One may even ask the question whether it is possible to love jazz and not love Sunday at the Village Vanguard and Waltz for Debby, and I dont think youre being a curmudgeon if you stamp a foot and issue an emphatic No, by Jove!. Man, woman decapitated after car slams into big rig on 5 Freeway in San Fernando Valley. A post-bass bass player, maybe. We never got to enjoy it as a concert venue in our day, unfortunately. ", 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. Other birthdays Monday: Jimmy McGriff, 64; Harold Vick, 19361987; and Eric Kloss, 51. 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. Jade Visions: The Life and Music of Scott LaFarorecounts how three days after his appearance at the Newport Jazz Festival with the Stan Getz Quartet, hed driven to Geneva, NY to take care of some business related to his mothers home there. Scotty and I were born in New Jersey but we moved back to Geneva in 1942. Not long after he arrived on campus, he gave his clarinet away to a classmate. Later we moved to Elmwood Place, and during the summer we would spend many of our days at the Brook Street Playground. 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. He started playing piano in elementary school, bass clarinet in middle school, and tenor saxophone when he entered high school. He was a musician from age 4. 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 at the Newport Jazz Festival. 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. LaFaro-Fernandez: After Scotty played at the Newport Jazz Festival with Stan Getz (July 1961), he went to Geneva to try to convince the people who had been renting our house to buy it. After that touch of piano, he really started to enjoy music and develop a keen awareness of what it was all about. For the 1964 album with Monica Zetterlund, see, The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961, "Bill Evans Trio: Sunday At The Village Vanguard & Waltz For Debby", Plays the Theme from The V.I.P.s and Other Great Songs, Turn Out the Stars: The Final Village Vanguard Recordings, Consecration: The Final Recordings Part 2, On Broadway Vol. My father passed away (from a heart attack) in 1957. And youre out, Death letyou out, Death had the Mercy, youre done with your century, done with God, done with the path thru itAllen Ginsberg (b. John Tynan wrote inDownbeatthat the rhythm duo [LaFaro and Billy Higgins] were the baddest cats on the date. In May 1960, the Bill Evans Trio joined in a program at Circle in the Square that was devoted to Gunther Schullers jazz compositions. Scotty grew up in Geneva, where his father Joe, whod played with the Paul Whiteman and Dorsey Brothers orchestras, earned a living as a violinist and shared his fondness for both classical music and big band jazz with his children. 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. MTV, EMA and all related titles, logos and characters are trademarks of Viacom International Inc. 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See all our current specials here. 1.1 Gloria's Step [Take 2] 1.2 My Man's Gone Now 1.3 Solar 1.4 Alice in Wonderland [Take 2] 1.5 All of You [Take 2] 1.6 Jade Visions . 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. Then wed go home and have dinner and ice cream. As weve already noted regarding the time period right around his tragic death, LaFaro packed a lot of art into his days. The Sampson Air Force Base was so big that it brought in big names like Duke Ellington. You can read our interview with Holland here. Composer: LaFaro He took up bass because he was required to play a stringed instrument at Ithaca College. Evans stopped performing for several months. So even a low speed accident which would be survivable in today's cars, would be a mess in an older car. It remains what is likely Evans' most well-known song,[citation needed] one that he would play throughout his career. Q: What kind of influence did your father have on your brothers music? I dont blame him, said Morrow. This is the best piano player Ive ever heard. It was Evanss 1956 debut album,New Jazz Conceptions. Death. He also played in Stan Getz's band between jobs with the Bill Evans trio. 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. He played sessions at the Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach, and roomed with fellow bassist Charlie Haden, who recalled the first time LaFaro mentioned Bill Evans. 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. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. ", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-Z8KuwI7Gc, Jade Visionscredits the demo session that LaFaro made with Steve Kuhn and Pete LaRoca nearly a year later as one where this conversational approach to group dynamics was evident. Scotty sat in. Free Jazz did that kind of splicing and segmenting for you, as part of, neatly enough, its original integrated sonic package. Well, Michael Cera did play a bassist in Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World. Everyone heard him. California had affordable education, and we could all go to college. 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. He replaced Charlie Haden as Ornette Coleman's bassist in January 1961. Rocco Scott LaFaro, in a career that lasted only six years, developed skills on the upright bass that few have been able to match. Cool Modal Music Post-Bop. On Sundays our family would go to church, then go to the movies in the afternoon. 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. LaFaro began by practicing his fingers off. 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. Following the Vanguard engagement, LaFaro played with Getz, Steve Kuhn, and Roy Haynes at Newport on July 2. He worked from sheet music for the clarinet, with its much higher pitch, to improve his command of the bass upper register. In Jade Visionshe says, Scott wasnt what one would consider a big band bass player. Also, Club 86 was bringing in major stars as well. [1] He played in groups at the College Spa and Joe's Restaurant[4] on State Street in downtown Ithaca. we do worse! While driving home late one nighthis car went off the road and struck a tree. Scotty was on the road at the time, in California. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Scott Yanow, All-Music Guide Scott LaFaro's life and career were cut short in July of 1961. 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. Dad (Joe LaFaro) never forced us to play music. Expansive range was a totem of the LaFaro sound, the idea that the bass was so much a bass that it was also not a bass and more than a bass. By City News Service. She proposed the demo as something to shop around to record labels; alas, nothing came of it. So they were constantly trying for fresh approaches and fresh improvisationsAnd Bill told me, I remember it exactly, If I played the same lick on a tune two nights in a row, the next time I playe dit Scott would play it with me in harmonyhe would actually harmonize it so that at that point it was time for me to get rid of that lick and move on to something else.Is that what LaFaro was trying to bring to Getzs attention at the Blackhawk? 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. 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. 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. 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. ~ Charles A. Ralston, A Site About Dead Musicians and how they got that way. Our Dad was from here. His death came just ten days after recording two live albums with the Bill Evans Trio, Sunday at the Village Vanguard and Waltz . Performance & security by Cloudflare. AllMusic Quiz. LaFaro also played opposite bassist Charlie Haden in alto saxophonist Ornette Coleman's experimental double quartet on Free Jazz. Helene says that she and Scotty were taken to hear Tony Bennett, the Mills Brothers, Dizzy Gillespie and numerous others. Q: Did you and your brother spend time at the Smith Opera House (which was Schines Geneva Theatre back then)? 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. Read more about this topic: Scott LaFaro, Time is here and youll go his way.Your lung is waiting in the death market.Your face beside me will grow indifferent.Darling, you will yield up your belly and becored like an apple.Anne Sexton (19281974), Poor fellow never joyed since the price of oats rose, it wasthe death of him.William Shakespeare (15641616), Ai! All rights reserved. Labels. 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. LaFaro and his stellar bandmates pianist Don Friedman and drummer Pete LaRoca run through four jazz standards, including two takes of Sacre Blu. He waited until we got interested, and then he was totally supportive. Smith Opera House is owned and operated by the Smith Center for the Arts, a private not-for-profit 501(c)(3) corporation. Performers: Chet Baker, tp; Phil Urso, ts; Francy Boland, p; Larance Marable, d; Scott LaFaro, b. 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. 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. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. A stacked bass makes for a stacked musical deck. The 25-year-old Scott LaFaro's death in a car accident shortly after was a major shock to the jazz world." Scott Yanow. 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. That left air and spaceand timewhich could do with some filling, some shaping. Former Major League Baseball pitcher Scott Erickson has been charged in connection with a hit-and-run crash in Westlake Village that killed two . The music of Jazz Abstractions proceeds as a series of shadings, which tend to be called variants on the finished LP. New England Public Media | LaFaro-Fernandez: 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. In his liner notes, producer Orrin Keepnews focused on the phenomenon of Bill Evans thepianist, but the lone paragraph devoted to the other members of the trio noted that they werent limited toconventional rhythmic backing, and cited Autumn Leaves, as a harbinger of things to come. Kuhn is uncertain about exactly where he met LaFaro, but says it was most likely when he heard the Evans trio at the Five Spot late in 1959. 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 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. On March 5, 2014, the Geneva (New York) City Council approved making April 3 Scott LaFaro Day. 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. [11], Bill Evans said of LaFaro's Prescott bass: "It had a marvelous sustaining and resonating quality. Then wed go home and have dinner and ice cream. Put one way: Scott LaFaro was up for it. The last day was recorded for two albums, Sunday at the Village Vanguard and Waltz for Debby.[8]. May 23, 2021. It is still so wild to me that he was so influential. After three months at Ithaca College, he concentrated on bass. 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. He emphasized high notes, could play with great speed and his interplay with Bill Evans in their trio was mutually stimulating and influential. ", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIzbINNrqcQ. Scott LaFaro was born 64 years ago today. These two albums, recorded less than two weeks prior: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZ_rZZusz90 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbTEgBEaEM4. 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. He got his first professional experience playing bass at Belhurst (with my fathers group). The car, tree and garage all caught fire. Tales are told of how much John Coltrane practiced, but you could say the same about the bassist from Newark. 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On date night, people would end up at The Smith. Though hed previously appeared onGolden Trombonewith Buddy Morrow,The Arrival of Victor Feldmanwas essentially the first LP that showcased his singular gifts. Performers: Victor Feldman, p, vib; Scott LaFaro, b; Stan Levey, d. 22 Jan 1958. 1926). Los Angeles Fire Department crews were called to the scene to extinguish the blaze. 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. 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. 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. 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. LaFaro is a potent cup of teaa brilliant future is in store for this youthful bassist from Geneva, N.Y., (Film footage ofLaFarois extremely rare. Each year during the first week of April, The Smith hosts the Scott LaFaro Day Celebration concert that features a contemporary bass player. Such is the legacy of bassist Scott LaFaro, though I would suggest that what was was more than we often think. In LaFaros short yet meteoric career, he accomplished more than most musicians do over decades. He played in a trio or quartet at Belhurst from the time he got back until he died. LaFaro started his professional career playing a German-made Mittenwald double bass but it was stolen in the Spring of 1958. Before that grim July night, LaFaro had been a busy bassist. What were Scotts childhood and teen years like here in Geneva? His records with Bill Evans are among the finest jazz trio discs ever made. You can read our interview with Holland. 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. Jim Hall. It was written with so much love and insight. 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. In high school Scotty played clarinet and tenor saxophone, in spite of not being happy about a lip injury he got playing basketball at the Y. 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. The Scott La Faro book was wonderful. 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]. We were the kind that played a fraction, a millimeter behind. Evans was an articulate interweaver of a pianist, a melodic speaker, a filigree lord rather than a rhythm king. 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.. 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. Chicago, 1956. Ornettes group with Don Cherry and Ed Blackwell played the Village Gate for three weeks in August and September followed by engagements in Philadelphia and Detroit. Jazz. Performers: Bill Evans, p; Scott LaFaro, b; Paul Motian, d. 7 May 1960. [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". This album is widely considered to be one of the best in the Evans canon, and the type of emotive interplay between the musicians that at some points seemed almost deconstructed has served as a model for piano trio play. [citation needed], By late 1960, LaFaro was in demand as a bassist. And how does it go? I still have people from all over the world knocking at my doorstep, wanting to see where Scotty played. 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. Your family ended up following Scotty out to California. Scotty also befriended the pianist-composer Victor Feldman, and recorded with him and drummer Stan Levey in January 1958. [7], In June 1961, the Bill Evans trio began two weeks of performances at the Village Vanguard in New York City. Scottys death was hard on my Mom. You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. [10] AMAGANSETT, N.Y. - Acclaimed tenor saxophonist Robert Berg was killed Thursday when a cement truck skidded across a snow-slicked road and rammed into his sport utility vehicle, East Hampton police said. Three of the tunes from their setBaubles, Bangles and Beads; Where Do You Go; and Airegin were released on CD in 1994. Haynes shared with Scotty a fastidiousness about clothing, and hed just been named toEsquiresBest-Dressed list. [5] He left that organization to work in Los Angeles. 2023 Viacom International Inc. All Rights Reserved. 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. Stan was playing a melody, and Scott began doubling it. Friedman relates inJade Visions,He used to play my piano, and was very interested in minor 7thchords with the flat 5th. Tracks such as "Solar" (RealAudio excerpt), from the Village Vanguard sessions, highlight his ability to play high notes with surprising speed. He became a professional musician in New York City during the Roaring 20s. Remembering Geneva's jazz legend Scott LaFaro: An interview with his sister Helene LaFaro-Fernandez - Smith Center for the Arts Smith Center for the Arts CONTACT US 82 Seneca Street Geneva, NY 14456 315-781-5483 BOX OFFICE Tuesday-Friday 10am-4pm ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES by appointment boxoffice@thesmith.org 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. 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. When Scotty was in sixth grade we took our first piano lessons. 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. 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. He lives in Boston and has contributed toJazzTimessince 2006. Let us be grateful that he didnt rest easy during what would prove to be the last Christmas season of his life, for in December 1960, he was called in for a couple of dates that we must look to every bit as much as the June 1961 Village Vanguard recordings to fully appreciate him. Pianist Pat Moran, who led a trio that Scott toured and recorded with in 1958, says he was was very aware of his genius and used to love to go into clubs and intimidate bass playersHe was quite a character, lots of fun. Moran is little known today as Patti Moran McCoy, butin 1960 LaFaro was quoted ina profile written by Martin Williams forJazz Review, I dont even like any of my records except maybe the first one I did with Pat Moran., https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HAbUcKTdcI. Composer: Rosolino LaFaro completed his first year at Ithaca, but not his second. 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. 1950s - 1960s. It was released in 1962. We think of LaFaro as a jazz bassist with leanings toward classical music; its the lan, I think. Born . I would love to see it. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. Bandmates pianist Don Friedman and drummer Stan Levey, d. 22 Jan 1958 action you performed. Lafaro, b ; Paul Motian, d. 7 May 1960 Department crews were called to the scene extinguish... 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