Rural Still Life

1968 studio album by Tom Scott

Rural Still Life

Studio album by

Tom Scott

Released| 1968
Recorded| 1968
Genre| Jazz fusion[1]
Length| 36:41
Label| Impulse!
Producer| Tom Scott
Tom Scott chronology
| The Honeysuckle Breeze
(1967)  | Rural Still Life
(1968)  | Hair to Jazz
(1970)

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Rural Still Life is the second album by American jazz saxophonist Tom Scott featuring performances recorded in 1968 for the Impulse! label.[2]

## Reception

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The Allmusic review by Jim Todd awarded the album 1½ stars stating "This 1968 LP from the early days of jazz fusion lacks the seamless merging of styles that would mark the commercial success of Tom Scott's later career. Instead, the 19-year-old reed player and the members of his quartet careen all over the style map – with varying degrees of success... At the time of this recording, Scott was already a fixture of the Los Angeles studio scene. As he makes clear on Rural Still Life, jazz was – and would remain – a side interest only".[1]

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide| [3]

## Track listing

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All compositions by Tom Scott except as indicated

1. "Rural Still Life #26" (Mike Lang) - 3:27
2. "Song #1" - 6:34
3. "Freak In" - 7:08
4. "With Respect to John Coltrane" - 8:03
5. "Just Messin' Around" (Mike Barone) - 5:21
6. "Body and Soul" (Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green) - 6:08

* Recorded in Los Angeles, California in 1968

## Personnel

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* Tom Scott \- tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, multivider
* Michael Lang \- piano, harpsichord
* Chuck Domanico \- bass
* John Guerin \- drums

## References

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1. ^ a b c Todd, J. Allmusic Review accessed April 13, 2011
2. ^ Impulse! Records discography accessed April 13, 2011
3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 176\. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

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Albums|

* The Honeysuckle Breeze (1967)
* Rural Still Life (1968)
* Tom Scott and The L.A. Express (1974)
* New York Connection (1975)
* Blow It Out (1977)
* Desire (1982)

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* GRP All-Star Big Band

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