Another belter from Baltimore's Famous Ballroom! It's 1972, organ trios were still very much in vogue and they don't come any better than this glorious triumvirate.
"Scotty", as she was known by her fellow musicians, could out-swing most of her male contemporaries on both keyboard and pedals and is in top form here providing the foundation for some wild, funky tenor playing from Coleman on the 12 minutes long blast on Coltrane's Impressions the whole caboodle driven aggressively along by Bobby Durham.
Things cool down for the bossa nova beat of Never Can Say Goodbye whilst Durham adopts some Blakey-like rolls on Like Someone in Love which at times is almost a ballad.
Witchcraft is taken faster than Sinatra would have liked and allows Coleman to stretch out as of course does Scott when the tenor player eventually runs out of breath which tenor players usually only do when the barman calls last orders. His unaccompanied choruses mid-flight are an absolute masterpiece. After the leader's blast, Durham displays his own brand of witchcraft before Coleman returns to remodel the melody. Yes, this cauldron wasn't short of eye of newt and toe of frog.
The second disc of this doubler opens with Red Garland's Blues by Five which is, at 6:39, the shortest track on the album and none the worse for that. I don't think By the Time I Get to Phoenix was particularly suited to the band - maybe it was a request - However, Smile is a swinger and even though the organ sound is a bit muddy it still sounds good.
The final three tracks feature Ernie Andrews, one of the all-time great jazz vocalists who died last year aged 94. You Don't Mess Around With Jim is a classic Jim Croce song very much along the lines of the composer's Bad, Bad, Leroy Brown and Andrews does it justice giving it the street feel the lyrics demand. Girl Talk has an amazing solo by Scott and a fine chorus by Coleman to complement another great vocal. The final Blues incorporates snatches of Moody's Mood For Love, Twisted and, among others. Every Day I Have the Blues. Andrews makes Joe Williams sound like Perry Como!
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