New York Connection
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New York Connection is an album released by Tom Scott
in 1975 on Ode SP-77033. This presentation entered the US Album charts on December 20, 1975, and stayed on the charts for 25 weeks, peaking at #42.
Tom Scott (musician)
Tom Scott is an American saxophonist, composer, arranger, conductor and bandleader of the west coast jazz/jazz fusion ensemble The L.A. Express.-Biography:Scott was born in Los Angeles, California...
in 1975 on Ode SP-77033. This presentation entered the US Album charts on December 20, 1975, and stayed on the charts for 25 weeks, peaking at #42.
Track listing
- "Dirty Old Man"
- "Uptown & Country"
- "New York Connection"
- "Garden"
- "Time and Love"
- "Midtown Rush"
- "Looking Out for Number 7"
- "Appolonia (Foxtrata)"
- "You're Gonna Need Me"
Personnel
- Tom Scott - saxophones, flute, Moog synthesizer, lyricon, ARP string ensemble
- Eric GaleEric GaleEric J. Gale was a leading American jazz and session guitarist.Born in Brooklyn, New York, Gale began playing guitar at the age of 12. Although he majored in chemistry at Niagara University, Gale was determined to pursue a musical career, and began contributing to accompaniments for such stars as...
- guitar, bass on #9 - Hugh McCrackenHugh McCrackenHugh McCracken is a rhythm guitar player and session musician, arranger and producer based in New York.Especially in demand in the 60s, 70s and 80s, he appears on many recordings by Steely Dan, as well as albums by Donald Fagen, Jimmy Rushing, Billy Joel, Roland Kirk, Roberta Flack, B. B...
- guitar, slide guitar on #2, harmonica - Richard TeeRichard TeeRichard Tee was a pianist, studio musician, singer and arranger.Tee graduated from the High School of Music and Art and attended the Manhattan School of Music. Though better known as a studio and session musician, Tee led a jazz ensemble, the Richard Tee Committee, and was a founding member of the...
- keyboards - Gary King - bass (except for #9)
- Bob JamesBob James (musician)Robert McElhiney James is a jazz keyboardist, arranger and producer.-Biography:During the 1970s, Bob James played a major role in establishing the smooth jazz genre. "Angela", the instrumental theme from the sitcom Taxi, is probably Bob James' most well-known work to date...
- electric piano - George HarrisonGeorge HarrisonGeorge Harrison, MBE was an English musician, guitarist, singer-songwriter, actor and film producer who achieved international fame as lead guitarist of The Beatles. Often referred to as "the quiet Beatle", Harrison became over time an admirer of Indian mysticism, and introduced it to the other...
- slide guitar on #8 - Dick "Slyde" Hyde - trombone, bass trumpet
- Chuck FindleyChuck FindleyChuck Findley is an American session musician. Most widely-known as a trumpet player, he also plays other brass instruments such as flugelhorn and trombone...
- trumpet