I love Shirley Scott. And I really loved putting this playlist together. Normally, I spend a lot of time hunting for enough music to fill out a whole playlist. Shirley's output was so extensive I had to make several trims and am still left with a much longer playlist than I generally put together. Not to mention, how many albums she released as a bandleader. For female jazz artists of her time, it's really unheard of. I hope you enjoy her music as much as I do!
This mix includes an interview with Terrell Stafford, and interviews of Shirley with Marian McPartland on Piano Jazz as well as for Cheney University's Oral History Project, where Scott was a professor.
1949
"Kansas City Stomp" with the Leicester Jazz Band. Shirley was 15 years old.
1956
"The Happy Whistler" with the Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Trio.
4:23
1958
"Telegraph" Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Trio plus Joe Newman.
6:43
1964
"The Blues Ain't Nothin' But Some Pain" from Great Scott! piano and vocals by Shirley Scott.
12:21
1958
"Dianne" from Scottie.
19:22
1959
"Tell Me" from Shirley Scott with the Latin Jazz Quintet.
28:46
1962
"Sister Sadie" from Shirley Scott Plays Horace Silver.
36:13
1964
"Nice and Easy" from Shirley Scott and Kenny Burrell Travelin' Light.
43:38
1967
"This Little LIght of Mine" from Soul Duo: Shirley Scott and Clark Terry.
48:57
1969
"It's Your Thing" from Scott and the Soul Saxes.
52:38
1971
"Hall of Jazz" from Mystical Lady with George Freeman.
58:08
1978
"Jumpin' Blues" from The Al Grey Jimmy Forrest Quintet Live at Rick's.
1:04:26
1973
"Liberation Song" from Superstition.
1:12:56
1991
"Peace" from Skylark.
1:17:38
1992
"How Am I to Know" from A Walking' Thing.
1:25:04