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1958 (aet. 22) |
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Tue 21Jan |
Los Angeles | Recording:
The Arrival of Victor Feldman. Los
Angeles, CA: Contemporary Records, 1958. Contemporary C-3549 / S-7549. 1 sound disc : 33
1/3 rpm, mono ; 12 in. With Victor Feldman and Stan Levey: LaFaro's
"first full-scale recording debut on this album." (Hentoff, program notes) |
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Fri 31
Jan |
San Francisco |
Gig:
The Blackhawk
-- with the Stan Getz Quintet
"[bassist] Leroy Vinnegar was not able to open with Stan Getz at the Blackhawk Friday because of injuries in an auto accident." (Ralph J. Gleason, San Francisco Chronicle, Sunday, February 2, 1958, 'This World' p. 21.) It is likely that LaFaro
replaced Vinnegar for this gig since it was LaFaro who recorded with Getz
during the time frame of this gig (see 08 Feb entry below). |
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Sat 08 Feb |
San Francisco |
Recording:
Cal Tjader -- Stan Getz Sextet. San
Francisco, CA: Fantasy Records, [1958]. Fantasy LP 3266 /LPS-8005. 1 sound disc (42:00) :
analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono ; 12 in. With Cal Tjader, Stan Getz, Vince Guaraldi, Eddie
Duran.
"Stan Getz was scheduled to
record an LP with Cal Tjader last week [2 -- 8 Feb 58] during his
engagement at the Blackhawk." (San Francisco Chronicle, "On and Off the
Record" February 9, 1958 ), p. 21. |
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Thu 06 Mar |
Los Angeles | "The
Lighthouse's [proprietor and bassist] Howard Rumsey, raving about Scott
LaFargo's [sic, typo--LaFaro] bass talent, states, 'Scott is the most important bass
player since Jimmy Blanton.'" (Downbeat, 6 March 1958) p. 49. |
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Mon 17 Mar |
Los Angeles | Recording:
For Real! [Hampton
Hawes Quartet] Los Angeles, CA: Contemporary Records, 17 March 1958. Contemporary Stereo S 7589.
1 sound disc : 33 1/3 rpm, stereo ; 12 in. With Hampton Hawes, Harold Land, Frank
Butler. |
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Thu 20 Mar |
Los Angeles | Stan Levey,
considering five outstanding jazz players from among the Howard Rumsey
All-Stars, thought LaFaro to be "a guy who could easily be the next great
bass player. And he's only 20!" (John Tynan, "Stan the Man" Downbeat
(20 March 1958), p. 45. |
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Spring |
Los Angeles | Sometime between January and March, LaFaro's instrument, a
Mittenwald double bass, was stolen. His sister, Helene, recalls that Scott had stopped
momentarily in front of a local store to make a purchase, parking his car curbside. His
bass was on the rear seat. When he returned to the car the bass was gone.
(Conversation with Helene LaFaro-Fernandez, August 1997). |
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Thursday 03 April |
LaFaro's 22nd birthday anniversary |
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Fri 04 Apr |
Los Angeles | Recording:
Live Date! Buddy DeFranco and
His Septette. Los Angeles: Verve, 4 April 1958 Verve MG-V-8383. 1 sound disc, analog ; 33 1/3
rpm, mono ; 12 in. With Buddy DeFranco, Herbie Mann, Victor Feldman, Pete Jolly, Barney
Kessel, Frank DeVito.
DeFranco remembers LaFaro
practicing his bass while reading from the H. Klos� (pronounced 'klo-zay')
clarinet method book. He thought that Scott felt that practicing in
this way facilitated his fingering speed. (Conversation with Buddy DeFranco, 7
August 2002) |
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Mon 07 Apr |
Los Angeles | Recording:
Kamuca Feldman Tjader. Featuring Scott LaFaro. Tokyo: NORMA and Vantage Records, 1991.
NLP 5007. (The Bob Andrews Collection) 1 sound disc : analog ; 33 1/3
rpm, mono ; 12 in.
With Richie Kamuca, Victor Feldman, Cal
Tjader, Frank Rosolino, Carl Perkins, Stan
Levey, Vince Guaraldi, Billy Higgins, Bernard
Verlardi. Recording dates that include LaFaro: 7 April, 30 June and 10
November 1958. |
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March -- December |
Hermosa Beach, CA |
Played at the Lighthouse with Barney Kessel (Anon. /
'Annuaire biographique ...', Jazz Magazine (mai 1963) p. 26, and may have recorded
with Kessel (Anon./ 'La route qui tue', Jazz Magazine 7 (septembre 1961) p. 16). |
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| Summer | Los Angeles | "I [Paul Bley] had a band in LA at the 'It Club' just
after the band with Ornette [Coleman] at the Hillcrest Club (1958). I remember putting
Scotty in front of the vibes on the bandstand because he was the only bassist in the world
at that time who could play the melody to the complex charts. The band included Scotty, Don
Cherry, Billy Higgins, Bobby Hutcherson and myself" (E-mail, 8 July
1996, from Carol Goss, I A I Media.) |
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| Summer? | Los Angeles | Unreleased Recording:
with Paul Bley. ('Interview
Questions For Paul Bley' by Darcy Gray, question 13:
GRAY: "I've always been curious about your early association with Scott LaFaro. I assume you played with him before he joined Bill Evans. Was that the beginning of your preference for interactive bass players?" BLEY: "My first LP was made for Stinson Records, with Oscar Pettiford and Kenny
Clarke. My second date was with Charlie Mingus. Red Mitchell was the third and Scotty was
the fourth." (http://members.gnn.com/improvart/bley.htm) |
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| August |
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LaFaro finished second
behind
Wilbur Ware in the category 'Bassist--New Star' of the Downbeat Sixth Annual
International Jazz Critics Poll.
Note: Bill Evans was first in the 'Piano--New Star' category; Jim Hall was first in the 'Guitar--New Star' category. Down Beat 25:17 (August 21, 1958) p.
15. |
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| September |
Hermosa Beach, CA |
Recording:
West Coast Days. Joe Gordon and
Scott LaFaro. [Compact Disc] Featuring Ritchie Kamuca, Victor Feldman, Russ Freeman. [Los
Angeles?:] Fresh Sound Records [1995?] FSCD-1030 1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. From
“previously unreleased” recordings made by Howard Rumsey at the [Hermosa Beach,
CA] Lighthouse, September 1958. Produced for release by Jordi Pujol, copyright 1992 by
Camarillo Music, Ltd. Un-attributed photographs of LaFaro on front and rear of case and in
program booklet. Los Angeles. With Ritchie Kamuca, Victor Feldman, Stan
Levey. |
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| September | San Francisco | "Revenu a Los Angeles, il joue au Lighthouse d'Hermosa
Beach, puis a San Francisco avec Sonny Rollins." (Binchet, p.20). Also with Harold
Land. (Williams, “Introducing Scott LaFaro”) |
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Fri 17
Oct |
San Francisco |
Gig: Jazz Workshop
-- with the Sonny Rollins Quartet. Rollins, leader and tenor; Elmo Hope, piano; Lennie McBrowne, drums; SLF, bass. "Opening with Sonny Rollins at the Jazz Workshop Tuesday night will be drummer Lennie McBrowne and bassist Scott LaFaro (Ralph J. Gleason, San Francisco Chronicle, Sunday, October 5, 1958, 'On an Off the Record' p. 31.)
-- San Francisco Chronicle (October 5, 1958) p. 19.-- Review [of the Rollins quartet gig] by Dick Hadlock, "Heard in Person: Sonny Rollins" Down Beat (December 11, 1958) p. 49. " . . . Scott
LaFaro is a young man with an excellent, if unorthodox, command of his
instrument. He swings impressively, but elects to use a low bridge [on his
instrument], resulting in string slap and a diffusion of tone that makes
careful listening difficult. Nevertheless, he should become a major bassist
with a very personal style. . . . " |
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Tue 21
Oct |
San Francisco |
Gig: Jazz Workshop
-- with Harold Land at the Jazz
Workshop. "Harold Land follows Sonny Rollins into the Jazz Workshop, opening Tuesday [Oct. 21, 1958] for two weeks; Buddy DeFranco follows Land" (Ralph J. Gleason, San Francisco Chronicle, Sunday 19 October 1958, 'This World', p. 35) "Harold Land replaced Sonny
Rollins at the Jazz Workshop using the same rhythm team of drummer Lennie
McBrowne, bassist Scott LaFaro, and Pianist Elmo Hope, Buddy DeFranco
followed Land." (Down Beat,
November 27, 1958) p. 58. |
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November |
Sarasota, FL | Recording:
Stan Kenton & His Orchestra.
Artistry Records 101. Album cover is a photograph of the Kenton band including LaFaro
(Visit with Helene LaFaro-Fernandez, August 1997) |
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Mon 15 Dec |
Bill Evans, Everybody Digs Bill Evans
recorded. |
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