So even a low speed accident which would be survivable in today's cars, would be a mess in an older car. He was playing mandolin and violin publicly by age 7. It was there his career exploded. 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 trio's legendary performance at the Village Vanguard. Read about our approach to external linking. LaFaro continued to divide his time between Getz, Ornette, and Evans in 1961. April 3, 1936 in Newark, NJ. Toggle filters. AMAGANSETT, N.Y. - Acclaimed tenor saxophonist Robert Berg was killed Thursday when a cement truck skidded across a snow-slicked road and rammed into his sport utility vehicle, East Hampton police said. Those six numbers with LaFaro making up what became the Booker Little album are a masterclass in postbop bass. Tales are told of how much John Coltrane practiced, but you could say the same about the bassist from Newark. 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. Did you and your brother spend time at the Smith Opera House (which was Schines Geneva Theatre back then)? While driving home late one nighthis car went off the road and struck a tree. Taking a tip from Red Mitchell, he trained himself to pluck the strings of his bass with his index and middle finger independently. How did that happen? 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!. Published since 1970, JazzTimesAmericas Jazz Magazineprovides comprehensive and in-depth coverage of the jazz scene. 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.. He emphasized high notes, could play with great speed and his interplay with Bill Evans in their trio was mutually stimulating and influential. 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. Bill Evans Trio. The loss of LaFaro hit Evans hard, and he went into a brief seclusion. Providing entertainment, education, and the energizing force that pulls us all together in celebration of great work. I dont blame him, said Morrow. In Meet Me at Jim & Andy's: Jazz Musicians and Their World, Gene Lees wrote, "The shock of LaFaro's death stayed with Bill for years, and he felt vaguely guilty about itHe felt that because of his heroin habit he had made insufficient use of [their] time togetherAfter LaFaro's death, Bill was like a mane with a lost love, always looking to find its replacement. Everything. Born in Newark, New Jersey, he was an influential jazz bassist best known for his work with the Bill Evans Trio. By. Available Qualities. 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. The texture, however, is the back of the handthats the form of caress, rather than the rough-skinned palm. I quit very fast, but he was a natural. 52.119.1.55 We never got to enjoy it as a concert venue in our day, unfortunately. Gloria Gabriel was one of the dancers. Also, the last picture taken by a person just before their death is acceptable. Sound-carver. Is that a bass thing? 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." Geller recalls that at the end of Scottys first night with the clarinetist, the two went around to hear Bill Evans. During World War II the club scene changed and he came back to Geneva where he could find work. Performers: Stan Getz, ts; Steve Kuhn, p; Scott LaFaro, b; Roy Haynes d. Newport, 2 July 1961. LaFaro's freewheeling, harmonically advanced bass style with the Bill Evans Trio (1959-1961) opened a door to a wholly new approach to the instrument that influenced a generation of players who followed in his wakeEddie Gomez, Dave Holland, and Marc Johnson, to name just a few. A copy of the latest annual report may be obtained from the Smith Center or from the Office of the Attorney General, Charities Bureau, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271. Scott Yanow, All-Music Guide Scott LaFaro's life and career were cut short in July of 1961. 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. 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. Performers: Bill Evans, p; Scott LaFaro, b; Paul Motian, d. Village Vanguard, 25 June 1961. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. It was released in 1962. The 25-year-old Scott LaFaro's death in a car accident shortly after was a major shock to the jazz world. There is also a street off of Seneca Street, just across from the Smith Opera House, that has been renamed Scott LaFaro Way. 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. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. He waited until we got interested, and then he was totally supportive. Ornette drew mixed reviews everywhere including Monterey, where his performance of Youll Never Know elicited a scathing review from John Tynan, who said it was patently bad, disturbed, and utterly unhappy. Still, he singled out LaFaro for his brilliant technique and ideas [that] were remarked on by all., Scotty was given to introspective thoughts about where the music was going and what he recognized as the increasing distance between jazzs new direction and the public. Brockton-born alto player and clarinetist Dick Johnson was also on the band. Born . 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. The trio attracted attention for its style. It was there his career exploded. 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. I remember one time Scotty came home with an LP under his arm. New England Public Media | We decided to move the family to California. [1] He played in groups at the College Spa and Joe's Restaurant[4] on State Street in downtown Ithaca. LaFaro started his professional career playing a German-made Mittenwald double bass but it was stolen in the Spring of 1958. 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. This was Scottys home, and he would practice bass facing the corner in the living room because he could better hear the sound quality. [citation needed], By late 1960, LaFaro was in demand as a bassist. 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. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Motian operated the same way; if anything, he was even more of a painter than the leader. Brother man, I can all but hear Ornette saying, we are going to blow some minds tomorrow.. Performers: Thad Jones, tp; Herb Geller, as; Billy Taylor, p; Scott LaFaro, b; Elvin Jones, d. June 1959. It was an idyllic childhood. Such is the legacy of bassist Scott LaFaro, though I would suggest that what was was more than we often think. Pictures of people only please! LaFaro-Fernandez: Scotty and I were born in New Jersey but we moved back to Geneva in 1942. Helene says that she and Scotty were taken to hear Tony Bennett, the Mills Brothers, Dizzy Gillespie and numerous others. 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. 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. 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]. 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. A master of the upright bass, he recorded with Bill Evans and Ornette Coleman before he died in a car crash at age 25. 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. Kuhn remembers hearing that it was a St. Christopher medal that LaFaro always wore that helped to identify his badly burned body. 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. Q: What were Scotts childhood and teen years like here in Geneva? His records with Bill Evans are among the finest jazz trio discs . Friedman relates inJade Visions,He used to play my piano, and was very interested in minor 7thchords with the flat 5th. Helene makes no secret of LaFaros exacting standards and competitive personality, and she quotes many who testify to the same. 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. Composer: Coleman He wanted the conversation back and forth between each of the players, and he wanted to play melody. This Third Stream affair has jazz as a major tributary vein, and it has LaFaro to thank for it. Fellow bassist Red Mitchell taught him how to pluck strings with both the index and middle fingers independently. The car, tree and garage all caught fire. 2023 Madavor Media, LLC. Youre freeboomto lock in on LaFaro, and I do that quite a bit. LaFaro was killed in a car accident ten days after the recording. In the mid 1950s, at the Los Angeles music scene, he became known as one of. LaFaro-Fernandez, Helen; Ralston, Chuck; Campbell, Jeffrey R.; Palombi, Phil (2009). Scotty was on the road at the time, in California. Scotty had the concept for a trio to be conversational instead of the classic structure, instead of bass and drummer just keeping time. (, This page was last edited on 15 February 2023, at 23:36. Thats his brand of intimacy: the sensation of the stolen moment. ~ Charles A. Ralston, A Site About Dead Musicians and how they got that way. Shortly after, he acquired a bass made in 1825 in Concord, New Hampshire by Abraham Prescott. . Performers: Bill Evans, p; Scott LaFaro, b; Paul Motian, d. 7 May 1960. The group attended the funeral in Geneva, which Kuhn adds was closed casket., LaFaro's death was devastating to Bill Evans. Performers: Bill Evans, p; Scott LaFaro, b; Paul Motian, d. 28 Dec 1958. Today would be the 78th birthday of the great Scott LaFaro, who died in a car accident in 1961. LaFaro-Fernandez: Dad (Joe LaFaro) never forced us to play music. They spent so much time discussing music, listening to records, at the piano, they were inseparable. Musician. We were the kind that played a fraction, a millimeter behind. LaFaro and his stellar bandmates pianist Don Friedman and drummer Pete LaRoca run through four jazz standards, including two takes of Sacre Blu. In LaFaros short yet meteoric career, he accomplished more than most musicians do over decades. He used a Zen epigram in the closing of his letter to Gloria: Im trying to remember a bit of Zen I like so well: If you seek the fruits ofgood actionso shall they escape you. I try to smile everyday with that., https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uugimR8honE, When I asked Kuhn if Scotty had similar anxieties about touring with Getz, he said no, but he recalled a bandstand incident between the bassist and the tenor player whom Kuhn called extraordinarily paranoid. One night at the Blackhawk in San Francisco, he said, they clashed. 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. Upon returning to L.A., LaFaro phoned his friend Herb Geller, who was then playing alto with Benny Goodman in New York. It is still so wild to me that he was so influential. Member Of . Then wed go home and have dinner and ice cream. Though hed previously appeared onGolden Trombonewith Buddy Morrow,The Arrival of Victor Feldmanwas essentially the first LP that showcased his singular gifts. 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. Los Angeles Fire Department crews were called to the scene to extinguish the blaze. Press J to jump to the feed. 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. The BMW then struck a fourth car which was traveling south on Corbin Avenue. He stuck with his new hire, offered Scotty the option of plane fare to New York or L.A., and showed him the door. [1] With Evans and drummer Paul Motian he developed the counter-melodic style that would come to characterize his playing. A record like this could easily have become just a mood disc: sound as fuzzy, woolly painting, in which the experiment becomes an end unto itself, the gesture, the gambit, being everything. Youll have to adjust your ears, but theyll fall into line quickly. ", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIzbINNrqcQ. Mr. Berg, whose career encompassed free jazz, soul jazz, jazz rock, and straight-ahead playing, was driving east on Route 27 with his wife when 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. I get 10 to 12 emails a day asking about Scotty. 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. But its a moment were meant to be a part of, that both surrounds us and is for us. It originally appeared as a solo piano piece on Evans' debut album, New Jazz Conceptions. Performers: Pat Moran, p; Scott LaFaro, b; Gene Gammage, d. 1958. 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. [1] For a time, Haden and LaFaro shared an apartment. 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. He practiced from sheet music for the higher-pitched clarinet to improve his facility the upper register for bass. He took up bass because he was required to play a stringed instrument at Ithaca College. "[3], It was voted number 465 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000).[10]. [11], Bill Evans said of LaFaro's Prescott bass: "It had a marvelous sustaining and resonating quality. As weve already noted regarding the time period right around his tragic death, LaFaro packed a lot of art into his days. He was visiting some friends west of Geneva and was driving home late when he crashed. Before long he mastered the instrument, and he toured with trombonist Buddy Morrow and trumpeter Chet Baker. Scotty sat in. 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. Sometimes its defined by contrasting stylistic paths that amalgamate into a career, as with Miles Davis. Everyone would say Dont go to the creek! but we did anyway, and would come home with red shoes. 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. Tracks. Around this time he received a greeting card from Miles Davis suggesting that Davis wanted to hire him. 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 trio's . His death came just ten days after recording two live albums with the Bill Evans Trio, Sunday at the Village Vanguard and Waltz . She had lost her husband, then four years later lost her son, and she still had young kids to raise. [My] early years at the university were thoroughly engaging intellectually but were also a time of deep introspection. My dad loved the director, so we had to go and have that experience as well. Its the top of the sheet, instead of the coarseness of the winter blanket. Bassist Marc Johnson, who was with Evans between 1978 and his death in 1980, wrote in the liner notes forPieces of Jadethat the Vanguard performance was the highest measure of Scotts musical vision. InJade Visions, he says, I must have listened to those recordingsthousands of timesTo this day, I still dont see how Scott articulated his ideas with such startling clarity and velocity., Johnson also speaks for the continuing hold that the recordings have on listeners touched by their emotional richness. ", 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. Perhaps one thinks of the contrast, as I do: the balmy New England coast, sailboats alongside the bandstand, and then the hard, unforgiving asphalt of the interstate. 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. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Bill had first heard Scotty with Chet Baker three years earlierNot long after we were back off the Goodman tour, there was a call waiting for Scottythat Bill wanted him to work with him., The first meeting of what became known as the trio took place at a Tony Scott recording date on October 28 and 29, 1959. Composer: Porter It is well remembered as the final performance by the Evans trio of the time, which included bassist Scott LaFaro and drummer Paul Motian. And there truly couldn't be a better way to . 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. 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. He lives in Boston and has contributed toJazzTimessince 2006. While driving home late one night his car went off the road and struck a tree. LaFaro died in an automobile accident on July 6, 1961, in Seneca, New York, [5] on U.S. Route 20 between Geneva and Canandaigua, [9] four days after accompanying Stan Getz at the Newport Jazz Festival. They worked together with vocalist Dick Haymes, whose road show included dancers and a comic. Other times, its distilled into a moment that seems to transcend itself, and thus it went for Paul Gonsalves, hero of a Newport afternoon. For much of 1958, LaFaro was with pianist/vibraphonist Victor Feldman's band. Click to reveal Q: When did your brother start getting interested in music? How did that happen? After three months at Ithaca College, he concentrated on bass. Yes, the Evans dynamic provided him with a perfect setting. Such is the legacy of bassist Scott LaFaro, though I would suggest that what was was more than we often think. At age 12 he was recommended for the Ithaca Conservatory of Music, where he was classically trained in violin. It was then he fell in love with the tenor saxophone. It was written with so much love and insight. A professor encouraged him to audition for an open spot in the Buddy Morrow Orchestra. Styles. Everyone heard him. 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. Cloudflare Ray ID: 7a154b16ff047cd4 [10] Obsessively he played "I Loves You Porgy", a song that had become synonymous with him and LaFaro. John Tynan wrote inDownbeatthat the rhythm duo [LaFaro and Billy Higgins] were the baddest cats on the date. LaFaro originally played clarinet and tenor before settling on bass while in college. Before that grim July night, LaFaro had been a busy bassist. 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. 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. LaFaro completed his first year at Ithaca, but not his second. 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. . Joe LaBarbera, who drummed in the trio with Evans and Johnson, says, Bill said regarding Scott and the music, that Scott hated it when it remained the same. 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. In 2009 she published a biography about him, Jade Visions: The Life and Music of Scott LaFaro. Smith Opera House is owned and operated by the Smith Center for the Arts, a private not-for-profit 501(c)(3) corporation. LaFaro went on to perform with Victor Feldman, Chet Baker, Benny Goodman, Stan Kenton, Stan Getz and Ornette Coleman. A jazz musicians legacy can be a multifarious slope. Everyone would say Dont go to the creek! but we did anyway, and would come home with red shoes. 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). In the latter case, Getz fired LaRoca and hired Roy Haynes, but Kenton wasn't about to be second-guessed. You can read our interview with Holland here. We were like brothers., Six months before the session with Kuhn, LaFaro recorded with trumpeter Booker Little on April 13 and 15. But we LaFaros have staying quality, and my husband and I just celebrated our 60th year in this house. Sign in to continue reading, Sixty years after the bass greats untimely death, a look at his musical legacy beyond the Bill Evans Trio. 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: Ornette Coleman, as; Don Cherry, c; Scott Lafaro, b; Ed Blackwell, d. 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