Recorded in 1974
Reissued on Arc Records in the U.K. in 2020
This tremendous recording is the final entry in my survey from the year 1974.
Before being reissued this year, One for Me was very difficult to find and fetched high dollars in the reseller's market.
Scott is perhaps best known for her run of albums in the 1960s with then-husband Stanley Turrentine. They are consistently outstanding; all of them are worth hearing.
One for Me follows the same template, with Harold Vick in Turrentine's tenorist role. Vick is a vastly underrated voice who always plays soulfully.
The third member of the trio, Billy Higgins, is one of the Greats to ever sit behind a traps set.
Given the musicians involved, I guess it's no surprise that the music is extraordinary.
Give it a listen:
More Shirley Scott
The album that preceded One for Me is titled Superstition (Cadet, 1973). It's excellent but no longer in print. Unfortunately, after making One for Me, there was a long dry spell until Scott finally returned to the studio in 1990 (!) to make Oasis (Muse).
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