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Advice and guidance to those interested in building a library of jazz recordings.

Jazz Library: Scott LaFaro

05/02/2011

Scott LaFaro

BBC Radio 3 - Jazz Library, Scott LaFaro

Dave Green joins Alyn Shipton to explore the recording career of bassist Scott LaFaro.

Dave Green joins Alyn Shipton to pick the essential recordings of fellow bassist Scott LaFaro's brief but brilliant career, including work with Bill Evans.

Killed in a car accident aged just 25, Scott LaFaro was widely regarded as the most technically gifted bassist of the 20th Century. His records with Bill Evans are among the finest jazz trio discs ever made. Bassist Dave Green joins Alyn Shipton to pick the highlights of these, and to trace the other significant records in LaFaro's brief but brilliant career.

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