1963: The Soul Is Willing (Prestige) - with Stanley Turrentine.1962: Happy Talk (Prestige) - also released as Sweet Soul.1961: Shirley Scott Plays Horace Silver (Prestige).1961: Hip Twist (Prestige) - with Stanley Turrentine.1961: Blue Seven (Prestige) - with Oliver Nelson, Joe Newman, released 1966.1961: Hip Soul (Prestige) - with Stanley Turrentine.1961: Satin Doll (Prestige) - released 1963.1960: Like Cozy (Moodsville MV 19) - released 1962.1960: Mucho, Mucho (Prestige) - with The Latin Jazz Quintet.1960: Soul Sister (Prestige) - with Lem Winchester, released 1966.1958-60: The Shirley Scott Trio (Moodsville MVLP 5).1958-60: Shirley's Sounds (Prestige) - released 1961.1959: Scottie Plays the Duke (Prestige).Selected discographyĪlbums with an (*) feature Shirley Scott on piano. Scott won an $8 million settlement in February 2000 against American Home Products, the manufacturers of the diet drug fen-phen. In the 1980s, she became a jazz educator and a member of Philadelphia's jazz community. Saxophonist Harold Vick often played with her. Later, she led her own group, mostly a trio. She was married to Stanley Turrentine and played with him from 1960 to 1969. In the 1950s she became known for her work (1956–1959) with the saxophone player Eddie Davis, particularly on the song "In the Kitchen". īorn in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Scott was an admirer of Jimmy Smith, Jackie Davis (American soul jazz singer, organist and bandleader), and Bill Doggett (American jazz and rhythm and blues pianist and organist and played piano and trumpet before moving to the Hammond organ, her main instrument, though on occasion she still played piano. Best known for working with her husband, Stanley Turrentine, and with Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, both saxophonists, Scott's soulful Hammond talent gained her the nickname "Queen of the Organ". Shirley Scott (Ma– March 10, 2002) was an African-American hard bop and soul-jazz organist.
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