Scott LaFaro on TV

Three very short video clips featuring  Scott LaFaro can be viewed at Charles A. Ralston’s website. The videos are excerpts from the April 1958 Bobby Troup ‘Stars of Jazz’ show featuring the Richie Kamuca Quintet. There’s also an interesting transkript of a rehearsal of LaFaro and Bill Evans …

” (…)
00:31 EVANS:  [starts to play] Good.
LAFARO:  [bows tuning his bass]
00:46   EVANS:  [begins playing ‘My Foolish Heart’ solo]
02:26    LAFARO:  Unbelievable, powerful, beautiful, [ then begins to accompany Evans]
03:32    EVANS:  We’re now talking about
03:42    LAFARO:  E-flat minor
04:00    EVANS:  Yeah, . . . I think I was playing ?  full type piano . . . I wish I could go a little lower on this one . . .  ‘A’ might be nice.
04:12    LAFARO:  I don’t know, I feel like I was playing . . .
[EVANS/LAFARO play a bit]
LAFARO:  E-flat
EVANS:  A-flat
(…)”

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