''For Members Only'' is an album by American jazz organist

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 Phi ...

recorded in 1963 for the Impulse! label.Impulse! Records discography
accessed March 19, 2011

Reception

The

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review awarded the album 4½ stars.Allmusic Review
accessed March 19, 2011

Track listing

:''All compositions by Shirley Scott except as indicated'' # "Southern Comfort" (

Oliver Nelson Oliver Edward Nelson (June 4, 1932 – October 28, 1975) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader. His 1961 Impulse! album ''The Blues and the Abstract Truth'' (1961) is regarded as one of the most signifi ...

) — 5:40 # "Blue Piano" ( Ellington) — 3:45 # "Freedom Dance" (Nelson) — 4:53 # "Toys in the Attic" ( Duning) — 2:51 # "Blues for Members" — 5:50 # " I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" (

Lerner Lerner is a German and Jewish family name. Its literal meaning can be either "student" or "scholar". It may refer to: Organizations * Lerner Enterprises, a real estate company * Lerner Newspapers * Lerner Publishing Group, a publisher of child ...

, Loewe) — 4:45 # "Marchin' to Riverside" — 3:15 # "We're Goin' Home" — 7:14 ''Recorded on August 22 (tracks 5-8) and August 24 (tracks 1-4), 1963.''

Personnel

— organ *

Thad Jones Thaddeus Joseph Jones (March 28, 1923 – August 20, 1986) was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader who has been called "one of the all-time greatest jazz trumpet soloists". Biography Thad Jones was born in Pontiac, Michigan, U ...

, Jerry Kail, Tom McIntosh,

Jimmy Nottingham James Edward Nottingham, Jr. (December 15, 1925 – November 16, 1978), also known as Sir James, was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player. He was born in New York, United States, and started performing professionally in 1943 in Brookl ...

, Ernie Royal —

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

(tracks 1-4) *

Jimmy Cleveland James Milton Cleveland (May 3, 1926 – August 23, 2008) was an American jazz trombonist born in Wartrace, Tennessee.

, Quentin Jackson, Thomas Mitchell —

trombone The trombone (german: Posaune, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate ...

(tracks 1-4) *Eddy Manson — harmonica (tracks 1-4) * Mundell Lowe —

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

(tracks 1-4) *

Art Davis Arthur David Davis (December 6, 1934 – July 29, 2007) was a double-bassist, known for his work with Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie, McCoy Tyner and Max Roach. Biography Davis was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United Stat ...

(tracks 1-4), Earl May (tracks 5-8) — bass *

Jimmy Cobb Wilbur James "Jimmy" Cobb (January 20, 1929May 24, 2020) was an American jazz drummer. He was part of Miles Davis's First Great Sextet. At the time of his death, he had been the band's last surviving member for nearly thirty years. He was a ...

(tracks 5-8),

Ed Shaughnessy Edwin Thomas "Ed" Shaughnessy (January 29, 1929 – May 24, 2013) was a swing music and jazz drummer long associated with Doc Severinsen and a member of The Tonight Show Band on ''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson''. Biography Shaughn ...

(tracks 1-4) — drums *Joe Venuto —

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Ex ...

(tracks 1-4) *

— arranger, conductor (tracks 1-4)

References

{{Authority control Impulse! Records albums English phrases Albums arranged by Oliver Nelson Albums produced by Bob Thiele Shirley Scott albums 1963 albums Albums conducted by Oliver Nelson