Rural Still Life

Rural Still Life
Rural Still Life
Studio album by Tom Scott
Released	1968
Recorded	1968
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	36:41
Label	Impulse!
Producer	Tom Scott
Tom Scott chronology

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

Reception

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 ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Tom Scott except as indicated

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

Recorded in Los Angeles, California in 1968

Personnel

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

References

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

[Allmusic-1] Todd, J. Allmusic Review accessed April 13, 2011

[Impulse!_Records_discography-2] Impulse! Records discography accessed April 13, 2011

[RSJRG-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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