept of what bass playing could accomplish with his counter-melodic style. Musician. While driving home late one nighthis car went off the road and struck a tree. The 25-year-old Scott LaFaro's death in a car accident shortly after was a major shock . Kuhn remembers hearing that it was a St. Christopher medal that LaFaro always wore that helped to identify his badly burned body. Mom needed the money. After that touch of piano, he really started to enjoy music and develop a keen awareness of what it was all about. My sense has always been that the music of this slipstream space needs him, all but knocks on his door and asks the helmsman to come out again. On date night, people would end up at The Smith. Its there for a reason, and thats not solely to complement the proof of the magic that occurred at a New York City club in late June 1961. MTV, EMA and all related titles, logos and characters are trademarks of Viacom International Inc. 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Bassist Scott LaFaro of Geneva had already achieved acclaim when he died in a car accident at the age of 25. [My] early years at the university were thoroughly engaging intellectually but were also a time of deep introspection. It is LaFaros bass that makes this thing go, such as it does go. He's seen here playing "Cherry" and "Chart of My Heart" with saxophonist Richie Kamuca's Quintet on a Stars of Jazz television broadcast on April 7, 1958. Also, Club 86 was bringing in major stars as well. Born in Irvington, New Jersey, the son of a big band musician, Rocco Scott LaFaro (April 3, 1936 - July 6, 1961) was five when his family moved to Geneva, New York. John Tynan wrote inDownbeatthat the rhythm duo [LaFaro and Billy Higgins] were the baddest cats on the date. Put one way: Scott LaFaro was up for it. This was Scottys home, and he would practice bass facing the corner in the living room because he could better hear the sound quality. Brockton-born alto player and clarinetist Dick Johnson was also on the band. It wasnt until he left for Ithaca College, where music majors were required to play a stringed instrument, that he first played bass. He was a musician from age 4. LaFaro's death took an enormous emotional toll on Bill Evans, who was, according to drummer Paul Motian, "numb with grief," "in a state of shock," and "like a ghost" after LaFaro's death. Stan was playing a melody, and Scott began doubling it. Beginning in 1955, he was a member of the Buddy Morrow big band. Chicago, 1956. Already a member? According to Paul Motian, the death of LaFaro left Bill Evans "numb with grief", "in a state of shock", and "like a ghost". In 2009, Resonance Records reissued five tracks from Memories for Scotty on Pieces of Jade, together with twenty-two minutes of LaFaro and Bill Evans practising "My Foolish Heart" during a rehearsal in 1960. He heard what I was doing at the piano, and I heard what he was doing. He played a lot of top, cymbals, and Scotty wanted more drums, says Kuhn. The album was the fourth and final effort from the unitLaFaro died in a car accident just ten days after the live date at the Village Vanguard from which Waltz for Debby and its predecessor, Sunday at the Village Vanguard, were taken. When did your brother start getting interested in music? I remember one time Scotty came home with an LP under his arm. Often controversial, always entertaining, JazzTimes is a favorite of musicians and fans alike. There is a creek that ran through the park, it would go up past Shuron Optical where they used this rouge chemical to make glass lenses, so the creek was always red. Tonight Show, 14 Feb 1957. LaFaro-Fernandez: When Scotty was in sixth grade we took our first piano lessons. But we LaFaros have staying quality, and my husband and I just celebrated our 60th year in this house. Yes, the Evans dynamic provided him with a perfect setting. It originally appeared as a solo piano piece on Evans' debut album, New Jazz Conceptions. The last day was recorded for two albums, Sunday at the Village Vanguard and Waltz for Debby.[8]. LaFaro-Fernandez: Dad (Joe LaFaro) never forced us to play music. 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. His most recent books are an entry in the 33 1/3series on Sam CookesLive at the Harlem Square Club, 1963, a volume about the 1951 film Scrooge as the ultimate work of cinematic terror, and the story collection, If You [ ]: Fabula, Fantasy, F**kery, Hope. The Sampson Air Force Base was so big that it brought in big names like Duke Ellington. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNqSL3xGW70, The Evans Trios appearance at the Village Vanguard opposite Lambert, Hendricks & Ross in June 1961 culminated with the legendary recordings made on the last day of the two-week engagement, Sunday, June 25. Scott Yanow, All-Music GuideScott LaFaros life and career were cut short in July of 1961. And there truly couldn't be a better way to . We decided to move the family to California. 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. LaFaro-Fernandez, Helen; Ralston, Chuck; Campbell, Jeffrey R.; Palombi, Phil (2009). The trio attracted attention for its style. (, This page was last edited on 15 February 2023, at 23:36. But you always knew that Read More Kelly Sill, Several years ago, one of Danilo Prezs students was suffering from tendinitis. In 1959, after working with trumpeter Chet Baker, bandleader Stan Kenton, vibraphonist Cal Tjader,[6] and clarinetist Benny Goodman, LaFaro returned east and joined Bill Evans, who had recently left the Miles Davis Sextet. Stan said fine. Kuhn and drummer Pete LaRoca were Scottys choices, but in the midst of a two-week engagement at the Sutherland Hotel on Chicagos Southside, LaFaro had got tired of LaRocas playing. Perhaps one thinks of the contrast, as I do: the balmy New England coast, sailboats alongside the bandstand, and then the hard, unforgiving asphalt of the interstate. We were the kind that played a fraction, a millimeter behind. LaFaro burned like a meteorite, rising to the top rank of bassists in a few short years and working with a Whos Who ofjazzgreats in the compressed time frame preceding his death at age 25. I quit very fast, but he was a natural. Q: What happened to your brother after Ithaca College? Our Dad was from here. A stacked bass makes for a stacked musical deck. ai! The music of Jazz Abstractions proceeds as a series of shadings, which tend to be called variants on the finished LP. Later we moved to Elmwood Place, and during the summer we would spend many of our days at the Brook Street Playground. The car, tree and garage all caught fire. Performers: Bill Evans, p; Scott LaFaro, b; Paul Motian, d. 28 Dec 1958. [3] He took up double bass at 18 before entering college because learning a string instrument was required of music education majors. There is a creek that ran through the park, it would go up past Shuron Optical where they used this rouge chemical to make glass lenses, so the creek was always red. I was 19 and working. [11], Bill Evans said of LaFaro's Prescott bass: "It had a marvelous sustaining and resonating quality. As was, really, LaFaro. Scott LaFaro - Artist Details. We had to have a strong rhythm section and he was definitely of that caliberHe was a dedicated personintolerant of anyone who wasnt giving his best., https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ngs04EXtDwk. RE: Person I Knew is a tribute to bass legend Scott LaFaro, who died tragically in a car accident 50 years ago this year at the age of 25.Phil Palombi plays the EXACT bass that made Scotty a legend on the Bill Evans Trio, Live at the Village Vanguard Sessions!. Composer: Styne / Sondheim My mom was still pregnant with my last sister. Q: When did your brother start getting interested in music? He was his own thing. 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. A jazz musicians legacy can be a multifarious slope. Pianist Prez was then a professor at the New England Conservatory; his student, Read More Explaining the Taubman Approach, Everyone knows that Joe Williams sang the hell out of the blues, but do you know what else he sang the hell out of? The three not duplicated here were played only once that day. Though hed previously appeared onGolden Trombonewith Buddy Morrow,The Arrival of Victor Feldmanwas essentially the first LP that showcased his singular gifts. Fraternal guidance, in that this endeavor allowed fellow band members to do what they best did. . Born . Is that a jazz thing? Pictures of people only please! The rest is told in his gripping visuals, The Exhibit: Finding the Next Great Artist. That is what so many families Sunday ritual were like. In 2009 she published a biography about him, Jade Visions: The Life and Music of Scott LaFaro. We never got to enjoy it as a concert venue in our day, unfortunately. Shortly after, their collaboration began. 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. He practiced from sheet music for the higher-pitched clarinet to improve his facility the upper register for bass. After Scotty joined the Buddy Morrow Orchestra, he traveled with them all over the country until they reached California, as he really wanted to be where the West Coast jazz scene was happening. Grit is not a LaFaro staple, but that does not mean texture isnt. The texture, however, is the back of the handthats the form of caress, rather than the rough-skinned palm. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. It was then he fell in love with the tenor saxophone. It remains what is likely Evans' most well-known song,[citation needed] one that he would play throughout his career. In spring 1960, he featured on a half-dozen tracks that trumpeter Booker Little cut for his second session as leader. Born in Newark, New Jersey, he was an influential jazz bassist best known for his work with the Bill Evans Trio. Composer: Rosolino The great bassist is best known for his work with the Bill Evans Trio between 1959 and '61, and for the tragic car accident that claimed his life on July 6, 1961, two weeks after the trio's legendary performance at the Village Vanguard. We never got to enjoy it as a concert venue in our day, unfortunately. So even a low speed accident which would be survivable in today's cars, would be a mess in an older car. Around this time he received a greeting card from Miles Davis suggesting that Davis wanted to hire him. You can read our interview with Holland here. Today would be the 78th birthday of the great Scott LaFaro, who died in a car accident in 1961. At age 12 he was recommended for the Ithaca Conservatory of Music, where he was classically trained in violin. According to Paul Motian, the death of LaFaro left Bill Evans "numb with grief", "in a state of shock", and "like a ghost". [15][16], According to Joachim Berendt, LaFaro's innovative approach to the bass caused "emancipation", introducing "so many diverse possibilities as would have been thought impossible for the bass only a short time before". LaFaro broke new ground on the instrument, developing a countermelodic style of accompaniment rather than playing traditional walking basslines, as well as virtuosity that was practically unmatched by any of his contemporaries. We all knew something important was going to happen with this guy., https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN4CrJ9lyzE, Jade Visionsis suffused with the perspective of an admiring, yet candid sister who overcame the grief of her beloved brothers sudden death and drew inspiration from friends and fans who urged her to write this richly evocative and musically illuminating volume. But its a moment were meant to be a part of, that both surrounds us and is for us. We would explore all around our neighborhood on West Street our house was where the elementary school is. 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. Paul Motian was on drums, Nobby Totah on bass. Then wed go home and have dinner and ice cream. Oscar Peterson Trio . Postings here are the last known photographs or videos of a person. Those years of self-discovery can be challenging at times and those moments found their perfect expression in the Village Vanguard SessionsI listened to that music for so many hours that it became my constant silent companion and a beacon of hope.. By City News Service. Scotty sort of led the way on the bass becoming a solo instrument in its own right. 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. Also, the last picture taken by a person just before their death is acceptable. Genres. "Route 66" songwriter Bobby Troup was the show's host. 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. Later in high school, kids would go to the movies with their friends, or boyfriends, or girlfriends. One of the most substantial biographies Ive read in recent years is the 2009 publication that Helene LaFaro-Fernandez devoted to her brother Scott. 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. Styles. The great bassist is best known for his work with the Bill Evans Trio between 1959 and 61, and for the tragic car accident that claimed his life on July 6, 1961, two weeks after the trios legendary performance at the Village Vanguard. 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