Nearly six decades later, Helene LaFaro-Fernandez continues to keep her older brothers flame alive. 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. Stan was playing a melody, and Scott began doubling it. Cool Modal Music Post-Bop. It originally appeared as a solo piano piece on Evans' debut album, New Jazz Conceptions. 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. 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. We also spent time at the First Presbyterian Church choir. We decided to move the family to California. The 25-year old Scott LaFaro's death in a car accident shortly after was a major shock to the jazz world. Sometimes its defined by contrasting stylistic paths that amalgamate into a career, as with Miles Davis. Before that grim July night, LaFaro had been a busy bassist. I remained close friends with Scotty in New York, and would go over there to see and admire them, and Scotty and Paul would come over to the Five Spot, too. It was released in 1962. Nearly six decades later, Helene LaFaro-Fernandez continues to keep her older brothers flame alive. So they were constantly trying for fresh approaches and fresh improvisationsAnd Bill told me, I remember it exactly, If I played the same lick on a tune two nights in a row, the next time I playe dit Scott would play it with me in harmonyhe would actually harmonize it so that at that point it was time for me to get rid of that lick and move on to something else.Is that what LaFaro was trying to bring to Getzs attention at the Blackhawk? Q: So if you were all living in California, how was it that your brother was near Geneva when he died? He proved to be a natural for the instrument, which obsessed him, and early in his sophomore year he went on the road with Buddy Morrows orchestra. LaFaro took the opportunity, and he was the trios helmsman. Q: Your family ended up following Scotty out to California. Later in high school, kids would go to the movies with their friends, or boyfriends, or girlfriends. Does anyone have pictures of this bass, or have you seen it in person? Man, woman decapitated after car slams into big rig on 5 Freeway in San Fernando Valley. The 25-year-old Scott LaFaro's death in a car accident shortly after was a major shock to the jazz world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNqSL3xGW70, The Evans Trios appearance at the Village Vanguard opposite Lambert, Hendricks & Ross in June 1961 culminated with the legendary recordings made on the last day of the two-week engagement, Sunday, June 25. Bill Evans Trio. 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 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. Q: What kind of influence did your father have on your brothers music? LaFaro broke new ground on the instrument, developing a countermelodic style of accompaniment rather than playing traditional walking basslines, as well as virtuosity that was practically unmatched by any of his contemporaries. How did that happen? He told Helene that Scott lived for the bassHe was looking all the time to play. My dad took Scotty to see anyone who came there, or to Syracuse or Rochester. 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 at the Newport Jazz Festival. ", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-Z8KuwI7Gc, Jade Visionscredits the demo session that LaFaro made with Steve Kuhn and Pete LaRoca nearly a year later as one where this conversational approach to group dynamics was evident. That show typically includes stories about LaFaro, who forever changed the jazz worlds concept of what bass playing could accomplish with his counter-melodic style. AllMusic Quiz. For Evans, Misery offered a glimpse of a relationship to come., Two months later, on December 28, 1959, the Bill Evans Trio made its premiere recording for Riverside,Portrait in Jazz. - The Absolute Sound Scott LaFaro's Pieces of Jade features long-lost material recorded in New York City shortly before the bassist's death in a car accident in 1961. Tom holds a BA from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where he majored in English and African American Studies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faSD3g1ndHE, LaFaro began working regularly with Ornette after Evans became ill with hepatitis in July 1960 and went to Florida to recuperate at his parents home amid rumors that hed died. Security video shows a crash in the Reseda neighborhood of Los Angeles which left a driver dead. That is what so many families Sunday ritual were like. Performers: Stan Getz, ts; Steve Kuhn, p; Scott LaFaro, b; Roy Haynes d. Newport, 2 July 1961. This Third Stream affair has jazz as a major tributary vein, and it has LaFaro to thank for it. 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. LaFaro was killed in a car accident near his hometown of Geneva, N.Y., at age 25. Let us be grateful that he didnt rest easy during what would prove to be the last Christmas season of his life, for in December 1960, he was called in for a couple of dates that we must look to every bit as much as the June 1961 Village Vanguard recordings to fully appreciate him. "[12], In 1988, Insights label of RVC Corporation in Japan released Memories for Scotty. He waited until we got interested, and then he was totally supportive. He was a tremendous talent [who] wanted to go on to greener pastures.Over the next two years, Scotty toured the country with Chet Baker, and worked around L.A. with Hampton Hawes, Harold Land, Buddy DeFranco, Richie Kamuca, Joe Gordon, and Stan Kenton. Mom needed the money. He said, Man, youve gotta hear this. After that touch of piano, he really started to enjoy music and develop a keen awareness of what it was all about. Death. 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. We were like brothers., Six months before the session with Kuhn, LaFaro recorded with trumpeter Booker Little on April 13 and 15. 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. 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Also included is "Porgy", originally omitted for lack of space.[]" 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. 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. LaFaro's death took an enormous emotional toll on Bill Evans, who was, according to drummer Paul Motian, "numb with grief," "in a state of shock," and "like a ghost" after LaFaro's death. There is a grave mistake a prospective listener can make with LaFaro, and when I say what that is, I may come off as somewhat risible, but one must do what is right: loving the Village Vanguard recordings so much that you sleep on the rest of what he achieved as a certain kind of jazz genius. I suppose technically, yes, though its also far more, and thats a LaFaro thing. Composer: Porter: Bud Powell. This album is widely considered to be one of the best in the Evans canon, and the type of emotive interplay between the musicians that at some points seemed almost deconstructed has served as a model for piano trio play. May 23, 2021. Ornette Coleman, Eric Dolphy, and others were also featured, and LaFaro drew notice from Dan Morgenstern inMetronomefor a solo remarkable for its technical skill and musical weight. The piece was Schullers Variants on a Theme by John Lewis (Django), which he would also appear on in December when Schullers work was recorded for the Atlantic Records release,Jazz Abstractions. As was, really, LaFaro. The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has We calculated our top 40 new releases of 2022 We calculated our top 10 historical/reissue You never quite knew what Chicago bassist Kelly Sill was going to play (or what he was going to say). I remember one time Scotty came home with an LP under his arm. 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. Killed in a car accident aged just 25, Scott LaFaro was widely regarded as the most technically gifted bassist of the 20th Century. According to Paul Motian, the death of LaFaro left Bill Evans "numb with grief", "in a state of shock", and "like a ghost". . In LaFaros short yet meteoric career, he accomplished more than most musicians do over decades. LaFaro also played opposite bassist Charlie Haden in alto saxophonist Ornette Coleman's experimental double quartet on Free Jazz. 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. Rocco Scott LaFaro, in a career that lasted only six years, developed skills on the upright bass that few have been able to match. According to Paul Motian, the death of LaFaro left Bill Evans "numb with grief", "in a state of shock", and "like a ghost". His most recent books are an entry in the 33 1/3series on Sam CookesLive at the Harlem Square Club, 1963, a volume about the 1951 film Scrooge as the ultimate work of cinematic terror, and the story collection, If You [ ]: Fabula, Fantasy, F**kery, Hope. Gloria Gabriel was one of the dancers. When did your brother start getting interested in music? 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. Its there for a reason, and thats not solely to complement the proof of the magic that occurred at a New York City club in late June 1961. A Dead Musician Directory Celebrity Page. 1998 Kevin Crosby. Composer: Coleman ~ Charles A. Ralston, A Site About Dead Musicians and how they got that way. LaFaro-Fernandez, Helen; Ralston, Chuck; Campbell, Jeffrey R.; Palombi, Phil (2009). 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.. It is LaFaros bass that makes this thing go, such as it does go. The highlight of the session was Scotts original, Misery (to Lady Day). Evans biographer Peter Pettinger said of the dedication to Billie Holiday, Not much happens, but a wavelength is established. While driving home late one nighthis car went off the road and struck a tree. This is the best piano player Ive ever heard. It was Evanss 1956 debut album,New Jazz Conceptions. It is well remembered as the final performance by the Evans trio of the time, which included bassist Scott LaFaro and drummer Paul Motian. You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. Composer: Rosolino [My] early years at the university were thoroughly engaging intellectually but were also a time of deep introspection. Youre freeboomto lock in on LaFaro, and I do that quite a bit. Its the top of the sheet, instead of the coarseness of the winter blanket. He was excited. Jim Hall. Born in Newark, New Jersey, he was an influential jazz bassist best known for his work with the Bill Evans Trio. 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. Scottys death was hard on my Mom. There was great rapport. Sound-carver. Genres. Bill Evans. [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". The Jazz la Mode Blog has plenty to stimulate your interest and curiosity in American music. The young bassist was friends to other artists and art during his all-too brief sojourn upon the mortal coil. Both Nat Hentoff and Ralph J. Gleason took note. 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. Other birthdays Monday: Jimmy McGriff, 64; Harold Vick, 19361987; and Eric Kloss, 51. In high school Scotty played clarinet and tenor saxophone, in spite of not being happy about a lip injury he got playing basketball at the Y. By. The important thing is his art while he lived. Tracks such as "Solar" (RealAudio excerpt), from the Village Vanguard sessions, highlight his ability to play high notes with surprising speed. July 6, 1961 in Seneca, NY. I was also told by classical bass players that this also changed things for them because as was with all music pretty much up until then, the bass was considered more of a rhythm instrument only. LaFaro continued to play this bass until his death. A master of the upright bass, he recorded with Bill Evans and Ornette Coleman before he died in a car crash at age 25. 2023 Madavor Media, LLC. My father passed away (from a heart attack) in 1957. Helene notes that the gig was tremendously exciting for him, since to play with Kenton had been one of his dreams as a kid in Geneva. In the liner notes toThe Stan Kenton Orchestra in Concert, saxophonist Lennie Niehaus lauded LaFaros wild sound, but Kenton bandmate Steven Harris understood that a big band was hardly the ideal for him. The Scott La Faro book was wonderful. 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-Fernandez: When Scotty was in sixth grade we took our first piano lessons. 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. comments . Bassist Scott LaFaro would die in a car accident just ten days after this album's recording, at the age of 25. Tragically, LaFaros chance to see how far his talent would take him was cut short when he died in a car crash near Geneva in July 1961 at the age of 25. It will be observed on his birthday anniversary, April 3. Postings here are the last known photographs or videos of a person. 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. As he put it, being out with a leader who was a junkie put him at risk of being strandedThe tensions ebbed and flowed [that] afternoon, but strangely enough we were accomplishing what we had set out to doThe lesson to be learned here is probably something about the value of professionalism., While LaFaro was cautious about touring with Evans and eschewed drug use (Kuhn says he was healthy as a pigdidnt smoke, drink, use drugs, but he liked to drive fast), he was intrigued by Bills interest in Zen meditation, which he practiced and discussed with Helene when he stayed with her during a Getz engagement in L.A. In his liner notes, producer Orrin Keepnews focused on the phenomenon of Bill Evans thepianist, but the lone paragraph devoted to the other members of the trio noted that they werent limited toconventional rhythmic backing, and cited Autumn Leaves, as a harbinger of things to come. Later we moved to Elmwood Place, and during the summer we would spend many of our days at the Brook Street Playground. He would practice for hours: he had all these Sonny Rollins solos he had written out in bass clef! Performers: Chet Baker, tp; Phil Urso, ts; Francy Boland, p; Larance Marable, d; Scott LaFaro, b. He worked from sheet music for the clarinet, with its much higher pitch, to improve his command of the bass upper register. So even a low speed accident which would be survivable in today's cars, would be a mess in an older car. It is still so wild to me that he was so influential. More on his story here. Scotty sort of led the way on the bass becoming a solo instrument in its own right. Those six numbers with LaFaro making up what became the Booker Little album are a masterclass in postbop bass. Today would be the 78th birthday of the great Scott LaFaro, who died in a car accident in 1961. Performers: Bill Evans, p; Scott LaFaro, b; Paul Motian, d. 28 Dec 1958. Member Of . LaFaro continued to divide his time between Getz, Ornette, and Evans in 1961. Scott LaFaro was born 64 years ago today. [10] Obsessively he played "I Loves You Porgy", a song that had become synonymous with him and LaFaro. Jazz. Yes, the Evans dynamic provided him with a perfect setting. 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. 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. Also in 2009, the University of North Texas Press published Jade Visions, a biography of LaFaro by his sister Helene LaFaro-Fernandez, with an extensive discography. In the mid 1950s, at the Los Angeles music scene, he became known as one of. Sign in to continue reading, Sixty years after the bass greats untimely death, a look at his musical legacy beyond the Bill Evans Trio. Your IP: In 2009, Resonance Records reissued five tracks from Memories for Scotty on Pieces of Jade, together with twenty-two minutes of LaFaro and Bill Evans practising "My Foolish Heart" during a rehearsal in 1960. LaFaro originally played clarinet and tenor before settling on bass while in college. LaFaro was honored in 2012 in Geneva, where a street was renamed Scott LaFaro Drive and an annual Scott LaFaroDay was inaugurated. Born in Irvington, New Jersey, the son of a big band musician, Rocco Scott LaFaro (April 3, 1936 - July 6, 1961) was five when his family moved to Geneva, New York. Kuhn remembers hearing that it was a St. Christopher medal that LaFaro always wore that helped to identify his badly burned body. Celebrating the life of Genevas legendary jazz bass hero Scott LaFaro has become an annual event at the Smith Opera House, ever since the City of Geneva declared April 3, his birthday, as Scott LaFaro Day in 2014. Jan. 30, 2021 1:47 PM PT. Composer: Hammerstein II / Kern Free Jazz did that kind of splicing and segmenting for you, as part of, neatly enough, its original integrated sonic package. It was an idyllic childhood. New England Public Media | Read about our approach to external linking. 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 Motian operated the same way; if anything, he was even more of a painter than the leader. LaFaro left Morrow and settled in Los Angeles in 1957. Later we moved to Elmwood Place, and during the summer we would spend many of our days at the Brook Street Playground. My dad loved the director, so we had to go and have that experience as well. Often controversial, always entertaining, JazzTimes is a favorite of musicians and fans alike. We are in a fix! The 25-year-old Scott LaFaro's death in a car accident shortly after was a major shock to the jazz world. Q: When did your brother start getting interested in music? 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. 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