Composer: Hawes Shortly after, their collaboration began. This page was last edited on 24 February 2023, at 08:03. LaFaro was killed in a car accident near his hometown of Geneva, N.Y., at age 25. LaFaro-Fernandez: My father passed away (from a heart attack) in 1957. Thats his brand of intimacy: the sensation of the stolen moment. Become a member and get exclusive access to articles, live sessions and more! 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. Composer: Porter LaFaro joined the Bill Evans Trio in 1959 and, although he would record with Ornette Coleman (including Free Jazz) and gig with Stan Getz, the bassist is best-remembered for his association with Evans, particularly their Village Vanguard recordings of 1961. Nearly six decades later, Helene LaFaro-Fernandez continues to keep her older brothers flame alive. A master of the upright bass, he recorded with Bill Evans and Ornette Coleman before he died in a car crash at age 25. Nov 13, 2008 #2 Mark Carlsen Oct 4, 2004 At the time it was such a revolutionary idea, and it ushered in a sea change for jazz. 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. Styles. When did your brother start getting interested in music? When we were in junior high school, Godfrey Brown, the head of the high school music department, would come there to recruit for positions they needed to fill in the band and orchestra. Taking a tip from Red Mitchell, he trained himself to pluck the strings of his bass with his index and middle finger independently. Stan said fine. Kuhn and drummer Pete LaRoca were Scottys choices, but in the midst of a two-week engagement at the Sutherland Hotel on Chicagos Southside, LaFaro had got tired of LaRocas playing. [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". 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. comments . Scott was already playing like that with Bill., Recorded on November 29, 1960, the four-song session wasnt officially released until 2005. It was an idyllic childhood. Scotty and I rented a house for Mom and the girls, I got married a few months later and (soon) we all moved into a new house in a new development in West Hills. An investigation is underway after two people were killed in a crash involving a big rig along the . Though hed previously appeared onGolden Trombonewith Buddy Morrow,The Arrival of Victor Feldmanwas essentially the first LP that showcased his singular gifts. 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. Jim Hall. 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. She had lost her husband, then four years later lost her son, and she still had young kids to raise. He had an incredible ear. And there truly couldn't be a better way to . Then wed go home and have dinner and ice cream. Published since 1970, JazzTimesAmericas Jazz Magazineprovides comprehensive and in-depth coverage of the jazz scene. Scott died instantly and the world lost a talented andinnovative musical voice. The Scott La Faro book was wonderful. Bassist Scott LaFaro would die in a car accident just ten days after this album's recording, at the age of 25. It remains what is likely Evans' most well-known song,[citation needed] one that he would play throughout his career. Tom holds a BA from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where he majored in English and African American Studies. That left air and spaceand timewhich could do with some filling, some shaping. 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. On Sundays our family would go to church, then go to the movies in the afternoon. He emphasized high notes, could play with great speed and his interplay with Bill Evans in their trio was mutually stimulating and influential. All is possible, and then all is no more. You can read our interview with Holland here. ), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gzwXQGvXgc, LaFaro signed on with Stan Kenton for a tour in the spring of 1959. On date night, people would end up at The Smith. Such is the legacy of bassist Scott LaFaro, though I would suggest that what was was more than we often think. Dave Green joins Alyn Shipton to pick the essential recordings of fellow bassist Scott LaFaro's brief but brilliant career, including work with Bill Evans. Composer: LaFaro Places to dine, drink, stay near the Smith Opera House, A word of caution about buying tickets on the secondary ticket market. My sense has always been that the music of this slipstream space needs him, all but knocks on his door and asks the helmsman to come out again. Then wed go home and have dinner and ice cream. LaFaro-Fernandez: After Scotty joined the Buddy Morrow Orchestra, he traveled with them all over the country until they reached California, as he really wanted to be where the West Coast jazz scene was happening. Death. Died . 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. Following the Vanguard engagement, LaFaro played with Getz, Steve Kuhn, and Roy Haynes at Newport on July 2. There is a creek that ran through the park, it would go up past Shuron Optical where they used this rouge chemical to make glass lenses, so the creek was always red. ~ Scott Yanow. On date night, people would end up at The Smith. Your IP: Scott LaFaro was born 64 years ago today. The loss of LaFaro hit Evans hard, and he went into a brief seclusion. This brings about the situation of whether I should spend these hours and months developing what I seem to be able to foresee, or should I dump it and get another job as an entertainer again. Mom needed the money. Put one way: Scott LaFaro was up for it. The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961, "The 100 Greatest Bass Players of All Time - BassPlayer.com", "It was just one afternoon in a jazz club forty years ago", "It's official: April 3 will be Scott LaFaro Day in Geneva", "Innovation and Inspiration: Geneva celebrates the life and legacy of renowned jazz musician Scott LaFaro", "Honoring Scott LaFaro in Geneva, NY: Scott LaFaro Day, street re-naming, and a special Geneva Night Out on April 4th", NAMM Oral History Interview with Helene La Faro, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Scott_LaFaro&oldid=1141284283, CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown, Articles with dead external links from July 2021, Short description is different from Wikidata, Pages using infobox musical artist with associated acts, Articles with unsourced statements from October 2022, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. He waited until we got interested, and then he was totally supportive. The entire day's recordings were released in 2005 as The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961. My mom was still pregnant with my last sister. LaFaro continued to divide his time between Getz, Ornette, and Evans in 1961. The 25-year old Scott LaFaro's death in a car accident shortly after was a major shock to the jazz world. Also included is "Porgy", originally omitted for lack of space.[]" I remember one time Scotty came home with an LP under his arm. He was his own thing. 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. Performers: Bill Evans, p; Scott LaFaro, b; Paul Motian, d. Village Vanguard, 25 June 1961. We think of LaFaro as a jazz bassist with leanings toward classical music; its the lan, I think. When Scotty came east to play with Goodman, he shared a cold-water flat in the East 70s with Freidman that went for $18 a month. 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). Pianist Walter Norris described him as a "wild fire," and said "he never used any stimulants to enhance life, but his every moment was seriously lived to the fullest." LaFaro was honored in 2012 in Geneva, where a street was renamed Scott LaFaro Drive and an annual Scott LaFaroDay was inaugurated. Its the top of the sheet, instead of the coarseness of the winter blanket. LaFaro-Fernandez: Dad (Joe LaFaro) never forced us to play music. By. [My] early years at the university were thoroughly engaging intellectually but were also a time of deep introspection. 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. Performers: Bill Evans, p; Scott LaFaro, b; Paul Motian, d. 7 May 1960. Friedman first heard LaFaro with Buddy Morrow, and then they worked together with Chet Baker. The music of Jazz Abstractions proceeds as a series of shadings, which tend to be called variants on the finished LP. HOMETOWN Newark, NJ, United States of America BORN April 3, 1936 Similar Artists Paul Motian. The helmsman remains present to take us many places where we otherwise might not have gone, and no one has steered that ship better than Scott LaFaro. Is that a bass thing? He took up bass because he was required to play a stringed instrument at Ithaca College. "Route 66" songwriter Bobby Troup was the show's host. LaFaro was killed in a car accident ten days after the recording. He says they formed an immediate friendship, and that musically, Id never felt such an instant connection. LaFaro also played opposite bassist Charlie Haden in alto saxophonist Ornette Coleman's experimental double quartet on Free Jazz. Not long after he arrived on campus, he gave his clarinet away to a classmate. He was excited. 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. Geller recalls that at the end of Scottys first night with the clarinetist, the two went around to hear Bill Evans. There is a creek that ran through the park, it would go up past Shuron Optical where they used this rouge chemical to make glass lenses, so the creek was always red. [9], Writing for AllMusic, music critic Thom Jurek wrote of the album: "While the Sunday at the Village Vanguard album focused on material where LaFaro soloed prominently, this is far more a portrait of the trio on those dates Of the many recordings Evans issued, the two Vanguard dates and Explorations are the ultimate expressions of his legendary trio. LaFaro-Fernandez: Scotty and I were born in New Jersey but we moved back to Geneva in 1942. Active. See all our current specials here. It originally appeared as a solo piano piece on Evans' debut album, New Jazz Conceptions. He died near Geneva in an auto accident in 1961. 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. One of the most substantial biographies Ive read in recent years is the 2009 publication that Helene LaFaro-Fernandez devoted to her brother Scott. 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. Q: What happened to your brother after Ithaca College? My mom was still pregnant with my last sister. 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. jazz bass Another link(Born: April 3, 1936 in Newark, NJ, Died: July 6, 1961 in Geneva, NY)During his tragically short life, Scott LaFaro quickly developed into one of the most advanced bassists around, competing with Charlie Haden and Charles Mingus. Does anyone have pictures of this bass, or have you seen it in person? After three months at Ithaca College, he concentrated on bass. It was then he fell in love with the tenor saxophone. We would explore all around our neighborhood on West Street our house was where the elementary school is. Toggle filters. 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. Scotty and I were born in New Jersey but we moved back to Geneva in 1942. I adored him, and I was thrilled to be able to work with him. Sign in to continue reading, Sixty years after the bass greats untimely death, a look at his musical legacy beyond the Bill Evans Trio. For much of 1958, LaFaro was with pianist/vibraphonist Victor Feldman's band. ai! Despite his short career, he remains one of the most influential jazz bassists, and was ranked number 16 on Bass Player magazine's top 100 bass players of all time.[2]. A jazz musicians legacy can be a multifarious slope. He said, Man, youve gotta hear this. The loss of LaFaro hit Evans hard, and he went into a brief seclusion. It will be observed on his birthday anniversary, April 3. ", 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. LaFaro burned like a meteorite, rising to the top rank of bassists in a few short years and working with a Whos Who ofjazzgreats in the compressed time frame preceding his death at age 25. The tendency is to associate him with classical predilections, but here he is at one of the zeitgeist-shaking avant-garde sessions, and boy, does he drive the sound. We all knew something important was going to happen with this guy., https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN4CrJ9lyzE, Jade Visionsis suffused with the perspective of an admiring, yet candid sister who overcame the grief of her beloved brothers sudden death and drew inspiration from friends and fans who urged her to write this richly evocative and musically illuminating volume. 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 you always knew that Read More Kelly Sill, Several years ago, one of Danilo Prezs students was suffering from tendinitis. Born . 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. Click to reveal The texture, however, is the back of the handthats the form of caress, rather than the rough-skinned palm. She proposed the demo as something to shop around to record labels; alas, nothing came of it. The three not duplicated here were played only once that day. Performers: Ornette Coleman, as; Don Cherry, c; Scott Lafaro, b; Ed Blackwell, d. New York City, 31 Jan 1961. He says that word of the accident reached Getz over the wire through his manager Jack Whittemore, and that all were incredulous at the news. Is that a jazz thing? [5] He left that organization to work in Los Angeles. 2023 Smith Center for the Arts, All rights reserved. It was there his career exploded. I get 10 to 12 emails a day asking about Scotty. Musician. On March 5, 2014, the Geneva (New York) City Council approved making April 3 Scott LaFaro Day. 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. Such is the legacy of bassist Scott LaFaro, though I would suggest that what was was more than we often think. Tom was honored by the Jazz Journalists Association with the Willis Conover-Marian McPartland Award for Career Excellence in Broadcasting in 2019. 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. We are in a fix! 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. I quit very fast, but he was a natural. LaFaro-Fernandez: When Scotty was in sixth grade we took our first piano lessons. With my mom and Scotty and my two sisters and then our own kids, we eventually had to build onto the house. LaFaro joined the Bill Evans Trio in 1959 and, although he would record with Ornette Coleman (including Free Jazz) and gig with Stan Getz, the bassist is best remembered for his association with Evans, particularly their Village Vanguard recordings of 1961. Composer: Porter: 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. Sometimes its defined by contrasting stylistic paths that amalgamate into a career, as with Miles Davis. LaFaro is best known as the bassist in Bill Evans' groundbreaking trio, and also worked with Chet Baker, Ornette Coleman, Sonny Rollins and the Stan Kenton Orchestra. We were the kind that played a fraction, a millimeter behind. 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. The Jazz la Mode Blog has plenty to stimulate your interest and curiosity in American music. The all-timer live session that produced the aforementioned discs is rounded out by two studio LPs, Portrait in Jazz (1960) and Explorations (1961), which I sense are not listened to as much as they ought to be, but the Vanguard date is sufficiently lambent that it pulls us to it, which is good on one handthis is one sweet, invigorating flameand less than ideal on the other, because Scott LaFaro (who, along with Jimmy Blanton, Id posit as jazzs most important bassist) was a lot more, and did a lot more, than the prevailing narrative would have us believe. Providing entertainment, education, and the energizing force that pulls us all together in celebration of great work. Scott LaFaro - Artist Details. LaFaro went on to perform with Victor Feldman, Chet Baker, Benny Goodman, Stan Kenton, Stan Getz and Ornette Coleman. Security video shows a crash in the Reseda neighborhood of Los Angeles which left a driver dead. Chicago, 1956. LaFaro-Fernandez: On Sundays our family would go to church, then go to the movies in the afternoon. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. 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. They spent so much time discussing music, listening to records, at the piano, they were inseparable. He replaced Charlie Haden as Ornette Coleman's bassist in January 1961. Mom needed the money. LaFaro continued to play this bass until his death. Thanks to Rifftides readers Frank Roellinger and Svetlana Ilyicheva for alerting us that last Thursday, Geneva honored LaFaro on his 78th birthday by proclaiming April 3rd its first annual Scott LaFaro Day. Read More Joe Williams: Beyond the Blues, As a JazzTimes writer, I can talk about the powers of a dynamic drummer until Im blue in the face: the weight of each tom-toms Read More Chops: What Bassists Listen for in Drummers, America's jazz resource, delivered to your inbox. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. He started playing piano in elementary school, bass clarinet in middle school, and tenor saxophone when he entered high school. Smith Opera House is owned and operated by the Smith Center for the Arts, a private not-for-profit 501(c)(3) corporation. Genre. Evans also went on hiatus after LaFaro's death for a period of several months. Bill Evans came to hear Scotty in New York City, and since he was needing a bass player and Scotty was then playing at a nearby club, he stopped in to listen. I suppose technically, yes, though its also far more, and thats a LaFaro thing. 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. 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. Hentoff heard LaFaro as the most important new bassist since Paul Chambers and Wilbur Ware, and added, It may be necessary to add for those hearing LaFaro for the first time that his bass is not electronically amplified. 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. After Scotty joined the Buddy Morrow Orchestra, he traveled with them all over the country until they reached California, as he really wanted to be where the West Coast jazz scene was happening. 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. 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. Youre freeboomto lock in on LaFaro, and I do that quite a bit. Fellow bassist Red Mitchell taught him how to pluck strings with both the index and middle fingers independently. 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. Jazz. 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