TONY SCOTT — Music For Zen Meditation And Other Joys (1964-1984) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

After stints at Juilliard and in the Army during the '40s, clarinetist Tony Scott rose to prominence in the '50s as a respected jazz soloist. His resumé at the time included work with Sarah Vaughan, Ben Webster, Dizzy Gillespie, Bill Evans, Billie Holiday, and Claude Thornhill, among many others. In addition to these sidemen dates, Scott also cut several solo albums. His subtle phrasing eventually found a perfect niche in the smattering of meditation and yoga dates he cut in the mid-'60s for Verve. Fueled by his burgeoning interest in Far Eastern culture, Scott hooked up with two Japanese master instrumentalists for this classic 1964 date. And while Scott, koto player Shinichi Yuize, and shakuhachi player Hozan Yamamoto produce nine cuts that sound classically Japanese and really nothing like jazz, they do actually improvise pretty much throughout the entire set. If you'd like to levitate to music with some unexpected twists, then Scott's Music for Zen Meditation is for you. Stephen Cook
Tracklist :
 1. Is Not All One?
 Tom Scott / Hozan Yamamoto / Shinichi Yuize
2. The Murmuring Of The Mountain Stream
 Tom Scott / Shinichi Yuize
3. A Quivering Leaf, Ask The Winds
  Hozan Yamamoto  
4. After The Snow, The Fragrance
 Tom Scott / Shinichi Yuize
5. To Drift Like Clouds
 Hozan Yamamoto / Shinichi Yuize
6. Ze-zen (Meditation)
 Tom Scott / Hozan Yamamoto
7. Prajna-Paramita-Hridaya Sutra (Sutra Chant)
 Tom Scott / Shinichi Yuize
8. San-zen (Moment Of Truth)
 Tom Scott / Shinichi Yuize
9. Satori (Enlightenment)
 Tom Scott / Shinichi Yuize
 Line-up / Musicians
Shinichi Yuize - Koto
 Hozan Tamamoto - Shakuhachi.
Tony Scott - Clarinete