It originally appeared as a solo piano piece on Evans' debut album, New Jazz Conceptions. Everything. LaFaro was taken from this world 60 years ago, on July 6, 1961, in Flint, New York, where he was involved in an auto accident a few days after playing with Stan Getz at Newport. More on his story here. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. Joining Palombi on this date are Don Friedman and Eliot Zigmund. Haynes shared with Scotty a fastidiousness about clothing, and hed just been named toEsquiresBest-Dressed list. He insisted that Stan fire LaRoca and hire Roy Haynes, and Stan was so impressed with how strong and unique he was that he acceded to his wishes.. Friedman first heard LaFaro with Buddy Morrow, and then they worked together with Chet Baker. What happened to your brother after Ithaca College? Read about our approach to external linking. The rest is told in his gripping visuals, The Exhibit: Finding the Next Great Artist. How did that happen? April 3, 1936 in Newark, NJ. Geller recalls that at the end of Scottys first night with the clarinetist, the two went around to hear Bill Evans. He waited until we got interested, and then he was totally supportive. Having followed him out to Los Angeles in the late 1950s along with the rest of the LaFaro family, LaFaro-Fernandez still lives in California and continues to answer daily inquiries about her brother, conduct interviews, and ensure his legacy will inform musicians and fans for generations to come. LaFaro died in an automobile accident in the summer of 1961 in Flint, New York on U.S. 20 between Geneva and Canandaigua, two days after accompanying Stan Getz at the Newport Jazz Festival. On date night, people would end up at The Smith. Those years of self-discovery can be challenging at times and those moments found their perfect expression in the Village Vanguard SessionsI listened to that music for so many hours that it became my constant silent companion and a beacon of hope.. He was playing mandolin and violin publicly by age 7. To top it off, the old cars didn't have self-sealing gas tanks and as in the case of LaFaro's accident, if they ruptured, frequently resulted in fire. Also, the exertion of a formidable musical will to take what was there, in an act of guidance. (, This page was last edited on 15 February 2023, at 23:36. Scotty and I were born in New Jersey but we moved back to Geneva in 1942. LaFaro died in an automobile accident on July 6, 1961 in Flint, New York on U.S. Route 20 between Geneva and Canandaigua, four days after accompanying Stan Getz . Waltz for Debby is a live album by jazz pianist and composer Bill Evans and his trio consisting of Evans, bassist Scott LaFaro, and drummer Paul Motian. . Ornettes group with Don Cherry and Ed Blackwell played the Village Gate for three weeks in August and September followed by engagements in Philadelphia and Detroit. She had lost her husband, then four years later lost her son, and she still had young kids to raise. This year The Smith is excited to have National Endowment of the Arts Jazz Masters Kenny Barron (piano) and Dave Holland (bass) together on stage on Saturday, April 6. He was visiting some friends west of Geneva and was driving home late when he crashed. ", In 1966, Evans spoke with George Clabinabout what he called his "complexand quick relationship" with Scotty, and said his technique was "built throughintuitive insightand fire, as some kind of a spark in him which took over and he would just grab the bass and he would work and work and work and work and he would just lay it down. The Jazz la Mode Blog has plenty to stimulate your interest and curiosity in American music. What a natural setting for a multi-ecosystem guy like LaFaro, the dream bassist for a project of this nature, which is jazz, classical, painterly, open yet demonstrative. Not long after he arrived on campus, he gave his clarinet away to a classmate. Other birthdays Monday: Jimmy McGriff, 64; Harold Vick, 19361987; and Eric Kloss, 51. Your family ended up following Scotty out to California. [15][16], According to Joachim Berendt, LaFaro's innovative approach to the bass caused "emancipation", introducing "so many diverse possibilities as would have been thought impossible for the bass only a short time before". Chicago, 1956. Evans and Dolphy dont feature on a couple tunes, while LaFaro is the constant. Composer: Urso After that touch of piano, he really started to enjoy music and develop a keen awareness of what it was all about. In a December 29, 1960 letter addressed to his lover Gloria Gabriel, the dancer to whom he dedicated Glorias Step, he wrote, One important thing is that I realize day by day the true artist and musician is becoming more and more meaningless in terms of public comprehension. But its a moment were meant to be a part of, that both surrounds us and is for us. This page was last edited on 24 February 2023, at 08:03. Does anyone have pictures of this bass, or have you seen it in person? His death came just ten days after recording two live albums with the Bill Evans Trio, Sunday at the Village Vanguard and Waltz . He was with Buddy Morrows band (1955-56), toured with Chet Baker (1956-57) and worked during the next few years with Ira Sullivan, Barney Kessel, Cal Tjader and Benny Goodman among others. I suppose technically, yes, though its also far more, and thats a LaFaro thing. The album included five tracks recorded in New York City during 1961 with pianist Don Friedman and drummer Pete LaRoca.[13]. My father passed away (from a heart attack) in 1957. I return to the idea of the helmsman, because LaFaro always plays as if hes en route to some vital destination, and hes helping to take other musicians there, and, of course, those of us who are listening in. Little was as star-crossed as LaFaro, and hes usually talked about in conjunction with altoist Eric Dolphy as often as LaFaro is with Evans. Also, Club 86 was bringing in major stars as well. LaFaro-Fernandez: Scotty and I were born in New Jersey but we moved back to Geneva in 1942. My dad loved the director, so we had to go and have that experience as well. I never knew how Scotty felt about my playing until Paul told me later that the first time Paul heard me it was because Scotty had dragged him out in a snowstorm, "You've got to hear this great bass player with Ornette!"[18]. Each year during the first week of April, The Smith hosts the Scott LaFaro Day Celebration concert that features a contemporary bass player. They worked together with vocalist Dick Haymes, whose road show included dancers and a comic. LaFaro spent most of his days practicing his instrument. In 2009 she published a biography about him, Jade Visions: The Life and Music of Scott LaFaro. One of the most substantial biographies Ive read in recent years is the 2009 publication that Helene LaFaro-Fernandez devoted to her brother Scott. He played in a trio or quartet at Belhurst from the time he got back until he died. Tracks. Put one way: Scott LaFaro was up for it. The great bassist is best known for his work with the Bill Evans Trio between 1959 and 61, and for the tragic car accident that claimed his life on July 6, 1961, two weeks after the trios legendary performance at the Village Vanguard. Read more about this topic: Scott LaFaro, Time is here and youll go his way.Your lung is waiting in the death market.Your face beside me will grow indifferent.Darling, you will yield up your belly and becored like an apple.Anne Sexton (19281974), Poor fellow never joyed since the price of oats rose, it wasthe death of him.William Shakespeare (15641616), Ai! We had to have a strong rhythm section and he was definitely of that caliberHe was a dedicated personintolerant of anyone who wasnt giving his best., https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ngs04EXtDwk. 4 or The Paradox of Continuity, The Montreal Tapes: with Geri Allen and Paul Motian, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Waltz_for_Debby_(1962_album)&oldid=1139601889, Short description is different from Wikidata, Album articles lacking alt text for covers, Articles with unsourced statements from January 2021, Articles with MusicBrainz release group identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Note on the alternate takes: "For this CD release, alternate versions of three of the six selections have been inserted just after the ones originally chosen for issuance.[] The portion of Linden Street that runs from Seneca Street to South Exchange. There was great rapport. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. Sometimes its defined by contrasting stylistic paths that amalgamate into a career, as with Miles Davis. Composer: Mercer / Kosma / Prevert "[3], It was voted number 465 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000).[10]. Pictures of people only please! The 25-year-old Scott LaFaro's death in a car accident shortly after was a major shock to the jazz world. Those six numbers with LaFaro making up what became the Booker Little album are a masterclass in postbop bass. Right there on stage, Stan stopped playing and yelled, MF, Ive got the melody! Notwithstanding flair-ups of this kind, Kuhn says that Getz held LaFaro in the highest regard. He started playing piano in elementary school, bass clarinet in middle school, and tenor saxophone when he entered high school. ), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gzwXQGvXgc, LaFaro signed on with Stan Kenton for a tour in the spring of 1959. In 2009 she published a biography about him, Jade Visions: The Life and Music of Scott LaFaro. He had an incredible ear. Brother man, I can all but hear Ornette saying, we are going to blow some minds tomorrow.. Ted Gioia, in his 1997 survey,The History of Jazz, said, "LaFarotook far greater chances, departing markedly from the traditional walking line, instead offering countermelodies and guitar-like phrases. It is still so wild to me that he was so influential. Postings here are the last known photographs or videos of a person. Later we moved to Elmwood Place, and during the summer we would spend many of our days at the Brook Street Playground. Ornette Coleman was another musician who appeared on the Jazz Abstractions datebut as with Dolphy and Evans, on just half the recordand I often imagine the conversations he might have had with LaFaro during breaks and between takes about what Coleman had in mind for the next day. Scotty grew up in Geneva, where his father Joe, whod played with the Paul Whiteman and Dorsey Brothers orchestras, earned a living as a violinist and shared his fondness for both classical music and big band jazz with his children. Steve Kuhn, who felt a brotherly kinship with Scotty and says his sudden death was the first major loss of my life, describes him as very strong-willed. (He also says that LaFaro, who was a fan of Formula One and sports car racing, drove a little too friskily for my taste.) A case in point was LaFaros departure from Kenton, which was precipitated by his displeasure with the bands new drummer, a situation that would repeat itself in 61 when he insisted that Stan Getz replace drummer Pete LaRoca. For the 1964 album with Monica Zetterlund, see, The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961, "Bill Evans Trio: Sunday At The Village Vanguard & Waltz For Debby", Plays the Theme from The V.I.P.s and Other Great Songs, Turn Out the Stars: The Final Village Vanguard Recordings, Consecration: The Final Recordings Part 2, On Broadway Vol. 1.1 Gloria's Step [Take 2] 1.2 My Man's Gone Now 1.3 Solar 1.4 Alice in Wonderland [Take 2] 1.5 All of You [Take 2] 1.6 Jade Visions . Q: Did you and your brother spend time at the Smith Opera House (which was Schines Geneva Theatre back then)? Also, the last picture taken by a person just before their death is acceptable. The bass was badly damaged in the automobile accident that killed him, but was eventually restored and is sporadically used in performance to honor LaFaro. Search Music. [7], In June 1961, the Bill Evans trio began two weeks of performances at the Village Vanguard in New York City. The two albums released by Riverside Records from that fabled performance,Sunday at the Village VanguardandWaltz for Debby, have long stood as his epitaph. Bill Evans Trio. LaFaro completed his first year at Ithaca, but not his second. As weve already noted regarding the time period right around his tragic death, LaFaro packed a lot of art into his days. You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. That huge sound and strength of attack is finger-sprung alone. Gleason commented, It is, however, as a vehicle for bassist Scott LaFaro that the LP really impresses. Later in the year, he toured and recorded with the Cal Tjader-Stan Getz Sextet. Thats his brand of intimacy: the sensation of the stolen moment. Kuhn is uncertain about exactly where he met LaFaro, but says it was most likely when he heard the Evans trio at the Five Spot late in 1959. He heard what I was doing at the piano, and I heard what he was doing. A jazz musicians legacy can be a multifarious slope. Then wed go home and have dinner and ice cream. I remember one time Scotty came home with an LP under his arm. It is LaFaros bass that makes this thing go, such as it does go. Brooklyn, NY The other day at school someone mentioned Red Mitchell taking the bass which was in the car crash that killed Scott LaFaro back to Kolstein's in pieces, and Kolstein, fairly recently, restored it. Scott was extremely picky and choosy, and he wanted to call the trio. LaFaro also played opposite bassist Charlie Haden in alto saxophonist Ornette Coleman's experimental double quartet on Free Jazz. Composers. Composer: Hammerstein II / Kern DSD 128 fs (2) DSD 64 fs (2) . July 6, 1961 in Seneca, NY. Man, woman decapitated after car slams into big rig on 5 Freeway in San Fernando Valley. Gloria Gabriel was one of the dancers. It will be observed on his birthday anniversary, April 3. Your IP: In 1959, after working with trumpeter Chet Baker, bandleader Stan Kenton, vibraphonist Cal Tjader,[6] and clarinetist Benny Goodman, LaFaro returned east and joined Bill Evans, who had recently left the Miles Davis Sextet. Before long he mastered the instrument, and he toured with trombonist Buddy Morrow and trumpeter Chet Baker. Victor Feldman. All rights reserved. LaFaro is one of those players who register to the ears like more than one man, generating a huge amount of sound with ostensibly little effort, and that sound resonating as direct, controlled, economical; this is part of the reason why. Shortly after, their collaboration began. When Scotty was in sixth grade we took our first piano lessons. So if you were all living in California, how was it that your brother was near Geneva when he died? Mangione remembersLaFaro calling Baker an American tragedy, and says, Over the years, [Scotts] using the term an American tragedy still strikes me as incredibly ironic and portentous [given what happened] that night., At about 1:45 on the morning of July 6, LaFaro apparently fell asleep at the wheel and veered off Route 5-20, hitting a tree and killing himself and Ottley instantly. She proposed the demo as something to shop around to record labels; alas, nothing came of it. LaFaro took the opportunity, and he was the trios helmsman. LaFaro-Fernandez: After Scotty played at the Newport Jazz Festival with Stan Getz (July 1961), he went to Geneva to try to convince the people who had been renting our house to buy it. In 2007, 46 years later, Roy introduced Helene to the great bassist Christian McBride. He was a musician from age 4. His sense of time was freer, less tied to the ground beat, than any jazz bassist had previously acheivedIt is not going too far to see this short-lived trio as redefining the nature of the jazz rhythm section. It is these performances, currently available as Sunday at The Village Vanguard and Waltz for Debby that comprise the number one best jazz live recording in this present series. One may even ask the question whether it is possible to love jazz and not love Sunday at the Village Vanguard and Waltz for Debby, and I dont think youre being a curmudgeon if you stamp a foot and issue an emphatic No, by Jove!. Following the Vanguard engagement, LaFaro played with Getz, Steve Kuhn, and Roy Haynes at Newport on July 2. On March 5, 2014, the Geneva (New York) City Council approved making April 3 Scott LaFaro Day. Christian said, Scottys playing was the bible for bass playersJimmy Blanton the old testament, Scotty the new., LaFaro spent the evening of July 5 with old friends in Geneva then drove 80 miles west with Frank Ottley to visit another friend in Warsaw who was house-sitting at a place with a good stereo. A post-bass bass player, maybe. He was excited. For when Jazz Abstractions wrapped, December 21 dawned, and that meant LaFaroalong with Dolphywas boomeranging back to A&R Studios for the landmark waxing of the legendary, epoch-rattling Free Jazz, with a lineup of Dolphy on bass clarinet, Freddie Hubbard on trumpet, Charlie Haden on bass, and Ed Blackwell on drums in the right channel, and Coleman on alto, Don Cherry on pocket trumpet, Billy Higgins on drums, and LaFaro in the left. Later we moved to Elmwood Place, and during the summer we would spend many of our days at the Brook Street Playground. Tracks such as "Solar" (RealAudio excerpt), from the Village Vanguard sessions, highlight his ability to play high notes with surprising speed. They needed a bass clarinetist, and he promised Scotty that he would be allowed to play clarinet and eventually the tenor sax if he took that position. He became a professional musician in New York City during the Roaring 20s. The 25-year-old Scott LaFaro's death in a car accident shortly after was a major shock to the jazz world." Scott Yanow. In spring 1960, he featured on a half-dozen tracks that trumpeter Booker Little cut for his second session as leader. These two albums, recorded less than two weeks prior: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZ_rZZusz90 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbTEgBEaEM4. He quoted Evans, who said, Im hoping the trio will grow in the direction of simultaneous improvisationIf the bass player, for example, hears an idea that he wants to answer, why should he just keep playing a background?, Scotty, of course, heard and answered plenty of ideas. Such is the legacy of bassist Scott LaFaro, though I would suggest that what was was more than we often think. It was written with so much love and insight. Q: What happened to your brother after Ithaca College? Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZ_rZZusz90, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbTEgBEaEM4. By. Evanss illness resulted in the cancellation of a long engagement opposite Thelonious Monk at the Jazz Gallery. Jade Visions: The Life and Music of Scott LaFarorecounts how three days after his appearance at the Newport Jazz Festival with the Stan Getz Quartet, hed driven to Geneva, NY to take care of some business related to his mothers home there. He stuck with his new hire, offered Scotty the option of plane fare to New York or L.A., and showed him the door. Before that grim July night, LaFaro had been a busy bassist. As was, really, LaFaro. Orrin Keepnews told Helene that when the trio recorded its second session,Explorations,on February 2, 1961, Scott was being very explicit about his problem; he was very reluctant to go back on the road unless it was for a lot more money. LaFaro was honored in 2012 in Geneva, where a street was renamed Scott LaFaro Drive and an annual Scott LaFaroDay was inaugurated. With my mom and Scotty and my two sisters and then our own kids, we eventually had to build onto the house. Includes Obituary, Biography, Discography, Photo, and Links. Performers: Ornette Coleman, as; Don Cherry, c; Scott Lafaro, b; Ed Blackwell, d. New York City, 31 Jan 1961. Around this time he received a greeting card from Miles Davis suggesting that Davis wanted to hire him. On December 19 and 20, he took part in John Lewis, Gunther Schuller, and Jim Halls Jazz Abstractions sessions, with buddy Bill Evans and Eric Dolphy. The three not duplicated here were played only once that day. It remains what is likely Evans' most well-known song,[citation needed] one that he would play throughout his career. Little, another ill-fated star of the period who died at 23 in October 1961, described LaFaro in the liner notes as distant, but closea paradox that resolves only for those who were simpatico. He also recognized Scottys distinctiveness as an innovator who was much more of a conversationalist behind you than any other bassist I know[Hes] technicallyabout the greatest bassist we have. Remarking on the solo LaFaro plays on Bee Tees Minor Plea, the trumpeter said, The bass is a crude and rude instrument, but Scott makes it into something else. Helene says Scotty would have loved being described as something else, since I could remember how excited [he] was when he brought around to play for me the first record of Ornettes he owned,Something Else.. Performers: Bill Evans, p; Scott LaFaro, b; Paul Motian, d. 7 May 1960. He's seen here playing "Cherry" and "Chart of My Heart" with saxophonist Richie Kamuca's Quintet on a Stars of Jazz television broadcast on April 7, 1958. Youre freeboomto lock in on LaFaro, and I do that quite a bit. Scotty sat in. Performers: Stan Getz, ts; Steve Kuhn, p; Scott LaFaro, b; Roy Haynes d. Newport, 2 July 1961. All is possible, and then all is no more. He would practice for hours: he had all these Sonny Rollins solos he had written out in bass clef! My dad took Scotty to see anyone who came there, or to Syracuse or Rochester. Stan was playing a melody, and Scott began doubling it. Scott LaFaro was born 64 years ago . The last day was recorded for two albums, Sunday at the Village Vanguard and Waltz for Debby.[8]. You can read our interview with Holland here. Scott died instantly and the world lost a talented andinnovative musical voice. Composer: Gillespie When Evans returned to the trio format later in 1962, it was with Motian and bassist Chuck Israels.[2]. We were the kind that played a fraction, a millimeter behind. Evans stopped performing for several months. He took up bass because he was required to play a stringed instrument at Ithaca College. Bassist Scott LaFaro of Geneva had already achieved acclaim when he died in a car accident at the age of 25. Scott LaFaro. Though hed previously appeared onGolden Trombonewith Buddy Morrow,The Arrival of Victor Feldmanwas essentially the first LP that showcased his singular gifts. Rocco Scott LaFaro (April 3, 1936 July 6, 1961)[1] was an American jazz double bassist known for his work with the Bill Evans Trio. May 23, 2021. He also played in Stan Getz's band between jobs with the Bill Evans trio. Born in Newark, New Jersey, United States,[1] the son of a big band musician, LaFaro was five when his family moved to Geneva, New York. Q: When did your brother start getting interested in music? And youre out, Death letyou out, Death had the Mercy, youre done with your century, done with God, done with the path thru itAllen Ginsberg (b. It was an idyllic childhood. Kuhn remembers hearing that it was a St. Christopher medal that LaFaro always wore that helped to identify his badly burned body. Dont get fancy, no double beatsPlay whats written.LaFaro flew east, passed the audition, and signed on for a six-week tour of one-nighters with Goodman. He would be playing in the hotel room and hit a quadruple stop that was a harmonious sound, and then set the bass on its side and it seemed the sound just rang and rang for so long. LaFaro died in an automobile accident in the summer of 1961 in Flint, New York on U.S. 20 between Geneva and Canandaigua, two days after accompanying Stan Getz at the Newport Jazz Festival. I was 19 and working. The album was the fourth and final effort from the unitLaFaro died in a car accident just ten days after the live date at the Village Vanguard from which Waltz for Debby and its predecessor, Sunday at the Village Vanguard, were taken. Remembering Geneva's jazz legend Scott LaFaro: An interview with his sister Helene LaFaro-Fernandez - Smith Center for the Arts Smith Center for the Arts CONTACT US 82 Seneca Street Geneva, NY 14456 315-781-5483 BOX OFFICE Tuesday-Friday 10am-4pm ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES by appointment boxoffice@thesmith.org 2023 Madavor Media, LLC. Cool Modal Music Post-Bop. It has rolled corners on the bottom and very sloped shoulders on the top, making it easier to get in and out of thumb position. It was then he fell in love with the tenor saxophone. He was in his second year at college to study music when he joined Buddy Morrow's band and went on a cross country tour. They needed a bass clarinetist, and he promised Scotty that he would be allowed to play clarinet and eventually the tenor sax if he took that position. Such is the legacy of bassist Scott LaFaro, though I would suggest that what was was more than we often think. Lets call it the chimerical voice of the rhythm sectionas well as what could often be the lead instrument when LaFaro was in your band. Sign in to continue reading, Sixty years after the bass greats untimely death, a look at his musical legacy beyond the Bill Evans Trio. LaFaro-Fernandez: When Scotty was in sixth grade we took our first piano lessons. He began working in jazz radio in 1977 at WCUW, a community-licensed radio station in Worcester, Massachusetts. Later in high school, kids would go to the movies with their friends, or boyfriends, or girlfriends. He recorded with pianist Don Friedman as well. A driver was killed when a car crashed into a home in the Hancock Park . Tom holds a BA from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where he majored in English and African American Studies. [14] On April 4, 2014 a ceremony to rename a downtown street Scott LaFaro Drive took place. His death came just ten days after recording two live albums with the Bill Evans Trio, Sunday at the Village Vanguard and Waltz for Debby, albums considered among the finest live jazz recordings. Many believe that Evans never fully recovered from the loss, as well as that it contributed to his pattern of heroin usage, an addiction that would later kill him. Tonight Show, 14 Feb 1957. He practiced from sheet music for the higher-pitched clarinet to improve his facility the upper register for bass. Shortly after, he acquired a bass made in 1825 in Concord, New Hampshire by Abraham Prescott. comments . We never got to enjoy it as a concert venue in our day, unfortunately. Scott LaFaro - Artist Details. 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