~ Scott Yanow. Then wed go home and have dinner and ice cream. 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]. The BMW then struck a fourth car which was traveling south on Corbin Avenue. Lets call it the chimerical voice of the rhythm sectionas well as what could often be the lead instrument when LaFaro was in your band. Im in the position of having nothing you can put your finger on for sale., Evanss drug addiction was also a matter of concern for LaFaro. [citation needed], By late 1960, LaFaro was in demand as a bassist. The Scott La Faro book was wonderful. 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. He became a professional musician in New York City during the Roaring 20s. That huge sound and strength of attack is finger-sprung alone. Gleason commented, It is, however, as a vehicle for bassist Scott LaFaro that the LP really impresses. Later in the year, he toured and recorded with the Cal Tjader-Stan Getz Sextet. In the mid 1950s, at the Los Angeles music scene, he became known as one of. This Third Stream affair has jazz as a major tributary vein, and it has LaFaro to thank for it. Celebrating the life of Genevas legendary jazz bass hero Scott LaFaro has become an annual event at the Smith Opera House, ever since the City of Geneva declared April 3, his birthday, as Scott LaFaro Day in 2014. [11], Bill Evans said of LaFaro's Prescott bass: "It had a marvelous sustaining and resonating quality. LaFaro originally played clarinet and tenor before settling on bass while in college. Before that grim July night, LaFaro had been a busy bassist. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. What kind of influence did your father have on your brothers music? 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. The group includes Victor Feldman, Stan Levey, and trombonist Frank Rosolino. Bill Evans. It originally appeared as a solo piano piece on Evans' debut album, New Jazz Conceptions. Later in high school, kids would go to the movies with their friends, or boyfriends, or girlfriends. Joining Palombi on this date are Don Friedman and Eliot Zigmund. It remains what is likely Evans' most well-known song,[citation needed] one that he would play throughout his career. Born in Newark, New Jersey, United States,[1] the son of a big band musician, LaFaro was five when his family moved to Geneva, New York. He felt such a strong passion for the bass that he became obsessed with practicing, spending countless hours in the rehearsal rooms at Ithaca College. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. The 25-year old Scott LaFaro's death in a car accident shortly after was a major shock to the jazz world. Your family ended up following Scotty out to California. 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. The 25-year-old Scott LaFaro's death in a car accident shortly after was a major shock to the jazz world. Fraternal guidance, in that this endeavor allowed fellow band members to do what they best did. LaFaro is best known as the bassist in Bill Evans' groundbreaking trio, and also worked with Chet Baker, Ornette Coleman, Sonny Rollins and the Stan Kenton Orchestra. As was, really, LaFaro. While driving home late one nighthis car went off the road and struck a tree. When we were in junior high school, Godfrey Brown, the head of the high school music department, would come there to recruit for positions they needed to fill in the band and orchestra. After that touch of piano, he really started to enjoy music and develop a keen awareness of what it was all about. There is a grave mistake a prospective listener can make with LaFaro, and when I say what that is, I may come off as somewhat risible, but one must do what is right: loving the Village Vanguard recordings so much that you sleep on the rest of what he achieved as a certain kind of jazz genius. Search Music. 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. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. Performance & security by Cloudflare. Musician. Scotty and I were born in New Jersey but we moved back to Geneva in 1942. I remember one time Scotty came home with an LP under his arm. So even a low speed accident which would be survivable in today's cars, would be a mess in an older car. The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has We calculated our top 40 new releases of 2022 We calculated our top 10 historical/reissue You never quite knew what Chicago bassist Kelly Sill was going to play (or what he was going to say). Also included is "Porgy", originally omitted for lack of space.[]" July 6, 1961 in Seneca, NY. I was 19 and working. See all our current specials here. 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. Jazz. 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. Scott died instantly and the world lost a talented andinnovative musical voice. They spent so much time discussing music, listening to records, at the piano, they were inseparable. Victor Feldman. 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 . In addition to hosting Jazz la Mode since 1984, Tom writes the jazz blog and produces the Jazz Beat podcast at NEPM. Motian operated the same way; if anything, he was even more of a painter than the leader. 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. All rights reserved. Composer: Styne / Sondheim We decided to move the family to California. Chops: What Bassists Listen for in Drummers, The 10 Best Jazz Albums of the 1950s: Critics Picks, Year in Review: The Top 40 Jazz Albums of 2022, Year in Review: The Top 10 Historical Albums of 2022, Chops: What Bassists Listen for in Drummers. Free Jazz did that kind of splicing and segmenting for you, as part of, neatly enough, its original integrated sonic package. 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. Tragically, LaFaros chance to see how far his talent would take him was cut short when he died in a car crash near Geneva in July 1961 at the age of 25. Born in Newark, New Jersey, he was an influential jazz bassist best known for his work with the Bill Evans Trio. 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. What were Scotts childhood and teen years like here in Geneva? Cool Modal Music Post-Bop. Though hed previously appeared onGolden Trombonewith Buddy Morrow,The Arrival of Victor Feldmanwas essentially the first LP that showcased his singular gifts. When did your brother start getting interested in music? Composer: Mercer / Kosma / Prevert On Sundays our family would go to church, then go to the movies in the afternoon. Nearly six decades later, Helene LaFaro-Fernandez continues to keep her older brothers flame alive. Helene says that she and Scotty were taken to hear Tony Bennett, the Mills Brothers, Dizzy Gillespie and numerous others. [3] He took up double bass at 18 before entering college because learning a string instrument was required of music education majors. Killed in a car accident aged just 25, Scott LaFaro was widely regarded as the most technically gifted bassist of the 20th Century. 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. 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. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. For many, that Evans association, with drummer Paul Motian, is the LaFaro legacy. But we LaFaros have staying quality, and my husband and I just celebrated our 60th year in this house. 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. LaFaro completed his first year at Ithaca, but not his second. I would love to see it. 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. [1] For a time, Haden and LaFaro shared an apartment. He practiced from sheet music for the higher-pitched clarinet to improve his facility the upper register for bass. [9], Writing for AllMusic, music critic Thom Jurek wrote of the album: "While the Sunday at the Village Vanguard album focused on material where LaFaro soloed prominently, this is far more a portrait of the trio on those dates Of the many recordings Evans issued, the two Vanguard dates and Explorations are the ultimate expressions of his legendary trio. Scott was already playing like that with Bill., Recorded on November 29, 1960, the four-song session wasnt officially released until 2005. Nov 13, 2008 #2 Mark Carlsen Oct 4, 2004 2023 Smith Center for the Arts, All rights reserved. Yes, the Evans dynamic provided him with a perfect setting. 1998 Kevin Crosby. It will be observed on his birthday anniversary, April 3. We would explore all around our neighborhood on West Street our house was where the elementary school is. He quoted Evans, who said, Im hoping the trio will grow in the direction of simultaneous improvisationIf the bass player, for example, hears an idea that he wants to answer, why should he just keep playing a background?, Scotty, of course, heard and answered plenty of ideas. Did you and your brother spend time at the Smith Opera House (which was Schines Geneva Theatre back then)? Q: Did you and your brother spend time at the Smith Opera House (which was Schines Geneva Theatre back then)? 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. ", In 1966, Evans spoke with George Clabinabout what he called his "complexand quick relationship" with Scotty, and said his technique was "built throughintuitive insightand fire, as some kind of a spark in him which took over and he would just grab the bass and he would work and work and work and work and he would just lay it down. 1950s - 1960s. Little, another ill-fated star of the period who died at 23 in October 1961, described LaFaro in the liner notes as distant, but closea paradox that resolves only for those who were simpatico. He also recognized Scottys distinctiveness as an innovator who was much more of a conversationalist behind you than any other bassist I know[Hes] technicallyabout the greatest bassist we have. Remarking on the solo LaFaro plays on Bee Tees Minor Plea, the trumpeter said, The bass is a crude and rude instrument, but Scott makes it into something else. Helene says Scotty would have loved being described as something else, since I could remember how excited [he] was when he brought around to play for me the first record of Ornettes he owned,Something Else.. According to Paul Motian, the death of LaFaro left Bill Evans "numb with grief", "in a state of shock", and "like a ghost". Performers: Victor Feldman, p, vib; Scott LaFaro, b; Stan Levey, d. 22 Jan 1958. 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. LaFaro-Fernandez: My father passed away (from a heart attack) in 1957. Evans, LaFaro, and Motian were committed to the idea of three equal voices in the trio, working together for a singular musical idea and often without any musician explicitly keeping time. 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. [7], In June 1961, the Bill Evans trio began two weeks of performances at the Village Vanguard in New York City. On date night, people would end up at The Smith. 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. Nearly six decades later, Helene LaFaro-Fernandez continues to keep her older brothers flame alive. Tom was honored by the Jazz Journalists Association with the Willis Conover-Marian McPartland Award for Career Excellence in Broadcasting in 2019. Mr. Berg, whose career encompassed free jazz, soul jazz, jazz rock, and straight-ahead playing, was driving east on Route 27 with his wife when He waited until we got interested, and then he was totally supportive. Also in 2009, the University of North Texas Press published Jade Visions, a biography of LaFaro by his sister Helene LaFaro-Fernandez, with an extensive discography. 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. In LaFaros short yet meteoric career, he accomplished more than most musicians do over decades. He died near Geneva in an auto accident in 1961. He stuck with his new hire, offered Scotty the option of plane fare to New York or L.A., and showed him the door. Read about our approach to external linking. LaFaro is one of those players who register to the ears like more than one man, generating a huge amount of sound with ostensibly little effort, and that sound resonating as direct, controlled, economical; this is part of the reason why. Bud Powell. Fellow bassist Red Mitchell taught him how to pluck strings with both the index and middle fingers independently. He heard what I was doing at the piano, and I heard what he was doing. 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. He was in his second year at college to study music when he joined Buddy Morrow's band and went on a cross country tour. My mom was still pregnant with my last sister. By. Places to dine, drink, stay near the Smith Opera House, A word of caution about buying tickets on the secondary ticket market. [17], When I was in L.A., Scotty LaFaro and I roomed together. One of the most substantial biographies I've read in recent years is the 2009 publication that Helene LaFaro-Fernandez devoted to her brother Scott. HOMETOWN Newark, NJ, United States of America BORN April 3, 1936 Similar Artists Paul Motian. He was playing mandolin and violin publicly by age 7. Oscar Peterson Trio . 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. And how does it go? She writes, What he said not only had an impact on me, but seemed to sum up much of what I had been hearing as I talked to musicians. The Jazz la Mode Blog has plenty to stimulate your interest and curiosity in American music. He was a tremendous talent [who] wanted to go on to greener pastures.Over the next two years, Scotty toured the country with Chet Baker, and worked around L.A. with Hampton Hawes, Harold Land, Buddy DeFranco, Richie Kamuca, Joe Gordon, and Stan Kenton. LaFaro continued to play this bass until his death. When Scotty was in sixth grade we took our first piano lessons. 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. Put one way: Scott LaFaro was up for it. 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. A driver was killed when a car crashed into a home in the Hancock Park . [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". Not long after he arrived on campus, he gave his clarinet away to a classmate. 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. In fact, the tune Glorias Step, was an outgrowth of his interest in those chords. He also recalls getting the call from Scotty to spell the ailing Evans for a couple of nights at the Jazz Gallery. Freidman, LaRoca, and LaFaro recorded a demo session in 61 thats now available in a companion CD to the biography,Pieces of Jade. we do worse! Man, woman decapitated after car slams into big rig on 5 Freeway in San Fernando Valley. He began working in jazz radio in 1977 at WCUW, a community-licensed radio station in Worcester, Massachusetts. Then wed go home and have dinner and ice cream. 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. I return to the idea of the helmsman, because LaFaro always plays as if hes en route to some vital destination, and hes helping to take other musicians there, and, of course, those of us who are listening in. The group attended the funeral in Geneva, which Kuhn adds was closed casket., LaFaro's death was devastating to Bill Evans. Scotty sort of led the way on the bass becoming a solo instrument in its own right. The portion of Linden Street that runs from Seneca Street to South Exchange. Performers: Bill Evans, p; Scott LaFaro, b; Paul Motian, d. 28 Dec 1958. Ornette Coleman, Eric Dolphy, and others were also featured, and LaFaro drew notice from Dan Morgenstern inMetronomefor a solo remarkable for its technical skill and musical weight. The piece was Schullers Variants on a Theme by John Lewis (Django), which he would also appear on in December when Schullers work was recorded for the Atlantic Records release,Jazz Abstractions. 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. But you always knew that Read More Kelly Sill, Several years ago, one of Danilo Prezs students was suffering from tendinitis. Brockton-born alto player and clarinetist Dick Johnson was also on the band. A master of the upright bass, he recorded with Bill Evans and Ornette Coleman before he died in a car crash at age 25. 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. 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. The loss of LaFaro hit Evans hard, and he went into a brief seclusion. Q: Your family ended up following Scotty out to California. 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. It has rolled corners on the bottom and very sloped shoulders on the top, making it easier to get in and out of thumb position. Click to reveal Dave Green joins Alyn Shipton to pick the essential recordings of fellow bassist Scott LaFaro's brief but brilliant career, including work with Bill Evans. Composers. Composer: LaFaro These two albums, recorded less than two weeks prior: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZ_rZZusz90 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbTEgBEaEM4. You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. Scott LaFaro - Artist Details. 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. 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. The loss of LaFaro hit Evans hard, and he went into a brief seclusion. Like Evans, Kuhn, whod arrived on the New York scene in 1959 as a 21-year-old Harvard grad, was being managed by Helen Keane. He emphasized high notes, could play with great speed and his interplay with Bill Evans in their trio was mutually stimulating and influential. He waited until we got interested, and then he was totally supportive. Friedman relates inJade Visions,He used to play my piano, and was very interested in minor 7thchords with the flat 5th. Evans and Dolphy dont feature on a couple tunes, while LaFaro is the constant. Everything. 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. LaFaro also played opposite bassist Charlie Haden in alto saxophonist Ornette Coleman's experimental double quartet on Free Jazz. After that touch of piano, he really started to enjoy music and develop a keen awareness of what it was all about. But he was best known for his collaborations and recordings with the Bill Evans Trio. LaFaro-Fernandez: Scotty and I were born in New Jersey but we moved back to Geneva in 1942. Evans, according to Motian, would play "I Loves You Porgy," a song with which he and LaFaro became synonymous, almost obsessively, but always as a solo piece. ; Stan Levey, and he went into a brief seclusion his work with the Bill Trio. South Exchange let them know you were blocked had been a busy bassist site owner to let them you... Tjader-Stan Getz Sextet the bottom of this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID at! Protect itself from online attacks in their Trio was mutually stimulating and influential for couple! 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