Skylark (Shirley Scott Album)
''Skylark'' is a live album by the Shirley Scott Trio recorded in 1991 at Birdland (jazz club), Birdland and released on the Candid Records, Candid label.Payne, DShirley Scott discographyaccessed July 6, 2012 Reception The Allmusic site awarded the album 4 stars.Allmusic Review
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Track listing

# "Skylark (song), Skylark" (Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer) - 8:21 # "I Still Want You/Dein ist mein ganzes Herz, You Are My Heart's Delight" (Timothy Carpenter/, Franz Lehár, Fritz Löhner-Beda) - 9:07 # "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 8:45 # "Alone Together (1932 song), Alone Together" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) - 10:56 # "Peace (Horace Silver song), Peace" (Horace Silver) - 7:25 # "McGhee and Me" (Shirley Scott) - 8:54 # "The Par ...
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Shirley Scott
Shirley Scott (March 14, 1934 – March 10, 2002) was an American jazz organist. Her music was noted for its mixture of bebop, blues and gospel elements. She was known by the nickname "Queen of the Organ". Life and career Scott was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her father operated a jazz club in the basement of the family home and her brother played Saxophone. At the age of eight, Scott began piano lessons. After enrolling at Philadelphia High School for Girls, where she was awarded a scholarship, Scott switched to trumpet and played in the all-city schools band. She studied for bachelor and master's degrees at Cheyney University. Later in life Scott would return to the university as a teacher. As a performer in the 1950s, she played the Hammond B-3 organ. Her recordings with Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis included the hit "In the Kitchen". Influenced by gospel and blues, she played soul jazz in the 1960s with Stanley Turrentine, who became her husband during the same decade; the ...
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