''Great Scott!'' is the debut album by 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 P ...

recorded in 1958 for the

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Shirley Scott discography
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Reception

The

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review stated "''Great Scott!'' was her first out-front contribution to popularizing the organ in a jazz format that also drew on parts of

blues Blues is a music genre and musical form that originated among African Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues has incorporated spiritual (music), spirituals, work songs, field hollers, Ring shout, shouts, cha ...

and

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music. She displays admirable command of the instrument's swoops and

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Track listing

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" ( Ary Barroso) - 2:26 # "The Scott" (Shirley Scott) - 3:05 # "

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" (

Ray Noble Raymond Stanley Noble (17 December 1903 – 3 April 1978) was an English jazz and big band musician, who was a bandleader, composer and arranger, as well as a radio host, television and film comedian and actor; he also performed in the United S ...

) - 5:19 # "Nothing Ever Changes My Love for You" (Marvin Fisher,

Jack Segal Jack Segal (October 19, 1918 – February 10, 2005) was an American pianist and composer of popular American songs, known for writing the lyrics to '' Scarlet Ribbons''. His composition '' May I Come In?'' was the title track for a Blossom Dea ...

) - 4:36 # "Trees" (

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, Oscar Rasbach) - 6:57 # " All of You" (

Cole Porter Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter. Many of his songs became Standard (music), standards noted for their witty, urbane lyrics, and many of his scores found success on Broadway the ...

) - 3:20 # " Goodbye" ( Gordon Jenkins) - 5:00 # " Four" (

Miles Davis Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926September 28, 1991) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th century music, 20th-century music. Davis ado ...

) - 3:53

Personnel

organ Organ and organs may refer to: Biology * Organ (biology), a group of tissues organized to serve a common function * Organ system, a collection of organs that function together to carry out specific functions within the body. Musical instruments ...

* George Duvivier -

bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Wood * Bass or basswood, the wood of the tilia americana tree Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in th ...

* Arthur Edgehill -

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References

{{Authority control 1959 debut albums Albums produced by Bob Weinstock Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio Prestige Records albums Shirley Scott albums