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- Date Released: August 1, 1973
- Genre: Jazz
- Label: Ode/Epic/Legacy
- Copyright: 1974 A&M/Ode Records
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They Say...
Most of Tom Scott's GRP albums of the '80s and '90s have been shallow, formulaic releases offering little evidence of the saxman's improvisatory skills. But most of his earlier recordings of the 1970s were appealing jazz/funk/R&B efforts that, although commercial and highly accessible, demonstrated his capabilities as a soloist. If the version of Scott's L.A. Express band heard on this album (reissued on CD in 1996) brings to mind the Crusaders, it's because two of its members, keyboardist Joe Sample and guitarist Larry Carlton, were also Crusaders members. Although the Express was never in a class with that band, it was a likable unit defined by its cohesiveness, warmth and spontaneity. As slick as the Express was, it took risks. It's hard to imagine Scott providing a funk-drenched version of John Coltrane's "Dahomey's Dance" as he does here -- or incorporating Middle Eastern influences as he does on "King Cobra" -- on his calculated GRP recordings of the '90s. Solid jazz-funk like "L.A. Expression" and "Nunya" is well worth hearing. And "Spindrift," though congenial and mellow, is far more substantial than the "muzak" with which he would later inundate us.
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Credits
- Larry Carlton - Guitar // Joe Sample - Guitar // Joe Sample - Guitar // Joe Sample - Guitar // Joe Sample - Keyboards // Joe Sample - Keyboards // Joe Sample - Keyboards // Tom Scott - Synthesizer // Tom Scott - Synthesizer // Tom Scott - Synthesizer // Tom Scott - Horn // Tom Scott - Horn // Tom Scott - Horn // Tom Scott - Wind // Tom Scott - Wind // Tom Scott - Wind // Tom Scott - Producer // Tom Scott - Producer // Tom Scott - Producer // Tom Scott - Woodwind // Tom Scott - Woodwind // Tom Scott - Woodwind // Tom Scott - Main Performer // Tom Scott - Main Performer // Tom Scott - Main Performer // Max Bennett - Bass // Hank Cicalo - Recorder // Hank Cicalo - Engineer // Hank Cicalo - Mixing // John Guerin - Percussion // John Guerin - Drums // Tom "Curly" Ruff - Digital Mastering // Chuck Beeson - Graphic Design // Chuck Beeson - Design // Chuck Beeson - Graphic Direction // Jim McCrary - Photography // Joe Garnett - Design // Joe Garnett - Cover Design
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- Instruments:
- Guitar //
- Percussion //
- Bass (Vocal) //
- Keyboards
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