Shirley Scott questions

[mjzee]

In the album "Mucho, Mucho," vibes are clearly heard.  Yet the discographies in Wikipedia and disco.org do not list a vibes player.  Anyone know who it might be?

Similarly, in the album "Scottie Plays The Duke," a piano is clearly heard in addition to the organ.  Yet no mention of who the pianist is.  Anyone know?

[clifford_thornton]

Phil Diaz is listed as the vibraphonist on Mucho, Mucho (according to the back cover).

Can't speak for Scottie Plays the Duke, however.

[mjzee]

1 hour ago, clifford_thornton said:

Phil Diaz is listed as the vibraphonist on Mucho, Mucho (according to the back cover).

Can't speak for Scottie Plays the Duke, however.

Thanks; the discos list Diaz as playing bongos.

[Niko]

Again according to the back cover (found on discogs under "more images"), the piano playing on Plays Duke is by Scott herself

[mjzee]

3 hours ago, Niko said:

Again according to the back cover (found on discogs under "more images"), the piano playing on Plays Duke is by Scott herself

Overdubbing in 1959?  Impressive.  Thanks, guys.

[bichos]

not really: sidney bechet was doing overdubbing six instruments in 1941!

 

Keep boppin´

marcel

[mikeweil]

On 19.5.2017 at 11:07 PM, mjzee said:

Thanks; the discos list Diaz as playing bongos.

There are no bongos audible on that album! (Record labels have always been ultimately inaccurate in crediting percussionists,)

On 20.5.2017 at 2:19 PM, mjzee said:

Overdubbing in 1959?  Impressive.  Thanks, guys.

Have you listened to the album to verify that organ and piano are both played at the same time? (I do not want to be picky,but my discographical work taught me to always listen to the music before stating anything like this.)

[mjzee]

1 hour ago, mikeweil said:

Have you listened to the album to verify that organ and piano are both played at the same time? (I do not want to be picky,but my discographical work taught me to always listen to the music before stating anything like this.)

Listen for yourself:

 

[mikeweil]

Sorry, that youtube file won't play in Germany - restrictions from GEMA.

What I can hear on samples of two tracks on amazon sounds like left on organ and right hand on piano, not necessarily overdubbed.

[JSngry]

Differing balance levels suggest piano overdub/insert to me. And there are some passages on the full cut that would probably take four hands to play in real time unless you were Buck Hammer.

[Ken Dryden]

Even Buck Hammer overdubbed some of that boogie woogie piano... 

[Dmitry]

12 hours ago, Ken Dryden said:

Even Buck Hammer overdubbed some of that boogie woogie piano... 

Chuck Berry said his voice was recorded at slightly higher speed to make him sound younger and more appealing to the youths in the late 1950s.