Mansur scott biography
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If there was ever a man who was generous gracious and good / That was my dad, the man / A human being so true he could live like a king cos he knew / the real pleasures in life / To be devoted to and always stand by me / So I’d be unafraid and free – Song For My Father, Horace Silver
The day before yesterday a little bird flew right in front of the kitchen window, in the morning when I was doing the dishes. It twisted in midair and then flew straight up! I’ve never seen a bird do that before. I said to it out loud: “Wow! You are so happy!” Then at 6pm, Mansur’s twin sister, Kathy, called and told me that he had died that morning.
As those of you who know me know, Mansur was my spiritual guru and my musical mentor and, more than that even . . . my dad!
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Paul Zauner’s Blue Brass feat. Donald Smith & Mansur Scott
Soulful change
PAO Records PAO 11140
- I Can’t Stop Loving You (Singer/Gibson)
- Jelly Roll (C. Mingus)
- In A Sentimental Mood (Ellington/Kurtz)
- Song For Chester (P. Massink)
- Round Midnight (Monk/Hanighen)
- Petis Calypso (P. Massink)
- Jeanneret (H. Koller)
- Everything Must Change (Jones/Igner)
Paul Zauner – trombone
Daniel Nösig – trumpet
Clemens Salesny – alto saxophone
Klemens Pliem – tenor saxophone
Peter Massink – baritone saxophone
Donald Smith – piano, vocals
Wolfram Derschmidt – bass
Dusan Novakov – drums
Mansur Scott – vocals
Recorded 19th & 20th of October 2009 at Studio Hagenberg
Recording Engineer: Christoph Kapfer
Mixed by Christoph Kapfer & Peter Massink December 2009
Mix with special input by Klemens Pliem & Wolfram Derschmidt
Mastered by Hans Jörg Mauksch Pauler Acoustics
Produced by Paul Zauner & Pe
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